Christmas comes to Brixton

Mayor Christopher Wellbelove
Mayor Christopher Wellbelove

“Look after your neighbours,” was the Christmas message from Lambeth mayor Christopher Wellbelove.

He joined speakers from Brixton’s Mosaic centre – his chosen charity for his mayorality – as he switched on the lights of Brixton’s Christmas tree last night.

He was joined by Mosaic programme director Beverley Randall and Angela, a Mosaic member, who read her own moving poem about being an insider and an outsider.

The Corpus Christi school choir entertained parents and passers-by as Christmas came to Brixton.

Corpus Christi school choir
Corpus Christi school choir
Mosaic programme director Beverley Randall
Mosaic programme director Beverley Randall
Mosaic member Angela reads her poem
Mosaic member Angela reads her poem
At the switch on: Cllr Marcia Cameron, Cllr Sonia Winifred, Cllr Donatus Anyanwu, mayor Christopher Wellbelove, Mosaic’s Beverley Randall, Mosaic poet Angela, Cllr Jacqui Dyer, Brixton Business Improvement District director Michael Smith
At the switch on: Cllr Marcia Cameron, Cllr Sonia Winifred, Cllr Donatus Anyanwu, mayor Christopher Wellbelove, Mosaic’s Beverley Randall, Mosaic poet Angela, Cllr Jacqui Dyer, Brixton Business Improvement District director Michael Smith