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The Platform Cafe’s Cost of Living Winter Programme 2024
We’re delighted that our project The Platform Cafe will be able to help out during the coldest months again, distributing free meals & hosting lunches & events for community groups.
Apple Day was a great success
Thank you to Heather and all the farm and cafe volunteers for a fantastic day of activities at Wyck Forest Garden here in Loughborough Junction.
Digital inclusion project at Grove Adventure Playground
Grove Adventure Playground is inviting families to take part in their digital inclusion project.
Goodbye Gladys
We are sad to report the death of Styles Gardens’ stalwart Gladys McKenna, aged 86, a Loughborough Estate resident for 53 years.
A fantastic summer at Grove Adventure Playground
Our project Grove Adventure Playground hosted an amazing summer holiday playscheme for up to 70 children a day. Find out more about what they got up to.
Tomato and Chilli Plant Giveaway returns!
Every year we give away free tomato and chilli plants to residents of the Loughborough Estate – and this year is no different!
The Platform Cafe is recruiting for a Head Chef and Kitchen Manager
This is a paid role for a part-time/full-time Head Chef and Kitchen Manager on an initial 6-12 month contract as this is maternity cover. The cafe menu is vibrant, nutritious and balanced, reflecting the diverse food cultures of Loughborough Junction.
Loughborough Junction Action Group celebrates commitment to real Living Wage
LJAG has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. Our Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at LJAG receive a minimum hourly wage of £13.15, significantly higher than the government minimum for over 21s, which currently stands at £11.44 per hour.
Another successful Wildmind Yard Festival at Loughborough Farm
Our project Loughborough Farm hosted the Wildmind Yard Festival in June as part of the London Festival of Architecture – a day of free workshops on community gardening and sustainable living, as well as family-friendly hands-on activities and an embroidery table by Brixton-based Stitch School.
Campaign for a lift at Loughborough Junction Station
We were so chuffed that our MP Helen Hayes came and handed out leaflets and talked to travellers and passersby at Loughborough Junction station about our campaign to get a lift installed to help everyone, including parents with buggies, wheelchair users, cyclists, those with heavy bags or dodgy knees and the elderly navigate those cruel steep and gloomy steps. There is still time to sign the petition!
The Platform Cafe’s Cost of Living Programme Winter 2024
Find out more about how one of our projects, The Platform Cafe, was able to offer more support to local people this winter as part of their Cost of Living Programme, boosted by funding from The National Lottery and Lambeth Council.
Say No to the Hinton Road Development
Developer London Green is proposing to build 320 poky bedsits in a 14-storey block on Hinton Road, out of keeping with surrounding 2 and 3 storey houses. Say no to this rabbit hutch development. Join our fight to get this proposal turned down. We need affordable family homes not expensive bedsits. Make a comment or objection on Lambeth’s planning website.