Loughborough Junction Action Group (LJAG)

Join us for the Brixton Community Clean-Up this Sunday 7 June - meet at The Platform Cafe which is having a Pay What You Can Day to mark the occasion ✨

We've just sent out our monthly newsletter with our latest news 📧

This month you’ll find updates on Grove Adventure Playground's new Activate for Life programme, a chef job opportunity and Pay What You Can Day at The Platform Cafe, market and gardening at Loughborough Farm, and a spotlight on Alex, who recently joined the LJAG team as Café and Farm Youth Activities Coordinator, as well as a round-up of local news.

🌱 It's Loughborough Farm's market this Saturday - and The Platform Cafe will be open too!

It’s our monthly market this Saturday 6 June - we’ll be selling a mix of plants including vegetables, herbs and flowers:

🍅 10 tomato varieties including some micro-dwarfing ones for the balcony

🌱 6 squash varieties

🥒 Cucumbers and cucamelons

🎃 Pumpkins and courgettes

🥬 Parsley, kohlrabi, lettuce, beet leaves. chard.

🌻 Sunflowers - black hopi

🌸 Pink campion

🌱 Yarrow plugs - summer fruits

Come along 11am-3pm - our stall is in front of the farm on Loughborough Road - .lj opposite will also be open for a refreshment stop!

Looking forward to the Ruskin Park Summer Fete - free live music, entertainment, craft workshops and more for the whole family on Saturday 27 June, 1pm-6pm 🎉

See you there!

Friends of Ruskin Park

Not long to go until the Brixton Community Clean-Up on Sunday 7 June - we'll be getting involved here in Loughborough Junction! Plus The Platform Cafe will be open with a Pay What You Can Day for everything on the menu 💚

The day brings together young people, residents, local businesses, community organisations, and partners to improve the local environment across Brixton and nearby estates.

Register your interest here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfig-h7_otiFnhW_cLCc8Yzq7tD1MKs8mX8GwM3mpg8RKjIQQ/viewform

Job opportunity at The Platform Cafe

We’re hiring! 👩‍🍳🌱

We're looking for a Chef (Maternity Cover) to lead our kitchen operations and help deliver high-quality vegetarian and vegan food within a welcoming community café environment.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a values-driven team supporting community wellbeing, affordable food access and youth employability.

We’re looking for someone with:
✔ Experience leading a busy kitchen
✔ Strong food safety knowledge
✔ Passion for inclusive community food work
✔ Creativity in vegetarian and vegan cooking

Help us create great food and positive community impact.

📧 Apply by emailing a CV and cover letter to [email protected] 

📅 Deadline to apply: Wednesday 3 June at 12pm

Find out more and apply: https://loughboroughjunction.org/platform-cafe-recruiting-chef-maternity-cover/ (link in our bio)

The Safer Neighbourhood Team are holding a Drop In Surgery in the Moorlands Estate today Wednesday 20 May

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