With the fourth consecutive year of #WarmWelcomes coming to a close, we'd like to thank the 41 hubs that made it possible, as well as the thousands of attendees! ☀️ Initiatives like these highlight how important it is for our community to have non-consumer driven spaces to get together.

Give your items a second life at the upcoming Bring and Fix 🛠️ Join us at Lewisham Shopping Centre on Saturday the 23rd of May!

A huge thank you to Kirsten and Chris for running for Lewisham Local, raising £6500 for good community causes. And thank you to everyone who believed in them by donating and cheering! Kirsten: 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/kirsten-s... Chris: 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/chriswelton

This Sunday, come support Kirsten and Chris on their run for Lewisham Local 🏃‍➡️ There is still time to donate to the cause and help us reach our goals! Also, the ballot for 2027 TCS London Marathon will open from tomorrow until next Friday. Enter for a chance to secure a spot in next year's marathon!

We are looking to fund projects! Check the full guidelines here: www.lewishamlocal.com/parkside-com...

When spring knocks on your door it's time to open and step outside! Here is how you can get your hands dirty in a community garden; the best way to get rooted back in nature and the outdoors. Find all activities: wildcatwilderness.org Full garden list: goodfoodlewisham.org/community-garden-page

We are looking for a Business Development Manager! This position is for a charity professional with evaluation and impact experience, and skills to develop Lewisham Local’s business functions. For more info and how to apply: www.lewishamlocal.com/business-dev...

Some of the wonderful things out team got up to this past month 🌻 ☀️

We are delighted to have hosted our 2nd annual Ramadan Interfaith Iftar Gathering. These events remind us how powerful it is when communities of different faiths and backgrounds come together. Thank you to the attendees who joined us to break the fast and share meaningful conversations.

Spring might be round the corner, but you can still find Warm Welcomes spaces all across Lewisham!🌱🌷 Have a hot drink and some food whilst chatting to others in the community, all without spending any money! To find your local space visit www.lewishamlocal.com/lewisham-war... 🤩

Do you want to make a difference in Lewisham? We’re looking for FoodCycle Lewisham volunteers!🥗 Click the link to find out more and sign up! - foodcycle.org.uk/location/foo...

Here’s some of what we got up to in February at Lewisham Local!❣️🤩

Building the Future of LGBTQ+ Support in Lewisham🏳️‍🌈 We are excited to announce a new borough-wide project launching this April to strengthen our local LGBTQ+ groups and the Lewisham LGBT+ Network. Read our full plans and get involved: www.lewishamlocal.com/lewisham-lgb...

In 2 months Chris will be running the 2026 London Marathon for us!🤩 We can't wait to see him cross that finish line, but for now he's hard at work training and fundraising. Please, if you can, donate to support the work we do at Lewisham Local! 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/chriswelton

It's just over 2 months until Kirsten runs the 2026 London Marathon!🏃🏻‍♀️🤩 She's almost a quarter of the way to her fundraising target! If you can, please donate to help Kirsten to reach her target and support the work we do at Lewisham Local! 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/kirsten-s...

A huge thank you to everyone who supported our FoodCycle Lewisham Winter Fundraiser! These vital funds will help us continue our work to tackle food poverty and social isolation in Lewisham through providing warm, nourishing meals to our community🍝

It's the last week of our FoodCycle Lewisham Winter Fundraiser! Now more than ever, we need your support🍴 We’re helping local people in a healthy and sustainable way, one meal at a time. And with your help, we can continue meeting the needs of our community🍝 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/foodcycle-...

Keep warm, have a cuppa and meet new people at your local Warm Welcomes! 🫂 All across Lewisham there's spaces you can visit to get out of the cold, have a hot drink and some food and chat to others in the community, all without spending any money! ☕️🤩 www.lewishamlocal.com/lewisham-war...

It’s getting much colder and the rising cost of living has made it harder to stay warm this winter. That’s why we’ve coordinated a network of local organisations to run Warm Welcomes spaces! It was wonderful to have Lewisham Councillor Amanda De Ryk visit some of our Warm Welcome venues this week 💝

Our Winter Wreath Making Recap 🎄 A look back at one of our winter events at Wildcat Wilderness was our wreath making event. Visitors came to the garden to make wreaths for the festive period. We raised over £750 to help pay for repairs at the garden! Thank You to our community 😆

Support our London Marathon runners!🏃🏅 We're delighted to announce that we have Kirsten and Christopher running the London Marathon for us this year! Good luck to both of you! We're cheering you both on👏💐 To help them reach their targets and support our work visit linktr.ee/lewishamlocal

As temperatures drop, now is the perfect time to visit one of our many Warm Welcomes spaces around Lewisham🥶 It’s a space where you can get warm, have a hot drink and some food, take part in activities and access additional support all for free!🥰 www.lewishamlocal.com/lewisham-warm-welcomes

Help us to continue feeding the Lewisham community!🍲🌟 Every week FoodCycle Lewisham provides local people with free, healthy, vegetarian three course meals Please help us to continue meeting that need by donating to our winter fundraiser 🙌 www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/foodcycle-...

Our Time Bank Choir spreading lots of Christmas cheer at the Old Vic!🎄🎶 It was a lovely opportunity for our choir members to connect and learn with children from year 2-6 at St Saviours. They all had a lot of fun getting to perform on stage for friends and family🌟

Here are some highlights from this year's Bank of Things Christmas Appeal!🎄🎁 This year, with the help of some amazing volunteers we gave out 177 gift bags full of toiletries, sanitary products, skin care, hats and gloves, notebooks, fidget toys and more!🧤

Support FoodCycle Lewisham this Christmas!🍽 🥕 We need to ask for your support so we can keep serving free, nourishing three-course meals to our community every week using surplus food! Please donate here today - www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/foodcycle-...

