The workers at Le Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School are planning industrial action starting on March 16 – which will be the first strike in the school’s 140-year history.
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Grow Lewisham have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for their community garden project – which aims to give fresh fruit and vegetables to food banks and charities.
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A photographer has started a project documenting the Covid vaccine roll-out after being moved by seeing people receive their jabs. Jason Ashwood, 51, from Beckenham, began volunteering as a Covid marshall at Paxton Green Group Practice in Alleyn Park, Norwood where his wife works as the lead nurse.
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There are currently rails in outdoor areas in Brixton, Peckham, Croydon, Bexley Heath and Vauxhall, with more set to open in the coming weeks.
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A judge has said that it was “more likely than not” that children’s charity Kids Company would have survived had it not been for unfounded sexual assault allegations made by young clients of the charity against older clients.
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The helicopter unit arrived with a team of paramedics to treat the patient at the scene.
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A writer and film-maker has won £35,000 to make a film about Brixton Soup Kitchen. Oneikeh Campbell won the top prize at the Pitch Film Fund Awards, awarding her the cash and support to make her movie idea into a reality.
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Three women from Lewisham are hoping to open a community-run music venue and creative space in an pub. Lenny Watson has been running Deptford record store Sister Midnight Records for two years, but was worried the space would be too small to hold events safely following Covid.
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Wandsworth-born writer and poet Joseph Coelho is releasing a £1 children’s book for World Book Day, to encourage young people to get into reading.
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Hope Virgo, from Earlsfield, hosted an online event on February 9 which brought together MPs, healthcare professionals, charity workers and people with lived experience of eating disorders.
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Barrie Legge, 71, who has lived in the block for 23 years, said: “It’s purely a profit making scheme for the developer. There are absolutely no gains for the existing residents who bought in good faith.
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Andy Watts, 39, from Bexley, tested positive for Covid on Boxing Day and was admitted to Queen Elizabeth hospital in Greenwich soon after.
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Housing campaigners are protesting proposed changes to the housing waiting list saying it will disproportionately affect people from BAME communities.
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The council was also threatened with court action when they closed schools early before Christmas.
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Andrew Brown, CEO at Croydon BME Forum, said: “Covid-19 has disproportionately affected people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Many more are dying from the virus, yet many from these communities are refusing to be vaccinated when asked.
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Families whose children receive free school meals vouchers will also get a food and utilities payment.
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A Greenwich-born R&B artist has released a new track in aid of a mental health charity. Shojon’s new single Theorem takes inspiration from the artist’s own struggles with depression, anxiety and substance abuse and shares the uplifting message that love will help you through.
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Kieron McCann, 28, from Bellingham, started his challenge on New Year’s Day by running one mile, and added an extra mile to his route each day until the end of January.
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Kieron McCann, 28, from Bellingham, started his challenge on New Year’s Day by running one mile, and added an extra mile to his route each day until the end of January.
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