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Get more visibility for your business to Streatham locals by taking part in this year’s Streatham Festival Art Trail!

Consider hosting one or more resident artists during the Festival between 11th to 20th October 2024.

This would entail allowing an artist to display their artwork in your window or other prominent space.

In return your business will be featured on the Festival website, on the Art Trail map, and promoted on social media. So lots of free publicity, and lots of new walk-ins!

Members of the public will be walking the art trail over the course of the week to view the art and discover the fabulous mix of shops, cafes, bars and businesses Streatham has.

Streatham Festival Art Leads, Susanna Abel and Bernadette Griffin will be matching artists to suitable venues with the support of InStreatham so please get in contact before April 30th to find the perfect art for your premise.

Contact Susanna or Bernadette

Here in Streatham, we are extremely lucky and are proud to have a dynamic business community with women right at the heart of it. It’s extremely important to celebrate International Women’s Day to honour and appreciate the different achievements that women have accomplished around the world, including successes in society, economy and culture.

Every year International Women’s Day announce a theme to celebrate the day – the theme for 2022 is #Breakthebias.

InStreatham has highlighted a few of the many inspiring business women that make Streatham a great place to work.

When Baby Spinach opened alongside Yogarise and Element Fitness, it was greeted with a lot of excitement from locals; with a welcoming, baby, dog and laptop friendly environment – you can see why! After gaining much experience in the service industry as a sommelier, Melissa decided to start her own entrepreneurial endeavour. They chose to open their “baby” branch in Streatham following success from their award-winning East Dulwich restaurant, Spinach. Baby Spinach serves flavourful vegetarian and vegan-friendly dishes – open sandwiches, flatbreads, smoothies, super juices. Using locally sourced ingredients wherever possible, Baby Spinach offers a light, bright cafe and homemade food for the Streatham community.

Marj saw a gap in the Streatham high street offering and thought we could definitely benefit from a zero waste shop. With the devastation of plastic pollution within our oceans, she wanted to amplify the message that shopping without plastic is not only crucial for our wellbeing but also to preserve our planet! She’s also an experienced supplement advisor on natural remedies for over 20 years.

Last year, her business was one of the chosen 13 across the UK to receive a makeover through Facebook’s campaign to encourage people to keep shopping locally and support small businesses. Visit the Zero waste shop for natural remedies, bulk wholefoods, nuts, pulses, dried fruit, pasta, rice and even refillable-cleaning supplies, all packaged free.

Having worked as a therapist within sports injury and beauty for over 20 years, Emma branched out on her own in 2015 opening her first spa in Streatham, and after amazing success as a multi award winning spa, she opened a second branch in 2019. She and her team have a deep knowledge of the effects of natural products on the skin and body and thus work alongside brands that hold the same ethos to offer the best the beauty industry has to offer.

Will you help break the bias? Cross your arms to show solidarity.

Strike the IWD 2022 pose and share your #BreakTheBias image, video, resources, presentation or articles on social media using #IWD2022 #BreakTheBias to encourage further people to commit to helping forge an inclusive world.

Streatham is full of successful, independent women who continue to make a positive difference to the area and
community (we wish we could list them all!) but we celebrate you all – Happy International Women’s Day to you.

Following the terror incident on Streatham High Road yesterday afternoon, we would like to offer our support and condolences to those affected. We are incredibly shocked and saddened for it happen in our community.

We are aware that your staff and colleagues would have been working during the incident and are concerned with how it may affect their wellbeing. Below are details of the official advice that has been circulated including road closures and bus diversions. https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/parking-transport-and-streets/road-closures

Streatham has much to offer and our community is resilient, with a thriving high road that we are proud to support.    

We understand you may have questions regarding the nature of the incident so please do contact us with your concerns and we will ensure they are directed to the appropriate authorities. 

We are proud of our wonderfully diverse community and are keeping in close contact with the relevant authorities. If any Streatham businesses have been affected and need support (e.g. liasing with official services etc) please contact us now on info@InStreatham.com.

If you or anyone you know would like support, we advise you to speak or signpost those affected to Victim Support. The 24/7 support line is 0808 168 9111. Alternatively, Lambeth Council have provided extra support, and if anyone would like to speak to somebody about any personal impact due to this incident, please contact mseedat@lambeth.gov.uk with your name and contact details, and a council officer will be in touch with you as soon as possible. 

Regarding the businesses directly affected, we are aware that the police cordon will remain in place until later this evening. Our local MP, Bell-Riberio Addy has also been in touch and would be very happy to meet with you regarding your concerns.

The police have also urged the public and the media to help them by sending any images or footage they may have taken at the scene to www.ukpoliceappeal.com. Anyone who may have information that could assist the investigation could call 0800 789 321. And, of course, in an emergency, please call 999.

Lambeth have launched their new Investment and Growth strategy 2030 for Streatham.⁠ This document outlines a set of aims and ambitions to future proof our town.⁠

The vision is underpinned by five key objectives:

 1. Challenging Perceptions and Attracting Inward Investment
 2. Diversifying the Town Centre Offer 
3. Providing Space for Growth and Enterprise 
4. Providing Spaces for Better and New Experiences 
5. Progressing Development Opportunities

They invite you to read the Draft Strategy and help us to improve it by providing comment via a short online survey accessible here.  

UPDATE: 

Lambeth Council, Streatham Action and InStreatham BID are organising a  public meeting to review the Streatham Investment and Growth Strategy 2030 ahead of its consultation deadline of August 23rd and we would love it if you could make it along!