Local Food is the Business – taking action
More than 50 local food activists assembled at Open Project Night on 22 May to hear from 4 local food enterprises and think how we can supply the gaps and challenges so that we can move towards a local food system that can supply real local needs and begin to compete with the corporate take-over [...]
Next Transition Town Brixton meeting 25th August
Transition Town Brixton is meeting at the new Brixton Pound cafe which opened in July 2016 (more info here). It’s Brixton’s first pay-what-you-feel cafe!
We will be there on Thursday 25th August from 6.30-8pm at 77 Atlantic Road, SW9 8PU
We will be trying some of their delicious food which they are aiming to source from local [...]
TTB Central Project launching Tuesday 24 May
After a long pause, the core steering/strategy group of TTB is reforming. We would like to invite you to our first meeting in ages where we will be launching the TTB Cental Project. The agenda is here.
Tuesday 24 May, 7pm chat and snacks 7.30-9.30pm at the Brixton Pound Shop, 3 Atlantic Road, SW9 8HX (previously the lamented Portuguese deli, AC Continental)
The [...]
Brixton Pound in Council Payroll: A UK First
For the first time this month some Lambeth Council employees will be part paid in Brixton Pounds.  The scheme gives all Lambeth Council employees the chance of receiving a portion of their salary in electronic Brixton Pounds (B£e).
Employees can then spend their B£e with local, independent businesses or donate to local charities and social enterprises. [...]
Will you vote for BRIXTON HEROES?
We want to engage members of our very diverse local community, to make their stories heard, and to involve them in the design of the second issue of the Brixton Pound notes.
Brixton is a multiethnic and multicultural community, with history and achievements to be proud of.
With BRIXTON HEROES [...]