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Category: Staying healthy

  1. Lambeth residents celebrate healthy ageing at the Age Well Festival 2024

    Cllr Windle has blood pressure check

    More than 400 residents from across the borough attended the Age Well Festival at the Oval cricket ground on Saturday 5 October 2024, hosted by Lambeth Council’s  Age Friendly team. 

    A key priority for Lambeth Together is to improve health and care to our older residents.

  2. Lambeth Together Health and Wellbeing Bus goes electric

    Cllr Rezina Chowdhury alongside Mem and Aderito, Health Champions, at the Health and Wellbeing Bus

    Lambeth Together’s brand new electric Health and Wellbeing Bus hits the streets of Brixton for the first time. The new bus replaces the older diesel bus with updated features and better accessibility and is now good for the planet. 

    The new electric bus will replace our existing diesel lease bus and include all the facilities of the diesel model, plus full wheelchair access, a solar panel on the roof to power equipment and messaging about air quality and sustainability.

  4. Local charity invites LGBTQIA community to shape exciting new peer support group

    'Exciting news' accompanied by a graphic of a rainbow kite

    Lambeth and Southwark have a thriving LGBTQ+ community. But many people who identify as LGBTQIA+ report feeling isolated, misunderstood, and unsupported, leading to increased levels of stress, anxiety, and depression.

    A local mental health charity has recognised this urgent need and has taken urgent action by successfully securing funding for a new wellbeing group: Queer Minds.