Streatham's Got Talent at The White Lion

We attended a couple of meetings at the White Lion on Streatham High Road two weeks ago, to see how it can be better used as a community space. One of the outcomes is the 'Streatham's got talent' competition.

The idea is to encourage skills and confidence in young people around the streatham area. They will then be mentored by experienced and qualified workshop practitioners.

You can like the facebook page here.

And spread the word out to anyone who maybe interested

Open to all ages up to 21

Auditions will be held at

The White Lion, Streatham, 233 Streatham High Road, SW16 1BB

and will take place on

Saturday 21st July from 12pm-4pm

Saturday 28th July from 12pm-4pm
Sunday 29th July 12pm-4pm

there will then be a week of mentoring workshops taking place at The Stables Workshop Space, at the back of The White Lion, Streatham

Workshops will be held from

Monday 30th July - Friday 3rd August

Heats will then take place, the following weekend

Saturday 4th August from 12am-4pm
Sunday 5th August from 12am-4pm

and

Saturday 11th August from 12-4pm
Sunday 12th August from 12-4pm (Quarter Final)

with the semi-final and final on

Saturday 18th August from 12pm-4pm (Semi-Final)
Sunday 19th August from 12pm-4pm (Final)

Olympic-themed Fun Day on Streatham Common this Saturday (14th July)

There is an Olympic-themed Fun Day on Streatham Common this Saturday (14th July) from 1pm - 5pm.

It's being organised by Love Streatham (see facebook page)

There will be loads of activities including bouncy castles, giant slide, bungee-run, face painting, mini-Olympics, toddler zone, youth zone, refreshments and more. And the best news of all is that all activities are FREE!

Don't worry too much about the weather (although it would be great if the sun in shining) because there is a marquee too.

Love Streatham are a group from local churches working together in the community. www.lovestreatham.org/funday

Report: Shop accessibility on Streatham High Road

We have just completed a survey of shop/ business accessibility on a the section of Streatham High Road which is the focus of change in the next two years. Our report is below, but among the findings are that two thirds of shops are inaccessible. Not only is this an issue of social justice, it also has significant implications for Streatham's local economy.

Survey of Accessibility on Streatham High Road

Thirlmere Road/ Tooting Bec Gardens crossing made accessible

We have had another accessibility success in getting the intersection of Thirlmere Road and Tooting Bec Gardens made accessible.

This follows the pavement widening at the bottom of Tooting Bec Gardens, the ramping of the vehicle crossovers on the same road, and the access improvement outside the Wellfield Community Centre.

Previously there was no ramp access here, so we approached the council, and it has now been ramped on both sides of the crossing.

Streatham Common Community Garden

Food growing projects are something that we are trying to promote in Streatham, as the local area has fallen behind other parts of the borough. You can can see how Lambeth is doing in this food growing map here.

However Streatham Common Community Garden is now open every from Sunday 12-4. All are welcome to come along and lend a hand.

The garden is based in the historic walled garden next to the Rookery, Streatham Common.

Local residents are invited to join and help in whatever way they can. This could be by volunteering to help clear the site and plant and harvest crops, coming along to community meetings about the project, representing the group at local events, or benefiting from training and education projects which are being set up.

You can register your interest on the website. You'll get email updates to tell you what's happening and how you can get involved. You can also join the Facebook group.

Find our more at: http://groupspaces.com/StreathamCommonCommunityGarden/

St Leonard's Safer Neighbourhood events in July

St Leonard's Ward Safer Neighbourhood Team have four events in July:

5 July 2012 - Drop-in surgery

An indoor one-to-one consultation session

Start: Thu 05 July 2012, 12:00 PM
End: Thu 05 July 2012, 13:00 PM

Location:Common Cafe, Greyhound Lane SW16


14 July 2012 - Street briefing

An outdoor meeting that any member of the public can attend held outdoors.

Start: Sat 14 July 2012, 11:00 AM
End: Sat 14 July 2012, 11:30 AM

Location: Babington Road o/s Babington Court


18 July 2012 - Street briefing

An outdoor meeting that any member of the public can attend held outdoors.

Start: Wed 18 July 2012, 19:00 PM

End: Wed 18 July 2012, 19:30 PM

Location:Mount Ephraim Lane j/w Woodfield Grove


25 July 2012 - Drop-in surgery

An indoor one-to-one consultation session.

Start: Wed 25 July 2012, 10:00 AM
End: Wed 25 July 2012, 11:00 AM

Location: Wimpy, Streatham High Road SW16

Streatham Peace Festival 2012

We are really pleased to be supporting the the Little Big Peace Event - a week long free festival in Streatham - which runs this year from September 17th - 23rd.

The little big peace event sets out to explore the culture and concept of peace in an inspiring and open-minded atmosphere. It aims to draw in the local and wider community, both as participants and event goers, with the idea of inclusiveness and acceptance, and that peace is both political and personal.

It was inspired by 'Peace One Day'.

This year's events will include:

- A screening of Peace One Day's film "The Day After Peace"

- An evening of talks and workshops led by John Paul Flintoff (author of "How to change the world").

- A lantern procession along Streatham High Road, followed by an evening of choral singing with The London Bulgarian Choir.

- A music & entertainment night

- A day of complimentary therapies (meditation, yoga, reflexology, alexander technique, reiki, shiatsu etc)

- An Evening of Music and song plus short film at the Hideaway jazz cafe, featuring Prem Rawat, globally renowned Ambassador of Peace.

- Workshops in local schools

- " Seeding the future": an evening of talks with an inspirational panel of speakers. How we can support young people and create an atmosphere of trust in our community.

- A football match - kids v/s celebs, on Streatham Common on September 21st.


All events are free. More infor at www.littlebigpeace.com for regular updates and on Twitter: @littlebigpeace