Thinking differently as a Council
We're working in partnership with the community on different projects so you have a say in how money is spent and we make sure that, despite the cuts, we're still delivering services that Lambeth residents want.
A few of our co-operative projects:
Young Lambeth Cooperative (YLC)
The YLC is an independent, community-owned organisation responsible for commissioning £9million of play and youth services.
The council worked in partnership with young people, the community and local organisations to create this new way for people to make decisions about what services and activities are provided with and for young people.
It is the first organisation of its kind in the UK and is open to anyone who is over 11 years old and from Lambeth. YLC members take part in decision-making by voting in online polls which decide how money is spent on local play and youth services.
The Lambeth Food Partnership
The Food Partnership is led by the community. Lambeth council and the NHS have helped the partnership create a case for ‘food’ to be treated as a key issue.
The partnership has attracted £600,000 in funding for Lambeth to build on local food growing projects and link them up with other organisations such as schools to see if they can tackle obesity, diabetes and other food-related health issues.
Community Freshview
Freshview gives residents the opportunity to identify what their street needs to improve its look and feel, and then deliver it themselves with help from the council.
We provide them with any equipment, guidance and extra people-power they need to do the work. It encourages neighbours to work together, cultivating a greater sense of community and pride in their neighbourhood as well as improving the street environment through things like installing planters, clearing weeds and overgrown plants, painting railings, setting up community gardens and more.
Costing around £4,000 a year, it is relatively cheap and is becoming increasingly popular with 180 Freshviews in the last two years.