BHM Events - The Final Week

Hello everybody and welcome to our last week of BHM events!

We were hoping to have still two other events for you (that weren't a part of the BHM brochure) but, alas they are not going to happen... during October.

So keep dipping into our blog... maybe in november or december we will have some more events for you!

(we're on the process of sorting out new dates for these events)


Thursday 29th October
African and Caribbean Healthy Living Day
10am – 3pm.
Nettlefold Hall
Diabetes UK are hosting a free African and Caribbean Healthy Living Day open to those with diabetes and those at risk of diabetes on. Talks will be given on diabetes; stroke and heart disease with a healthy Caribbean cook and eat session run by Chef Barrington Palmer.
For further information please call Juliet Enever at
020 7424 1108
or email
juliet.enever@diabetes.org.uk


Saturday 31st October - NOT TAKING PLACE
The Lambeth Quilt – Our Quilt
1pm – 3pm Nettlefold Hall
Lambeth Libraries and Lambeth Arts will be hosting a series of intergenerational workshops in October to create a reminiscence quilt that reflects and records the diversity and history of Lambeth.
Sessions will take place on Saturdays through October starting Saturday 3rd October, 1pm – 3pm Nettlefold Lower Hall.
To book please email at
blackhistorymonth@lambeth.gov.uk
or telephone
020 7926 1075

(the Quilt Project will continue in November though at this point we're still unsure if it will resume in the Lower Hall here at The Nettlefold or in West Norwood Library's Exhibition Room. I'll post any changes/dates as soon as I know. Cheers!)

We hope you have enjoyed our Black History Month!

BHM Events - Week Two

Hello everybody!

Welcome to week two of our wonderful Black History Month!

This week will mainly focus on film with the screening of ‘Groove Roots’ and ‘House Of Sugar’ on friday and "People, Signs and Resistance In Brixton from the late 50s to the present day".
Both screenings are free so make sure you grab a seat before they run out!

Also, don't forget to join the weekly Quilt Project in which the fabric of history gets woven with the threads of reminiscence.


Friday 9 October
Travelling Films: ‘Groove Roots’ & ‘House Of Sugar’
7pm Nettlefold Hall
‘Groove Roots’ is a documentary produced by the Octavia Foundation which works to support local communities in Central and West London. It traces the evolution of Ladbroke Grove from the 1958 race riots to the present day and includes the historical development of the Nottinghill Carnival.

‘House of Sugar’ contemplates upon the opulent lifestyle of the slave-owning planters in Jamaica. 17th and 18th century antiques discovered on the island provide clues to their riches and offer further insight onto the periods examined.

Admission free
Licensed bar

Saturday 10 October
The Lambeth Quilt – Our Quilt
1pm – 3pm Nettlefold Hall
Lambeth Libraries and Lambeth Arts will be hosting a series of intergenerational workshops in October to create a reminiscence quilt that reflects and records the diversity and history of Lambeth. Sessions will take place on Saturdays through October starting Saturday 3 October, 1pm – 3pm Nettlefold Lower Hall

Saturday 10 October
Travelling Films: ‘People, Signs and Resistance In Brixton from the late 50s to the present day’
7pm Nettlefold Hall
Clovis Salmon aka ‘Sam the Wheels’ has captured accounts of everyday life, protest and people, the struggles and joys of those times, seen without it being contaminated by a media agenda and acts as a catalyst for a community arts and heritage collaboration.

Admission free
Licensed bar

To book for all events please contact:

blackhistorymonth@lambeth.gov.uk

or telephone

020 7926 1075

And thus we complete our second week of BHM events!

Enjoy!