A heartfelt thank you to all of you good people who make the Loughborough Farm a great place. A special mention to Charlotte for leading us through the opening days of Loughborough Farm’s period at the Platform, Fabrice for last week’s training session and Jason for the art and happiness workshop. We are delighted so many people have come to the Platform space to support us with our Loughborough Farm community cafe. Cllr Jim Dickson came on our first day for a cuppa!
Congratulations to farm volunteer Karen Hooper who was this week awarded special ‘going the extra mile’ recognition in the Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) Lammy Awards, held at a ceremony at the Imperial War Museum. Accepting the award from Lambeth’s Mayor Councillor Donatus Anyanwu and Adrian McLachlan, CCG Chair, Karen thanked the Lambeth Living Well Collaborative for their support in their collective journey to reshape the vision for mental health wellbeing in Lambeth. Loughborough Farm was an important place, she said, where “getting your hands in the dirt” linked to wellbeing and building a resilient community.
Also receiving a ‘Kindness Award’ were Bernadette and June Johnson, practice Manager and receptionist from Herne Hill Road Medical, who have been working in partnership with us to introduce patients to the farm and have encouraged us to sell our fresh veg at the surgery. The Patient Participation Group described them as “Fountains of hope, endurance and inspiration. Warmth in a chilling climate.”
