Carer’s Hub Lambeth is marking Carer’s Rights Day on Thursday, 21 November, with a special evening event dedicated to supporting and celebrating local carers. This event is designed to provide both practical support and an opportunity for carers to connect with others in a friendly and supportive environment.
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.
On Thursday, 12 September 105 people attended an event at Brixton Library organised by GP practices from the Hills, Brook and Dales Primary Care Network to raise awareness about the importance of cancer screening.
At the third of their cancer screening awareness raising event, Hills, Brooks and Dales PCN outreach team supported people who attended to speak to organisations including ovarian cancer charity Ovacome , Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, Macmillan, Carers’ Hub Lambeth, Cancer Don’t Let It Win, Prostate Cancer UK and Carers4carers on topics like breast, bowel, prostate and cervical cancer screening, as well as smoking cessation and lung health.
More than 400 local people joined a special health and wellbeing day on Saturday for the borough’s Black communities. It combined culture, entertainment, stalls, health screening, sports and expert support to highlight and improve health issues.
It was organised by Lambeth Together – a partnership between Lambeth Council, the NHS and the voluntary sector – alongside the inspire programme which was set up after the Covid-19 pandemic to tackle the big health inequalities faced by Black people in London.