The Windrush Generation: what next?
The Windrush Scandal continues to affect many citizens of the UK, and in particular Lambeth. Hub Storyteller Ann Storr met with the Diaspora Support Network and Lambeth Law Centre to hear a few of the stories behind the headlines and…
“I’m gonna be a volunteer round here …” – the 1st Open Project Night Community Fair
Impact Hub Brixton held its first Community Project Fair on Monday 30th April, Hub Storyteller Ann reports. 15 community projects came to pitch their projects, explain their mission and seek help bringing their community vision to life.
Joe Duggan and…
Trader stories: Staying afloat on Atlantic and Station Roads
Network Rail have closed many businesses located in the arches under Brixton train line, first on Atlantic Road and now Station Road. The structures needed work, but as Brixton changes rapidly, the fear is that businesses that have served generations…
Connections, friendships and support: growing your business at Impact Hub
Being a Hubber has many benefits, we like to think. Hub storyteller Ann Storr met with some Hubbers, new and old, to see how being part of the Impact Hub community has helped their businesses grow and make change.
Spiral…
Brixton Green rejected: Why and what next?
Brixton Green is the community organisation trying to bring a development of affordable, community-managed housing to Brixton. Manned entirely by volunteers, Brixton Green have worked tirelessly on the project for over 10 years. Recently, Lambeth council decided to reject the…
International Women’s Day and learning to listen to yourself
Today is International Women’s Day, and we thought that this was the perfect time to catch up with Helen Chapman, the Hub’s own Female Empowerment Coach (and Friday lunch genius). Helen works with female leaders to help them discover and…
Fearless Futures
International Women’s Day falls on 1st March. Hub Storyteller Ann Storr spoke with Rachael Curzons, COO of Fearless Futures, an intersectional feminist non-profit working to challenge and change people’s beliefs around diversity in both schools and the workplace. Fearless Futures…
GDPR : Are you ready?
Last week, Jennifer Aikins-Appiah (Close Brothers Merchant Bank) explained the new General Data Protection Regulations to a container crammed full of Hubbers, as part of Danna Walker’s brilliant Business Helpdesk Series.
Whether you’re a writer, a business consultant or marketeer,…
Where’s there’s a Pret, there’s a …
By Ann Storr
Pret a Manger has descended upon Brixton, Sports Direct is on its way and the Village is up for sale. Conversations about change, progress, community and gentrification are more charged than ever.
I met with a…