A few weeks ago, Streatham Action hosted a public meeting on violence and knife crime in London, and particularly in the area around Streatham. In our last issue Streatham Action  said there were three questions the meeting panelists needed to answer – why was there a rise  in violent crime, what were the authorities doing about it and what could we the public do additionally to protect ourselves and our community?

HAVE YOUR  SAY ON SUBSTANCE BAN.

Lambeth Council is seeking the views of local people about extending its current Public Space Protection Order, which prohibits the possession and misuse of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in Lambeth.

Streatham Action organised and chaired the first local election hustings since the 90’s! The event was a success and took place at the Hideaway on Wednesday the 11th of April.

Thames Water says that it is “taking longer than expected to restore supplies to homes” not only in the SW16 area, but also in SW12, SW15 and SW17. As of this morning, Streatham was being specified by Thames Water as a “priority” for them.

Unfortunately, as quickly as some problems have been rectified in Streatham other new issues have been arising.

Many residents have been severely impacted by no water in their homes since Saturday.  Whilst some see water coming back on stream, others have experienced new cut-offs to supply. 

I was requested to attend – and once again at very short notice – a follow-up meeting at Lambeth Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon, which had been convened by LBL and TfL. Two central Streatham councillors, Cllrs Mohammed Seedat and Saleha Jaffer, were also in attendance. The purpose of the meeting was not only to update us all on the anticipated completion date for the emergency sewage repairs, but also to provide us with detail as to the various stages involved in the upcoming St Leonard’s Junction improvement works.

BY: Helen Smith With no quick fix in sight, either from Southern Rail or Network Rail franchises, Lambeth Council are pressed to make Streatham a key priority for its new long-term transport strategy plan in bid to improve the areas dire transport links and aid regeneration.

Streatham Action has had an exciting 12 months and has big plans for next year. We invite you to our Annual General Meeting on the 24th of November, at 7pm to hear all about what we've been up to and what's planned for 2017.

Want to know what the air quality is like in your neighbourhood? Get involved in the Love Lambeth Air project.​ Deadline to apply 14 October 2016.

What is the Lambeth Loves Clean Air project?

Lambeth Council, in partnership with Mapping for Change, is providing diffusion tubes to residents and businesses to measure nitrogen dioxide outside their home or office.

How long is the project?

They want to monitor nitrogen dioxide from October 2016 until April 2017.

What will you do?

Goodgym Lambeth are a running group that supports projects in the community at the same time. They run every Tuesday from central Brixton at 7pm and we do all sorts of things, like sorting 1.5tonnes of food at Vauxhall Foodbank to shifting compost at a community garden, to painting a community centre. They are usually a group of around 20-30 and can do a lot in about 30 mintues, then they run back to base!

The Big Lottery Fund's Celebrate! programme is offering grants of between £300 and £10,000 for groups to hold one off events or activities which celebrate their local community.