Bermondsey street festival

the Village Fete in the city is back

Now in its 18th year, the Bermondsey Street Festival is bouncing back postpandemic and decking the halls with designer bunting. Teaming up with IMAT at Bermondsey Square, at this year’s event you’ll find:

• Food stalls • The famous dog show (finishes at 4:30pm) • Maypole dancing • Bermondsey Lock • Rin Tin Theatre • Morocco Band • Hot Jazz • Books & Beers

The Bermondsey Street Festival is on Saturday 17 September from 11am-7pm. Stalls close at 6pm, Tanner Street Park closes at 7pm. www.bermondseystreetfestival.org.uk

Photo by Red Agency

Photo by Red Agency

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the Best Bermondsey Pooches are back for a further year

Registration starts from 11am at Leathermarket Gardens and is limited to 20 a class.

The Entry Classes • The Lily Award (1.30pm) which is Best

Pedigree bitch • The Eddie Award (2pm) which is Best

Pedigree Boy • The Holly Award (1pm) which is best mash up and/or rescue • The Augusts & Nelly Bear Award (3pm)

which is anything goes... fancy dress, best trick, best 6 legs • The top 2 from each class go through to BEST

IN SHOW (3pm)

The winner will receive £75 towards a Holly&Lil dog collar of their choice. There will be small prizes for all runners up and losing entrants receive a ‘WE WOZ ROBBED’ rosette.

There will be a free pack of ByBenji treats for all entrants too and 10% off all collars leads and harnesses at Holly&Lil.

6 NOV – 31 DEC

THIS CHRISTMAS ENJOY A SPECTACULAR NEW VERSION OF THE CLASSIC TALE

For everyone aged 7+

Pinocchio is generously supported by Charles Holloway, Christmas Production Partner

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Helping build a greener Peckham ―

By Holly O'Mahony

Anew research project has been launched in Peckham to help local businesses respond to the climate emergency. Sustainable Peckham is the latest initiative from Circulo CIC, a community-focused company established in 2020 to facilitate a greener, cleaner and more collaborative business community in Peckham. At the helm of the project is long-term Peckham resident Laura Ford, who previously founded the award-winning campaign group Plastic Free Peckham.

With Sustainable Peckham, Laura hopes to nurture independent local businesses to help them develop sustainable leadership skills and a more resilient trading ecosystem. In its launch phase, she’s hoping to speak to local business owners to gain an understanding about the needs and views of its client base. With time, she hopes the initiative will bring stakeholders together through the sharing of knowledge and resources, which in turn, she hopes, will raise awareness of what can be done locally to help the climate crisis. Laura said: “There is, of course, no easy solution to the complex problem of creating a more sustainable relationship with our environment, but we believe that such a profound transition can only be achieved through collaboration. We are committed to providing Peckham’s independent businesses with the resources, relationships and knowledge they need to overcome the challenges ahead while strengthening and supporting our community. But to do this, we need to hear from as many local voices as we can. Every view is valuable as we seek to understand how we can create a sustainable future that is entirely relevant to Peckham.”

For more information on Sustainable Peckham and to get involved with the project, visit: www.circulocic.org/