October gave us so many moments to celebrate, learn and honour black history in Lewisham! From sharing a Caribbean-inspired meal at FoodCycle and exploring the Black Cultural Archives to coming together to share stories and learn from one another🗣️📖

We planted a Japanese cherry blossom tree at Orchard Garden's to honour the memory of Fabian, a loved member of the community🌱

✨ We're Recruiting: Trustees! Help guide our mission, champion the community & make a real impact in Lewisham. www.lewishamlocal.com/trustee-were...

At FoodCycle Lewisham this week, we gave reclaimed food a new life - transforming it into a free, Caribbean-inspired meal for our New Cross guests. 🍇 As we mark Black History Month and World Food Day, we reflect on what drives us: creating spaces where everyone can share food and culture together.

We're launching a grants pot of £130,000 in partnership with @LewishamCouncil to help community organisations to support residents impacted by the cost-of-living crisis and social isolation this winter, by providing a Warm Welcome🧶🎨 Find out more and apply on our website!

October’s underway but we wanted to look back at just some of what the Lewisham Local team got up to in September! 🌱🌟

We know what it’s like to be out, desperate for the toilet and not have a clue where to find one📍 In Lewisham, there’s no need to worry! With 84 venues providing free access to their toilets for the public - just look out for our stickers in the windows and you’ll know they’re part of the scheme!👀

No one should be stuck at home because they're not sure where to find accessible toilets📍🚽 That's why we’ve funded 84 venues across Lewisham to provide free access to their toilets for the public🧻 Big thanks to councillors Aliya Sheikh and Edison Huynh showing support for the scheme!

July = one year since Good Food Lewisham launched their 3-year Action Plan to transform Lewisham’s food system!🥕🍽️ Lewisham Local is proud to host the project, with funding from Public Health England. Read the action plan, join our network and sign up to take actions at www.goodfoodlewisham.org 🤩

We celebrated some of the incredible volunteers helping to make Lewisham a stronger community with a meal hosted at Panas Gurkhas in Blackheath!👏 We facilitated over 2500 hours of volunteering last year! Head to our website to find out how you can get involved🌟

We recently launched our new Food Cycle Lewisham community meal in New Cross!🍽️ There’s lots of work that goes into running community meals, so if you love cooking or chatting to people, then why not volunteer for Food Cycle Lewisham? Visit our website or follow @foodcyclelewisham to get involved🧑‍🍳

We're launching a grants pot of £57,000 in partnership with @LewishamCouncil, to help organisations to deliver projects that tackle food injustice in Lewisham🍎 Applications are open, find out more and apply on our website! - www.lewishamlocal.com/food-justice...

Got something that needs mending? Why not give it a second life at our Bring and Fix event this Saturday?🛠🧵🪡 It’s a fantastic community repair day, where you can share knowledge, reduce waste and save money! ♻️ 📍Join us at Lewisham CommUNITY Space, Unit 17, Lewisham Shopping Centre from 12-4pm

Your time = thriving green spaces. 🌿 Join us around Lewisham this week for Open Garden Week to nurture nature, connect with your community, and leave a lasting impact on our gardens. 🌳

We're launching a grants pot of £177,300 in partnership with @LewishamCouncil ! Charities and registered community groups can apply for £3,000 one-off grants to help cover essential items and services for residents in financial hardship. www.lewishamlocal.com/lewisham-loc...

We're launching a grants pot of £177,300 in partnership with @LewishamCouncil ! Charities and registered community groups can apply for £3,000 one-off grants to help cover essential items and services for residents in financial hardship. www.lewishamlocal.com/lewisham-loc...

It’s a great way to learn in a collaborative environment, connect with other, and contribute something green to your community. Next week, we're running Lewisham Open Garden Week, a series of taster events for you to get involved with local community spaces. 🌱

✨ We're Hiring: Volunteering Support Coordinator! If you love networking, planning and delivering events, and making a positive difference in your community - join us! 🕒 21hrs/week | 💷 £16.8k (pro rata) Apply by 25 Aug! 👉 www.lewishamlocal.com/volunteering...

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🏃‍♀️ Missed out on the 2026 London Marathon ballot? We’ve got two charity places available – and they could be yours! Don’t miss your chance to run one of the world’s greatest marathons, and raise vital funds to support Lewisham Local. 📧 Apply now @ [email protected] Be quick (or not!) 🐌

We are so proud to run the Warm Welcomes service, helping 47 local organisations to keep their doors open and heating blazing through the winter to support over 35,000 Lewisham residents🌨 These spaces have helped keep people warm whilst also providing support such as housing and immigration advice!

Have you seen our Lewisham Community Toilets billboards rolling out around the borough? 🧻 We've partnered with 84 venues across Lewisham to provide free access to their toilets for the public! Look out for our stickers in participating venues' or check out our community toilets map on our website

🌞 It's getting hot again - and we're ready to help you stay cool and safe 💦 There's nothing more important in a heatwave than staying hydrated - keep an eye out for the Lewisham Refill sticker 👋 Wherever there's a sticker, there's a commitment to refill your water bottle free of charge!

This Pride Month, we’re reflecting on our journey towards becoming a more inclusive organisation. ✅ LGBTQ+ awareness training & policy reviews ✨ Pride flags, pronouns, and zero-tolerance 💪 Supporting grassroots LGBTQ+ orgs Read more about our work: www.lewishamlocal.com/pride-in-lew...