Last Saturday, the Woodlawn Center next to our office in Streatham was changed into a magical and colourful place full of joy, relaxation, and community. Many people came from all over south London to stand in solidarity with each other, to learn something new, to increase their well-being, or to just eat together. After one […]
2021 is a special year for SLRA as it marks our 30th anniversary. From our beginnings as a small association of community groups sorting asylum seekers and refugees in Merton in 1991, our amazing organisation has seen many changes but has consistently provided the care, advice and support that vulnerable migrants across South West London have needed. There have been […]
Written by Tamara On the 1st June, we began a new era of our Saturday Kids’ Club… on a Tuesday. It was half-term and restrictions had lifted enough for us to have thirty people in the beautiful Woodlawns Centre garden. We could only invite twelve of the most regular children this time, as with siblings and adults […]
Our weekly ZOOM Kids’ parties with our most amazing kids facilitator Tamara Astor have been running since mid-March and will continue to cheer us up throughout the grey and cold season ahead. Many of our families face precarious living conditions with their children and with new COVID 19 restrictions in place it can be hard […]
Our staff and volunteers at the SLRA work on such a personal level, they often end up bringing more to the role than even they expected. Tamara is one of the Volunteers who has jumped right in and let her natural enthusiasm and zest penetrate every task that she tackles with us. Whether it is […]