Charities & voluntary sector
London Bridge day centre for homeless appeals for help to meet £75k deficit
A London Bridge day centre for homeless people has launched a Christmas appeal as it faces a £75,000 deficit.
Charities & voluntary sector
Food & drink
Prince William Henry: Blackfriars Road pub closes for redevelopment
The Prince William Henry pub in Blackfriars Road closes this week to make way for a new office block and almshouse development.
Business
Could your London Bridge business help a local charity?
London Bridge City - landlords of Hay's Galleria and More London - are on a mission to pair up charities and voluntary groups with businesses in the area offering pro-bono support.
Southwark
'Life after Covid': Blackfriars Settlement makes crowdfund appeal
Blackfriars Settlement has launched a £10,000 crowdfund appeal to help it keep on supporting older people and those with mental health challenges after the charity's earned income was hit by the Covid pandemic.
Parks & green spaces
Day of the Dead: image of La Catrina presented to Crossbones
A La Catrina figure has been presented to Crossbones Graveyard by the Mexican ambassador.
Parks & green spaces
Marlborough Sports Garden: BOST reveals plans for new building
Local residents are being invited to comment on plans by Bankside Open Spaces Trust to further develop the Marlborough Sports Garden on Union Street.
Bankside
Wallball court opened at Marlborough Sports Garden
The Marlborough Sports Garden in Union Street has a new addition: a wallball court.
Waterloo
Waterloo Action Centre warns rent rise could threaten future
The charity which runs Waterloo's main community centre has urged local residents to respond to a Lambeth Council consultation which could see the venue face a sharp increase in the rent it pays to the town hall.
Food & drink
Borough Market uses bylaws to enforce wearing of face coverings
The trustees of Borough Market have used powers derived from legislation passed when George IV was on the throne to require traders and shoppers to wear face coverings and prevent takeaway food from being consumed on market premises.
Bankside
Bankside firms and workers crowdfund for Christmas gifts for elderly and vulnerable
Businesses and workers in the Bankside area have so far raised more than £12,000 to provide homeless, vulnerable and elderly people with Christmas gift boxes from Borough Market.
Planning & Development
Historic charity plans rebuild of Southwark almshouses
A charity with a 300-year history has unveiled plans to rebuild and expand its almshouses just off Blackfriars Road.
Bankside
Marion Marples 1950-2019
Marion Marples - teacher, pilgrim, community worker and co-owner of this website - died suddenly on Tuesday 30 April.
