Hello 1000 Club Members!

Welcome to our December newsletter. Lots of happenings to tell.

News

We are delighted to announce that the B£, together with Transition Town Brixton, the Brixton Market Traders Federation and Friends of Brixton Market, has been given a free space in the heart of Brixton!!  As part of the Space Makers initiative, and for three months, what was an empty market unit will be transformed into a buzzing community space for people to come together, mingle, discuss and contribute to create and enact a vision for Brixton as a thriving, inclusive and sustainable economy. The unit will provide a fantastic opportunity to showcase the wonderful initiatives happening in our community, and a real chance for everyone to come say hi and get involved. Keep an eye on Unit 6, Grenville Arcade for further developments. And if we ever needed sugar, no doubt our next door neighbour Remade in Brixton at 5 Grenville Arcade, shall be happy to share some, as well as some great creative skills.

The B£ Christmas Campaign has been launched and we are asking everyone to pledge to do all, or part, of their Christmas shopping in B£. There are loads of amazing shops out there, stocking the weird, and the wonderful, and catering for all tastes! Check out some great B£ offers (further down) to make your Christmas spree a little lighter on the purse, and keep an eye on our website for gift ideas.

Lastly, we now have a Spanish language User Guide. Many thanks to Alejandro Almazan Zimerman who helped us with the translation - muchas gracias!

Businesses

New businesses on board this month:

·        Dust, women's fashion in Herne Hill

·        For a complete list of participating businesses click here.

B£ Christmas Offers

·        Pound and Plus Household Goods, 22 Pope's Road: 5% off all Christmas decorations

·        Black Essences, candle shop Brixton Market Arcades: 10% off some scented candle range

·        ANS Home Furnishings, 35-37 Electric Avenue: Spend over £10 get 10% off

·        House of Bottles, 260 Coldharbour Lane: Spend over £10 get 10% off, spend over £100 get a free bottle of bubbly

·        Secondo, vintage clothes shop, Coldharbour Lane and Market Arcades: 25% off exclusive Rock U Later scarves

·        Bambinos, 31 Brixton Station Road: 10% off Christmas partywear

·        Fones 4 Free, Brixton Station Road: Get 20% off a £10 internet voucher

·        Stuart the Watchman, 2 Pope's Road: Spend over £10 on a watch and get 10% off

Community

 The team promoted the B£ on Generation Radio, community radio station for the Clapham Park area. The interview will be available on our website in the forthcoming weeks.

We will be printing off our new Spanish User Guide and start circulating it to community groups. Please help us by promoting it with any group you may think of. Also keep an eye out for our forthcoming French, Italian, Slovak and Portuguese versions.  

Lastly, we are recruiting volunteers to help us with translations in the following languages: Yoruba, Polish, Hindi, Arabic. If you can help, please contact Annalisa on: asilannad@yahoo.com

Events

Join our B£ pub-crawl, on Thursday 10^th December at 6:30pm. Here’s what we’ll do:

·        Starting point is the Dogstar on Coldharbour Lane

·        … next to The White Horse on Brixton Hill

·        … then over to South Side Bar on Brixton Hill

·        … and finally our pub-crawl will conclude at around 10:30pm, at Mango Landin on Brixton Water Lane

·        … but not before a lucky winner will receive a prize, courtesy of the four participating pubs

To make the most of the B£ offers on the night, make sure you get your B£ beforehand. A limited amount however will be available on the night, and you will also be able to ask it as change at all the pubs. Also for your chance to win the night’s prize, make sure you get your raffle ticket as soon as you arrive.

Please let us know if you can make it. RSVP: asilannad@yahoo.com 
 

… and on Saturday 12^th December, a day of Christmas frolicking:

·        11am-1pm: Christmas Craft Up and Santa's Grotto. Come along for some festive fun. Make you own Christmas decorations and presents.  Visit Santa in his festive grotto in the Remade in Brixton Workshop, Unit 5 Granville Arcade, Brixton Village. Plenty of festive cheer. Helpers needed! Let us know if you can help: info@brixtopound.org

·        From 3pm join our B£ Christmas Shopping procession, the purpose of which is to make some noise about the B£, promote participating businesses, do some Christmas shopping and have a good time! Colourful clothing, hats and make-up are highly desirable. Whistles, drums, tambourines a definite plus…Christmas carols optional. Further details to be announced on our website soon.

Finally a reminder also about the Stop Climate Chaos March on Saturday 5^th December. Join B£ and Transition Town Brixton supporters:

·        Meeting point: in front of the Ritzy cinema, Saturday 5^th December at 11am. Paint your face, wear B£ t-shirts, bring banners, badges, whistles…

And last but not least, congratulations to Audrey Albert, winner of this month's raffle who will be receiving a B£ collectors pack!!

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR FROM THE B£ TEAM! 

The Brixton Pound

“Money that sticks to Brixton"