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Category: Health

  1. Applications open for Lambeth Wellbeing Fund

    Diverse mix of people participating in a Friends of Windmill Gardens project

    The Lambeth Wellbeing Fund, in it’s 9th year, is now accepting applications for small grants of up to £5,000 to support innovative community-led projects aimed at improving health and wellbeing across the borough. Delivered in partnership with Lambeth Together, this funding opportunity is open to grassroots organisations, small charities, and local groups passionate about making a difference.

  2. 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.

  4. Talking to people in Lambeth about cancer

    visitors to cancer awareness raising event sit at table and talk to stall holders

    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.

    people attending cancer awareness event at library are sitting down at a table and talking to cancer experts about prevention and NHS screening programmes

    Signposting people to local cancer services

    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.