I have been made aware of an amazing organisation who are supporting communities to feed themselves, whilst fighting food waste. Please see their flyer below.

This article first appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Streatham Society News and is reproduced here with their permission. Congratulations to Streatham’s Roger Bowdery who has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in King Charles’s Birthday Honours List.…

As a Lambeth Neighbourhood Champion for my road, I and others have been advised by the Recycling department at the Council that there is a recent trend for some residents to recycle items they should not be putting in garden…

Please continue to support the Post Office near Streatham Common Station, including Saturday morning banking! The recent Government consultation on the Post Office revealed that nearly half of the 11,500 Post Offices currently operating are no longer profitable and up…

The next Streatham Common and Vale Ward Safer Neighbourhood Panel meeting will take place on Tuesday 4th November 2025 at 6.30pm at Woodmansterne Primary School, Stockport Road, SW16 5XE. Please do come along. Please share details of the meeting with neighbours,…

NATWEST SPORT GROUND – PLANNING APPLICATION 24/P3406: On 26th September 2025, the SVPOA attended the Planning Committee meeting at Merton Civic Centre to consider the application for the further development of the former NatWest Sports Ground, north of Turle Road.…

With 59 categories to enter this year, we had a lot of winners! There were many excellent entries and it was encouraging to see new names on both the entries and class winners for some of the categories as well…

The Horticultural Show was held on 13th September this year. As usual, there was plenty to admire in the exhibits. Once again. it was encouraging to see new names on both the entries and class winners for some of the…

A number of changes to how we vote were introduced from October 2023. For example, I think most of us now know that we need to take ID with us if we go to vote in person at a polling…

Works have now commenced on the A23 Streatham Hill between Streatham Hill Station and Holmewood Road off Brixton Hill (where the A23 narrows after you have crossed the South Circular. Major road works will cause potential delays for both local…