Your Summer Special Lambeth Talk News Magazine

The special 24-page Summer 2024 edition of Lambeth Talk, which focuses on children and young people in the borough, is available free now to be delivered to your home or business or to download online.

Summer news and special features include:

• Introduction from Cllr Claire Holland, Leader of Lambeth Council, on Lambeth’s support for young people in the school holidays, with 30,000 holiday club places for families receiving school meals linked to term benefit.
• News pages including traffic-free green space design plans at Kennington Oval and the Council’s investment in services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• A look back at his year as Lambeth’s first Poet Laureate, Abstract Benna, with a poem about the importance of youth creativity.
• An interview with Cllr John-Paul Ennis, Lambeth’s youngest ever Mayor, including his ideas on reframing the way we think about young people in the borough to focus on youth safety, not youth crime.
• Lambeth’s program of holiday activities and food from 29 July to 30 August, featuring multi-sport, art and dance, as well as healthy meals and fresh fruit for snacks.
• Summer in Lambeth Libraries with free stories, book clubs and activities including ukulele loans and football, with details of this year’s ‘Summer Reading Challenge’ of six books in six weeks.
• News of £5m support for families facing the cost of living crisis.
• Creative opportunities for youth with raw materials and free coding classes from Millennium Community Services.
• News about Lambeth’s aims to become an Autism Friendly Borough.

Get a copy of Lambeth Talk

• Your new Lambeth Talk will be distributed free of charge by post to all households and businesses in the district, with deliveries starting from the last week of July.
• Or read/download it from Lambeth’s website