A new youth arts project has been launched to inspire young people in Croydon to redesign the statues that formerly lived in the Stanley Halls alcoves. The statues which used to decorate the house have mysteriously disappeared over the years, presumably stolen.
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Two South London architects are set to bring the house down in a new series of a property makeover show. William Foster, whose firm is based in Peckham, and Lizzie Frahar, who works in Brockley, are appearing in Your Home Made Perfect alongside Angela Scanlon and four other cutting edge architects to fight to have their designs realised.
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Housing costs in South London are pushing children into poverty, new research shows. According to a study by Loughborough University, Southwark has the sixth highest rate of child poverty in the country at 43.1 per cent.
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A virtual fundraising concert is being thrown in honour of the victims of the New Cross Fire – forty years to the day after a 1981 benefit. The concert will be streamed live from Goldsmiths University from 2pm on Sunday, May 23 and will feature Eddie Capone and Jimmy Lindsay who performed at the concert in 1981.
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A landlord from South Norwood has been fined £18,500 for renting an unlicensed property in Herne Hill to eight people. Fernando Brown, known as Fred, was found to have been operating an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupancy (HMO) with eight tenants living in the six-bedroom property.
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Everything is coming up roses for environmental community group Downham Matters. The group is distributing hundreds of free packets of seeds to mark its second anniversary and give local wildlife a beautiful boost.
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Merton council is inviting people with learning disabilities, their families, carers and the professionals who support them to have their say on the future of day opportunities. The council has started an engagement process, called the Big Conversation, which will run until July.
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A nine-year-old student from Lewisham has achieved Grade 8 iGCSE Physics during lockdown, taking the exam an incredible six years early. Seojin Park, known as Ipin, who is in Year 5 at Blackheath High School, was inspired by her science lessons at school and started studying physics during her summer holidays.
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It seems like an age since anyone last set foot in a museum. But behind closed doors, staff have been working hard hanging new exhibitions, sprucing up old ones and making spaces safe for their return on May 17, dependent on government guidance. Alexandra Warren picks some old and new favourites.
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A campaign group has launched ‘I am here to listen’ badges in partnership with a South London hospital to improve care for pregnant black women. The South London based grassroots organisation FiveXMore has started their badge scheme at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust in Lambeth.
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS might need medical attention for a condition they contracted on Tuesday night at the BRIT Awards – singing their hearts out. The choir performed alongside superstars Rag’n’Bone Man and P!nk at the ceremony, providing harmonies for the chart-topping pair’s recent collaboration ‘Anywhere Away From Here’.
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A Bermondsey-based creative initi-ative have opened applications for their new project to support artists affected by the pandemic.
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Two South London hospitals have been forced to pay £15 million to a private company after it lost the bid to supply their pathology services. Serco’s annual accounts revealed a £15 million payout from King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in May 2020.
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Rugby players are planning to make a gruelling 80 mile trek from South London to Portsmouth to raise money for cancer – in 32 hours. On the morning of May 29, 63 brave walkers will set off from Guy’s Hospital Cancer Care Centre and are hoping to arrive at Portsmouth Rugby Club by the following evening.
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South London schools will miss out on almost £4 million of funding for disadvantaged kids after the government changed their policy.
Schools receive £1,345 for every primary age pupil or £955 for every secondary age pupil who claim free school meals to help them with their progress and improve their exam results.
Michael Groce has launched a project to improve police and community relations through workshops, public meetings and fact sheets. Social enterprise Rooted and Booted have created Pass the Baton, which aims to reduce violence against the police through educating the community about what to expect during enquiries or arrest.
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Campaign groups have joined forces to oppose the takeover of 20 South London GP surgeries by a US healthcare giant.
Operose Health, a subsidiary of American company Centene, acquired London’s largest healthcare provider AT Medics in October last year.
A climate campaigner from Southwark is heading to the G7 in Cornwall this summer to raise awareness about global issues. YouTuber and Miss Eco UK Finalist Candy Paasche, 22, says she is passionate about improving sustainability and caring for the planet – as well as supporting others to do the same.
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Lambeth schools will miss out on £680,000 of funding for disadvantaged kids after the government has changed the pupil premium policy. Schools receive £1,345 for every primary age pupil or £955 for every secondary age pupil who claim free school meals to help them with their progress and improve their exam results.
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