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Building the Future of LGBTQ+ Support in Lewisham🏳️‍🌈 As LGBTQ+ History Month ends, we aren’t just looking back, we’re building what comes next!We are excited to announce a new borough-wide project launching this April to strengthen our local LGBTQ+ groups and the Lewisham LGBT+ Network🗣Why this matters: Lewisham has one of the UK’s largest LGBTQ+ populations, yet support remains fragmented. Trans, non-binary, and LGBT+ people of colour still face disproportionate barriers to healthcare, housing, and safety🏠What we are doing: Funded by Lewisham Council, we're teaming up with expert partners Proud to Be Me CIC and SE London Pride to:✅ Revitalise the Lewisham LGBT+ Forum: Ensuring our community has a visible, sustainable voice in big decisions.✅ Boost Local Groups: Providing the training, mentoring, and funding needed to stay resilient and well-resourced.✅ Create Connections: Offering borough-wide networking to keep our community connected.✅ Together, we’re working towards a happier, healthier, and more resilient Lewisham for everyone.Read our full plans and get involved at the link in our bio👆 by @lewishamlocal

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Winter is in full swing and as temperatures drop, now is the perfect time to visit one of our many Warm Welcomes spaces around Lewisham❄️🥶It’s a space where you can get warm, have a hot drink and some food, take part in activities and access additional support all for free!🥰To find your local Warm Welcomes space click the link in our bio and look out for maps around Lewisham👆 by @lewishamlocal

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Today is World Toilet Day and we’re supporting the Lewisham community, one loo at a time!🚽Our Community Toilet Scheme means that across Lewisham there’s 84 wonderful venues providing free access to their toilets for the public🤩📍Look out for our stickers in the windows or check the map on our website to find out where you can find relief!👀🧻#WorldToiletDay by @lewishamlocal

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Achievments from the Good Food Lewishan two year action plan. Thank you to steering group members and all team members involved in helping to make Lewisham a happier and healthier place to live and work. #lovelewisham by @lewishamlocal

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New Good Food Business charter alertmeet Nadia the Business owner of the delicious Little Punjab in Crofton Park.A great newish addition to the local high street. offering a home cooked selection of beautiful cooked south Asian cusine.✅Good Food Local caterer✅Breast Feeding Friendly✅Offers Vegan and vegetarian options✅Supports the community through food✅Offering FairTrade ✅Refill - bring your own container✅Eco aware with plans to developed the TiffinBox scheme✅also a really fabulous cook and restaurant owner 💚 by @lewishamlocal

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Good Food Lewisham’s Quarterly Network Meeting came to the newly restored Catford House and the conversation was all about food co-ops. 🌿@gflewishamA packed room, shared seeds, and people genuinely excited about changing how Lewisham eats.This is what a food network looks like. 💚Shiri from Cooperation Town @cooperationtown broke down how food co-ops work; democratic, not-for-profit, and cutting household grocery costs by up to 40%.Meanwhile, Ella from Lewisham Fruit Harvest spoke about their new initiative: harvesting and redistributing fruit from trees growing right across our borough.That map? Every dot is a public fruit tree in London.There’s more growing in this city than we realise. 🍎@growlewisham The Lewisham Fruit Harvest connects tree owners, volunteer pickers, food banks, and schools, redirecting fruit that would otherwise go to waste.Want to get involved as a picker, tree owner, or recipient of the Lewisham Fruit Harvest, or interested in starting a food co-op in Lewisham?Drop an email to goodfood@lewishamlocal.com 🌱#lewishamlocal #coopfortnight #goodfoodlewisham #foodcoop #cooperationtown by @lewishamlocal

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Our Windrush celebration didn’t fall on the day itself, but it landed exactly when it needed to. 💛On 1st July, our Time Bank community gathered to honour Windrush Day.Choir performances, poetry, an interactive exhibition, and a spread of food that spoke for itself: some catered, some brought in by neighbours to share.That’s how these gatherings should feel.We were joined by @africadvocacy who offered free blood pressure checks throughout the day, and the whole thing ran on the shoulders of our brilliant Friday volunteers and a wonderful crew of young volunteers who showed up.Windrush is a legacy of arrival, community, and holding each other up across generations.That’s what 1st July looked like in real life. 💚Want to be part of Time Bank? Head to our bio. ☝️#lewishamlocal #windrushday #timebank #southeastlondon #communitymatters by @lewishamlocal

