What a lovely afternoon at the Friends of Upper Norwood Rec’s Summer Party. Great to see the community coming together in friendship.. and the rain stayed away! …and the music performances were brilliant.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A new use for planters….
Free childcare and food for Southwark kids during the summer holidays
School-age children from four to 16, who live in Southwark and receive benefits-related free school meals will once again be able to enjoy a summer of food and fun at a wide range of excellent childcare and activity providers across the borough this summer.
Better still, delicious hot and cold meals will be provided, free, for those attending the activities, which range in length from two to four hours of fun a day.
The Southwark Food and Fun scheme, which has more than £1 million funding allocated from the Government’s holiday food and activities programme is in its fourth year and has proved immensely popular with teenagers and children.
This year children and young people can look forward to enjoying social, active, creative activities such as mural painting, graffiti art, cooking, jewellery design, boxing, yoga, football and other sports; providing exercise, stimulation, better wellbeing, learning through play and challenging activities which teenagers will love, say Southwark.
Meanwhile, parents are able to work, attend appointments, or have a break from finding entertaining things for them to do. As well as this, children will have all food provided, for free.
Teenager Alissa, says: “I came here to get out of the house and not just be on my device.”
Megan, aged eight: “My favourite is the yoga, it’s very fun and very calming. I’ve made a lot of friends.”
Activities will be offered by 34 providers, running 59 programmes, meaning there are 39,780 funded places over the entire summer period (an average of 2,100 per day).
All are fully safeguarded providers, so parents can be assured of a high-quality experience for their children. There are also activities which specifically cater for children with SEND.
Find out how to register for the Southwark summer holiday childcare and food programme. (Source: Southwark.gov news)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Brockwell Park – Candidate calls for public consultation on holding events there: “This is not an agricultural field.”
https://x.com/i/status/1802754100699742388
A candidate for the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency is calling for a public consultation on holding events there.
In a post on X (ex Twitter) Leon Cook @LeonMCook says Having seen the state of the turf, there needs to a public consultation regarding #BrockwellPark and the frequency of events hosted there. This is not an agricultural field @lambeth_council. It is a beautiful part of the community which is blatantly overused.
- There are six candidates standing in the Parliamentary election for Dulwich and West Norwood:
Leon Cook (Conservative)Pete Elliott (Green)Donna Harris (Lib Dem)Helen Hayes (Lab)Mike Spenser (Independent)Gary Stevens (Reform)
NEWS FROM CRYSTAL PALACE 