What is food insecurity? Do you want to know more? This event will discuss food insecurity in Lambeth and what's being done to tackle it locally. There will be presentations from Dr. Edwina Prayogo (University College London) about her work with Brixton Food Bank and from Patrick Torsney, Chief Executive of Brixton Advice Centre. I will also be talking about my research in Lambeth, based at St. Luke's Hub over the past two years. To book a free ticket, follow this link: Enough's Enough: Tackling Food Insecurity in Lambeth

Naybur's Pantry is a new service from Naybur, the not-for-profit organisation supporting local people in the Coldharbour and Vassall area.

They work in partnership with Tesco and FareShare to provide quality surplus food for people in need.

If you or someone you know needs to use their service, just contact them first to register (see above). Naybur's Pantry runs every Friday, 6-8pm from Myatt's North Centre, 24 Crawshay Road, SW9 6FZ.

The People's Fridge in Brixton is London's first community fridge. Local businesses and people can leave edible, surplus food and people who need it can help themselves.  If you are a local business or individual with surplus food to give away; or if you or someone you know is need of food, just come along to the launch to find out more! To register contact:  http://peoplesfridgelaunch.eventbrite.co.uk

FareShare London needs your help. On December 1st, 2nd and 3rd, FareShare is doing its annual food collection in partnership with Tesco and Trussell Trust.

The food collected goes to local community food projects including homeless hostels, refuges, older people’s lunch clubs, children’s breakfast clubs and other charities working with people in need.

If you've got a few hours to spare this weekend, sign up to volunteer. Follow the Heroes Against Hunger link to find out more and to register. 

If you register a friend too, you can enter a prize draw to win £100!

I love this programme. They give really useful tips on how to save money on high street and online shopping. Plus, they show the tricks retailers use to get us to spend more than we need to. For example, have you ever wondered why we pay more for food and drink in a hospital store than the equivalent shop on the high street?  Check it out: Supershoppers, Channel 4

Brixton Pound and Incredible Edible Lambeth are running an event to discuss the issue of food surplus in Brixton. All are welcome. Should be a lively discussion. Get free your tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-surplus-in-brixton-a-conversation-tickets-27301637934

Tuesday 20th September 6.30pm
​The Brixton Pound Cafe, 77 Atlantic Road, SW9 8PU
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We had a lovely afternoon last Saturday at our annual barbecue. Yes, it rained for most of the afternoon (and there's been glorious sunshine ever since!), but we had great turnout and came inside for music and food.

Valcie Flavors, our star chefs, kept us all very happy again. Dr Bike were kept busy fixing our guests bikes. Joy of Sound brought their recycled instruments and we did some wildflower seed harvesting between the rain showers. 

A big thanks to Anne, Jennifer, Geoffrey, Sally, Valerie and our neighbours at Emmaus for their help in making it a success. Looking forward to next year!

Join us for our annual barbecue at St. Luke's Hub. We'll have delicious Caribbean food from Valcie's Flavors, music from our resident DJ Geoffrey, seed harvesting from our wildflower bed, Dr Bike and free massages! Bring your brolly, the weather forecast is light rain!

Our garden is looking good, we've had our first modest crops of broad beans, tomatoes and radishes. And we used a lot of the salad leaves and herbs in our recent Eat Well Spend Less Course. Local people are welcome to come and help themselves to anything we grow.

The wildflowers from Grow Wild were beautiful and are just starting to fade. We'll have to start thinking about what we want to do with the long raise bed next year. 

Volunteers are always welcome, so just get in contact if you have time to help us. Contact: food@wlm.org.uk or call 0207 735 5802.