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Please do not hesitate to contact Martin Stanley by email if you would like to update or add to the information listed on this page.
The Kennington Association is a proactive lobby group which:
The Friends of Kennington Cross are working to preserve and regenerate this important area:- one of our key community centres. (Sorry - no contact details currently available.)
The Oval Partnership aims to improve the quality of life for people living and/or working in and around the Oval. This includes all aspects of a community – including tackling crime, providing new training opportunities, and working with local youth to develop new activities which they want. It has a busy programme so please do get involved if you are interested. If you want to know more, either contact Jenny Gore (Chair) on 020 7735 6378 or Jill Gregson (Treasurer) on 020 7820 3759. They look forward to hearing from you.
Vision for Vauxhall is an influential community group which has its own at excellent and wide-ranging web-site which is well worth exploring. The site includes a detailed note - updated monthly - giving details of, and contact points for, local events and developments. The group meets once a month, usually at 1900 on a Tuesday evening, at Vauxhall St Peter's Heritage Centre, Tyers St, near the corner with Kennington Lane.
The Friends of Lambeth Walk Open Space are an energetic group who have already done much to improve the green space between Lambeth Walk and Kennington Road.
Thames Online is an independent, apolitical, non-profit, community website set up to enable effective communication between local groups along the River Thames. Thames Online is essentially a news and information facility for the river. One of its principal aims is to support and enable river groups concerned about inappropriate planning and development along Thames.
It is good to help charities based in and around where we live - and some of them might help you, too, when you need support. The following charities etc. are based around the Vauxhall/Kennington area.
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Trinity Hospice, by Clapham Common, provides care at home and in the hospice for those dying from cancer and other diseases. The hospice helps 1,500 patients a year to live life to the full, for whatever time is left – no matter how long or how short. The hospice depends heavily on voluntary contributions so please do give what you can to support their excellent work. |
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Thames Reach Bondway looks after vulnerable homeless people. Originally based in a building in Bondway - in the middle of Vauxhall Cross - the charity now occupies Graham House just outside the Vauxhall Cross circulatory system. Clients have a range of issues including challenging behaviour, alcohol misuse and physical/mental health issues. They are each allocated a keyworker who will provide support, including linking people back into services. Graham House has visiting services from local GPs, START (the local mental health team) and outreach from the DSS. The project can accept clients with dogs, couples and women. Graham House offers clients 3 cooked meals daily and art/poetry groups, surgery and TV/recreational lounges. |
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South Island Children's Workshop is open every Tuesday and Wednesday after school for art and craft activities. These include enameling, candle making, jewellery making, fabric printing, painting and ceramics. There are also outings and special events during the school holidays and fund-raising events such as jumble sales, fetes and a Christmas fair. The Workshop is situated in South Island Place SW8, off the Clapham Road, above the Mobile Library. It is open to all children between the ages of 5 and 14 years, every Tuesday and Wednesday during term times from 5-6pm and/or 6-7pm. There is a family workshop every alternate Monday (3.30-5pm) for younger children and parents or carers. There is a small charge for each session. Please phone 7582 4196 for more information. |
The Lambeth Endowed Charities is an umbrella term for The Walcot Educational Foundation, The Walcot Non-Educational Charity and The Hayle’s Charity which collectively support a huge range of schools, community projects and individuals through the London Borough of Lambeth. They are based in Kennington and have a history dating from Edmund Walcott’s Will of 1667. Edmund Walcott was a prominent haberdasher who left seventeen acres of land in Lambeth in trust for the local poor.
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Presentation is a Vauxhall-based social investment agency offering housing and other services to communitiies throughout London and the South-East. It in particular offers free "Get Connected" courses which teach basic computer skills to the unemployed. |
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The South East London Community Foundation (SELF) is an independent trust that has become a major local resource for communities in Lambeth and surrounding areas. It aims to support activity and enthusiasm; people who look for solutions rather than complaining; groups that work together for the benefit of South East London. Please do not hesitate to contact SELF if your group fits those descriptions, and needs financial support. |
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The Tommy's Campaign, based at St Thomas' Hospital, carries out world-class research, and provides education and information, aimed at reducing the heartache caused by premature birth, miscarriage, and stillbirth. |
The lives of many important local families and individuals, including Sir Henry Doulton, are celebrated in the West Norwood Cemetery. The Friends of West Norwood Cemetery are well worth your support.
Local Online has been set up to help local people use the internet. This site contains the 'Info' local survival guide.
The council have established a Town Centre Team for the North Lambeth area - everything between Brixton and Waterloo. The team are keen to hear from and work with local residents and their website is well worth a visit. The Town Centre Team have set up their own North Lambeth website which has much useful information and further links.
The Town Centre Team have in turn set up a number of forums to facilitate general area wide consultation, improve networking and so on. The North Lambeth Area Committee holds frequent public meetings to discuss issues which affect everywhere from Waterloo to Brixton, acting as a networking arm of these three geographical groups:-
All the above groups are part of the The Lambeth Local Strategic Partnership "Lambeth First". Local Strategic Partnerships have been established by Government to give guidance and leadership to an area. Lambeth First is accordingly drawing up a stategic plan (or Community Strategy) which aims to improve the quality of life for local residents by focusing on issues such as crime, health, education, housing and the environment.
All the above groups can be contacted via Azom Mortuza at the Town Centre Office.
Lambeth have also set up:-
