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Archive for November, 2008

On Saturday 29th November I attended the Street Pastors 5th Annual Celebration accompanied by Councillor Christina Valcarcel. The event began with a Graduation ceremony at St Marks Church in Kennington followed by a dinner at the Hotel Ibis in Earls Court.

Throughout the day we heard about the great work by Street Pastors who are an inter-denominational Church response to [...]

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On Saturday 29 November I visited St Mary’s Church Christmas Fayre in Clapham Common. I was shown around the stall where I met all the volunteers who had given up their time to man the stalls, prepare food and organise the event.

I was pleased to be asked to open the event which quickly filled with local people [...]

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On Thursday 27 November I attended the Clapham Park Project Annual Celebration at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton.

The purpose of the event was to celebrate the achievements of the organisation over the course of the last year, as well as to launch their Annual Report for 2007/2008.

Guest speakers included Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee and the [...]

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On Thursday 27 November I attended a memorial services for all the children lost to youth violence and the families that they have left behind.
The theme of the memorial brought together The Prime Minister, The leader of the opposition and the Mayor of London to join the Mayor of Southwark and the police commander of [...]

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On Wednesday 26 November I attended the Spring Forward Showcase event which marked the culmination of the artistic achievements of borough wide arts groups, artists, school children and residents featured in the Arts Trail map for Lambeth.

This was a fantastic celebration of how arts and being creative can benefit the well being of individuals and [...]

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