Nominations for the Lambeth Carers Awards close this Sunday 🏆🎊❤️
Tell us about someone in our community who goes above and beyond to care for others, and let’s give them the recognition they deserve✨👏
Find out more and submit your nominations👇
Tomorrow 📣
Join us for Lambeth’s Black Communities Health and Wellbeing Day, a free event for all ages! 🎊
Enjoy👇
❤️ Health checks
🥘 African & Caribbean food
🎶 Music by DJ Milktray
🎨 Arts and crafts, and more! 🙌
Turn up or register:
We met Fateha, Deputy Acting Returning Officer (DARO) at the GLA elections in May.
Fateha has returned for her 4th election as DARO, but she has worked many elections before & brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role🤗
Thank you Fateha for all your hard work🙏
Meet Fiona, our Acting Chief Executive.
Facts about Fiona:
➡️Worked in local government for 30 years
➡️It's her 20th election
➡️Has served Lambeth and its communities for 11 years
➡️Inspired by a passion for public service and desire to make a positive impact in the community
Josika, our Electoral Services Project Officer, is a relatively new member of staff at Lambeth. Joining in January, this is her second election.
Her fav thing about the role is the nature of the work, how busy it is & being part of a bigger change, it keeps her on her toes🤗
The local
@LambethMPS
Safer Neighbourhood Team dropped by to check in with us at the Civic Centre 👮🚔
We always welcome a visit from them and appreciate the role they play in helping to make sure the election runs smoothly 🚓
The first ballot box back to the Civic Centre wins a prize! 🎁 🏆
And with the first ballot box returned, we have lift off and the count begins! 🚀
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Shoutout 🗣️ and thank you 🙏
@SanMarinoUK
, a local business providing count staff with yummy refreshments 😋🥪☕ during the count 🧮
Lambeth Council are proud to support local businesses and keep things local 🖤
📢 A massive shout out 🗣️ and thank you 🙏 to
@electricbrixton
There will be no raving 🔮, dancing 💃 or gigs 🎤 at the venue tonight, instead its the break area for our count staff!
We love 🖤 supporting local businesses and this is the perfect opportunity to do so! 🙌
Polling stations are now closed 📣❌
Thanks to everyone who voted in the UK Parliamentary General Election 🙌
Let the counting commence, stay tuned for further announcements and results ✅📣
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📢Its the final countdown⌛
🚨There is less than an hour to go before polling stations close🚨
✅If you are in the queue when polling stations close, you will still get to cast your vote🗳️
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📢The briefing for count staff has commenced ✅
Team members have been assigned their roles and are now familiarising themselves with count stations in the Civic Centre🏛️
Not long to go now ⏰ until polling stations close and the ballot boxes start rolling in 🤸♂️
Fun facts about Mario🙌😃👇
📍He is a Lambeth resident
🗳️It's the 4th election he has worked on in Lambeth
🏆He completed an
@lambeth_council
apprenticeship in 2018
What does Mario enjoy most👇
🐝The buzz of working on elections
🥰Working with a great team
⚽️Playing football
Who doesn't love to see
#DogsAtPollingStations
in Lambeth ☺️🐶
Thanks to everyone who has voted so far (and brought their fur babies with them) 🥰
Polling stations are open for another 4 hours and close at 10pm ⏰
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And she’s back…🥰
Jessie, our wonderful Senior Election Officer, is in the response team taking calls to support people with their election queries ☎️🗳️
She is a well-respected member of the team who works hard to make sure Lambeth residents can cast their votes ✅🙌
❓🤔 Did you know you don't have to use a pencil to cast your vote? you can cast your vote with a pen 🖊️ or pencil ✏️
Polling stations use pencils for practical reasons because they wont smudge like a pen can, which could potentially spoil your ballot paper 🗳️
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Great to meet polling station staff at Elmgreen School at the second stop of our tour🙌
Big shout out to all our dedicated polling station staff for helping to make today possible🗳️
They’ve been on site since 7am making sure residents can cast their votes in the
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Round two of the Lambeth polling station tour is👇
First stop: West Norwood Health and Leisure Centre📍
Lambeth Returning Officer Duncan and Acting Chief Exec Fiona take pride in their roles overseeing the election and ensuring residents can cast their votes in the
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