All posts tagged Co-op council

Lambeth Town Hall, by Laura Spargo
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May 9, 2012, 1 Comment

Council staff at Brixton town hall and across Lambeth can now spend three working days per year volunteering with local charities and community groups.  Nearly 3,000 employees are being encouraged …

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Take Two: Inspiring Minds @ Mango Landin and co-operative libraries consultation @ Brixton Library

April 11, 2012, No comments

Take One: Inspiring Minds Forum @ Mango Landin Mango Landin has started a series of ‘Inspiring Minds‘ forums every Tuesday and the forum t ...

Cllr Florence Nosegbe, cabinet member for culture

CAMPAIGN: ‘Scaled-down’ Lambeth Country Show could go ahead

February 6, 2012, No comments

The Lambeth councillor responsible for culture says a smaller scale version of the Country Show could still go ahead in 2012. Speaking to the Brixton ...

Sheep shearing at the Lambeth Country Show

CAMPAIGN: Committee will look at Lambeth Country Show cancellation

February 6, 2012, No comments

By Tim Dickens, Editor The leader of the opposition at Lambeth council has “called-in” the controversial decision to cancel this year̵ ...

  • 2010 – the year in Brixton
    December 28, 2010, No comments

    Kaye Wiggins reports on 2010 in Brixton – a year of elections, closed leisure centres, happy lido days, rising market rents and a jerk chicken festival.   2010 has been ...

  • Haircuts and lager, courtesy of Lambeth
    November 29, 2010, 1 Comment

    Guest blogger, Kaye Wiggins, finds a more concrete policy in Lambeth’s cooperative council plans You can picture the tabloid headlines already, can’t you? As part of its plan to become ...

  • The Brixton Clubcard?
    September 17, 2010, No comments

    In the week of the first birthday of the Brixton Pound, we investigate a new idea for the local economy Music, cake and even photo-calls with the mayor were in ...

  • Brixton – the ‘clone’ town
    September 15, 2010, 1 Comment

    On the eve of Brixton Pound’s first birthday, Brixton has become a ‘clone town’, according to a survey released today by the new economics foundation. It studied the number of chain ...

  • Reporting from the town hall…
    July 30, 2010, 2 Comments

    Guest blogger Kaye Wiggins, journalist for Third Sector magazine, reports from last night’s co-operative council meeting About 70 residents gathered in a warm, crowded room in Lambeth town hall last ...

  • More co-op council
    July 26, 2010, 4 Comments

    Lambeth council staff have been ‘on the road‘ in the past few weeks, spreading the gospel of the co-operative council. In each part of the borough, they set up stalls ...