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We’d love for you to join us for free upcoming events with Arts Network this July!🌿🪴🌳🌷Coaster weaving at Parkside Community CentreWorkshop: Tuesday, 14th July, 3-5pmLocation: Parkside Community Centre Open to all adults, of all experiences. Kindly supported by@lewishamlocal @parksidese10 @peabodycommunityfoundation Community Gardening DayDrop in session: Friday 17th July, 11am to 3pmLocation: Arts NetworkFree refreshments!Open to all ages and all experiences. Kindly supported by@growwilduk @kewgardens @arthublondon @bupafoundation Get in touch if you have any questionsLooking forward to seeing you there!Thank you to @nationallotterygoodcauses for ongoing support to Arts Network🦋🦋🦋🦋#freeevents #freeworkshop #artforwellbeing #creativehealth #mentalhealth by @lewishamlocal

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June was a busy one in Lewisham. 🌞From festivals to networks, training to fundraising, here’s a look back at a month of connecting people, groups and businesses across the borough, and stepping in where something needs doing.This month we:🎪 Joined Bellingham Festival, Catford Festival and Downham Celebrates🏳️‍🌈 Hosted our first LGBTQ+ stakeholder meeting🙌 Celebrated our volunteers for Volunteers’ Week and ran Recruit & Retain training🤝 Launched the Active Lewisham sports forum and met with the Good Food network🥗 Co-hosted a Right to Food session at Parkside💛 Saw Trinity School raise £336.56 for the Bank of Things🍎 Welcomed a placement student to our Good Food team❄️ Helped fund Cool Spaces offering respite from the heatBehind every project is a network of people, partners and volunteers making Lewisham better.Thank you for being part of it. 🙏🔗 Find the GLA Cool Spaces Map via the link in our bio to find respite near you this summer.Swipe through to see June at Lewisham Local 👉#lewishamlocal #volunteersweek #pridemonth2026 #goodfoodlewisham #southeastlondon by @lewishamlocal

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25 days ago

We're hiring a Volunteering Coordinator 👋Join the team helping Lewisham give back.You'll connect local businesses, residents and community groups through volunteering and skills-sharing, building our corporate volunteering programme and helping people find opportunities that matter to them.⏳ Part-time, 21 hrs/week · Fixed term to July 2027💷 £17,020/yr (£28,366 FTE) + 6% pension📍 Lewisham, SE10 8FYFull details and how to apply are at the link in our bio. 🔗 Deadline: Monday 20 July, 9am.Know someone who'd be brilliant at this? Tag them 👇#LewishamLocal#CharityJobs#Volunteering#NowHiring#SouthEastLondon by @lewishamlocal

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Peabody is launching a Youth Takeover Event in Lewisham, in partnership with Lewisham Local, Pristine Youth, and a range of local organisations across the borough and South London.This is a drop in event for young people aged 14 to 35. Meet employers, find out more information about training and career opportunities and take part in activities and workshops. Tuesday 7 July from 4pm to 7pmClick the link in our bio for your free ticket. Connect with local services and employers such as: @elevate100_downham @axisclc @lewishamlocal @higginspartnerships @hillgroupuk @findyourfeetcic @urbanflyersuk @dcwuk_org @pristineyouthcic @youthbuildvuk ... and more! by @lewishamlocal

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It’s set to be a hot one, Lewisham. ☀️An Amber Heat-Health Alert is in place across London from Thursday until at least Tuesday, and the warm weather looks likely to stay with us for much of next week.Hot weather is lovely, but it can be genuinely hard on the body, especially for older people, very young children, and anyone managing a health condition.A few simple things make a real difference:🏠 Keep your home cool: Close curtains and blinds on windows in direct sun, and open up when the air feels cooler outside than in😎 Stay out of the sun when it’s strongest, 11am–3pm💧 Drink plenty: Aim for 6 to 8 glasses of fluid a day (around 1,600ml for women, 2,000ml for men); water, squash and non-caffeinated tea all count❤️ Check in on neighbours, friends or family who might find the heat harder to manageAlso staying hydrated needn’t mean buying bottled water.With Refill Lewisham, you can top up your bottle for free at refill stations across the borough; just look for the sticker in the window or find your nearest station using the Refill link in our bio.Every park in Lewisham has a water point too.Need somewhere cool to pause while you’re out?The GLA Map of Cool Spaces shows free, cool places to rest right across London; also linked in our bio.Let’s look out for one another this week. 💙#lewishamlocal #refilllewisham #coolspaces #hotweather #amberalert by @lewishamlocal

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