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Changing lives with targeted rough sleeping service

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
Wandsworth Council has made great progress making tangible change to the lives of some of its most vulnerable residents thanks to a new service targeted specifically at rough sleepers.
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Share your views on Clapham Junction to help shape its future

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
Clapham Junction residents and businesses invited to have their say on the area.  We are drafting a masterplan to explain how the area may be developed in future.  Road and town centres improvements are part of a decade of renewal. 
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Wandsworth celebrates Paralympics with special day of festivities

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
Tooting Bec Athletics Track hosted the borough’s first ever Paralympic Festival this week (Wednesday 28 August) Wandsworth’s success at the ParaGames earlier this summer was celebrated at special festival award ceremony The festival coincided with the Paralympic Games opening ceremony in Paris.
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Changing lives with targeted rough sleeping service

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
Wandsworth Council has made great progress making tangible change to the lives of some of its most vulnerable residents thanks to a new service targeted specifically at rough sleepers.
Posted in News, Wandsworth Events | Tagged events

Share your views on Clapham Junction to help shape its future

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
Clapham Junction residents and businesses invited to have their say on the area.  We are drafting a masterplan to explain how the area may be developed in future.  Road and town centres improvements are part of a decade of renewal. 
Posted in News, Wandsworth Events | Tagged events

Wandsworth celebrates Paralympics with special day of festivities

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
Tooting Bec Athletics Track hosted the borough’s first ever Paralympic Festival this week (Wednesday 28 August) Wandsworth’s success at the ParaGames earlier this summer was celebrated at special festival award ceremony The festival coincided with the Paralympic Games opening ceremony in Paris.
Posted in News, Wandsworth Events | Tagged events

Plans to restore heritage cascades in Grade II* listed Battersea Park gain support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
Wandsworth Council is pleased to be investing in repowering Victorian waterfalls with clean energy at Battersea Park. This is thanks to support received support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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Mega Skip Day this Saturday

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
The next Mega Skip Days will be on August 31 and September 14. Across both days there will be skips at 14 different locations across the borough.
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Wandsworth Council launches Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
Wandsworth Council has committed to do more to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). New VAWG strategy launched for 2024-2027. Strategy builds on existing partnerships and services to better support victims and their families.
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Wandsworth Council launches Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Wandsworth Council
Wandsworth Council has committed to do more to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). New VAWG strategy launched for 2024-2027. Strategy builds on existing partnerships and services to better support victims and their families.
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Maltese Connection

Clapham Junction is a prehistoric site on Malta near the Dingli Cliffs. It is a complex network of tracks gouged in the rock. Its age and purpose are still a mystery of Maltese history. Beside the megalithic temples it is the most mysterious artefact on Malta. It is reported that the name "Clapham Junction" was given by an Englishman, who later reported that it reminded him of the great and busy railway station Clapham Junction in London.

Platform 1

The old platform 1 has now become platform ZERO. See our main article about Platform 1 at Clapham Junction

Wheelchair users are advised that they should allow an hour for transfer between platforms at Clapham Junction.

Gay Life on TV

Clapham Junction is a 2007 British television film, written by Kevin Elyot, about the experiences of gay men during 36 hours in the Clapham area of London and the consequences when their lives collide. It was broadcast on Channel 4 in July 2007. The drama was shown as part of a short season by Channel 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
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