Health

Vaccinations now available for London over 65s
This is a message from the COVID-19 Vaccination clinic at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. 1. If you live in London and are aged over 65 or 2. You are clinically extremely vulnerable You can now book your COVID-19 vaccination appointment by visiting www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination or by calling 119, free of charge. Language translation services are …

Urgent blood donation request
St Andrew in Sandhurst Road is sharing an appeal it received today. The local Lewisham blood donation group will be holding an extra blood donation session. Date: Friday 19th February 2021 Location: St Laurence Church & Centre, 37 Bromley Road, London SE6 2TS Time: 14:00 – 20:00 For further details and to book an appointment …

Veganuary in Lewisham 2021
Climate Action Lewisham is asking if you are you ready to join them this January for a ONE WEEK VEGAN challenge? This is for your health & the plane! Click here to sign up: https://climateactionlewisham.org/7-day-vegan-challenge…/ Click here for more info: https://climateactionlewisham.org/2020/12/02/veganuary/

Catford Postnatal Group
The Catford Postnatal Group has gone online via google meet.Starts tmw and every Friday at 11am. It’s a group for new mums (not necessarily first baby!) to get together for support, to share experiences, ideas, cry & laugh. Get the link by email: catfordpostnatalgroup@gmail.com

NHS Test and Trace
If you’re contacted by the NHS Test and Trace service, you will not be asked to provide any passwords, bank account details or pin numbers. Find out more about how NHS test and trace works: https://t.co/AFq1z8IINp

Lewisham: The Young Women’s Hub Fundraiser
The Young Women’s Hub in Catford has launched a fundraiser to raise awareness in the community and ensure that it can survive and grow as a charity through this crisis and beyond. The young women’s hub is an independent school in Lewisham that makes a difference. It is a safe, calm place where young vulnerable women …

SANITISED: Lewisham Town Centre & Market Square!
Last Monday Dee Longley was passing through the town centre and caught the filthy High Street being thoroughly cleansed. Benches and grubby street furniture all got a scrubbing and spraying.

Injured? Seriously ill? Don’t delay going to A&E
Message from Lewisham A&E: Chest pain? Severe abdominal pain? Leg weakness?PLEASE still come to A&E. We are seeing very ill patients who have delayed coming because of fears of Covid or not wanting to burden us. NHS is set up to help all – covid & non covid patients. Please let people know- Dr Rob …

St Dunstans College making Corona Masks.
St Dunstan’s College in Catford: 150 PPE masks made so far. They have started manufacturing masks in the College’s workshop.The PPE will be distributed locally between University Lewisham Hospital, King’s College Hospital, Bethlem Royal Hospital and St Christopher’s Hospice

Sunshine and Lockdown Activity Packs!
Lesley Allen of the Diamond Club at Holy Cross, and the ‘Bring Me Sunshine’ reminiscence and entertainment project is galvanising her Sunshine Ladies team. Together they will be working to support older members of the community! Today for example, Lesley is putting together little planting packs to deliver to people! Do you have elderly friends …