Legacy
Local bakers across Brixton Village share their recipes to encourage our supporters to join our Cares’ Cake Week. If you are short of time but still want to make a difference, try Paulina’s 30 Minutes Sugar Free Carrot and Coconut mix.
To celebrate a year of community cups of tea (and cake!) at our monthly Peckham Pelican Brunch Club, social club regular Maureen shares her special fruit cake recipe.
On Tuesday 21st March, South London Cares and our sister charity, North London Cares, headed to the Leicester Square Theatre for a night of comedy with Stewart Lee.
On St Patrick's’ Day – and ahead of Cares’ Cake Week – volunteer Jenny shares her delicious Guinness Cake recipe with you. It’s already got the thumbs up from Michael and Rene.
On Saturday 4th March, our neighbours joined together for a great bit of Irish celebration. In a couple of weeks it will be time for a bit of Irish cake! Volunteer Jenny shares her baking secrets and invites you to pledge your spoon, scales, and spatulas to Cares’ Cake Week.
Older neighbour Margaret, 87, and volunteer Amy have been matched through our Love Your Neighbour programme for two years. Over those many months they've shared stories, laughter, and biscuits in Margaret's home on Brixton Road. We caught up with our longest-standing match to hear how their friendship has grown.
At South London Cares, February has been a month of love and laughter, with new and old friends coming together to share time throughout Southwark and Lambeth.
Love Your Neighbour volunteer Mateja recently wrote a beautiful account of her budding friendship with older neighbour Stephanie. This weekend that friendship deepened even further, when Mateja and her sister Margareta took Stephanie for an amazing day out in central London. We caught up with them to hear all about it.
Why not help your older neighbours to feel full of the joys of spring by joining them at one of our social clubs this March?
We're really proud to present South London Cares' second annual report. Over the past two and a half years, our model has developed and grown. In that time we've built a network of 1,500 young professionals and 1,000 older neighbours sharing time, laughter, new experiences and ultimately friendship.
Mateja has been volunteering for two years. In this blog, she explains why she cherishes the company of her community – and how those friendships have inspired her to walk 100km from London 2 Brighton for South London Cares.