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Southwark Carers have 2 pairs of tickets for the Saturday matinee performance on Tuesday 29th May at 2pm.

How long is forever? When the imprisoned Palamon and Arcite vow eternal friendship, they don’t expect that anything will come between them. But then from their cell window they see the beautiful Emilia, and their priorities take a sudden and violent turn. In this late romance, Fletcher and Shakespeare examine love in all its fluid and complex forms.

Do you want to join the Southwark Carers team in this years Carers Thames Walk? It is a great opportunity to meet carers from across London and take part in a sponsored walk that raises much needed funds for services and events for carers in Southwark.

Southwark Carers have 15 tickets for the Saturday matinee performance on Saturday 19th May at 3pm.

Two teenagers sneak into an old man’s home for a secret meeting. A young couple try to build their future whilst looking after an ailing parent. A care home offers its residents the opportunity to unburden their children. James Fritz’s The Fall asks how much can a younger generation, dispossessed and disenfranchised, truly empathise with the old – especially when their future is at stake?

Do you have something to say about issues in London? Are you interested in journalism as a career? Would you like some of the best known media experts in the UK to see your work?

Then the London Voices Citizen Journalism competition is for you!

Youth unemployment in Southwark and generally continues to be a key issue for young people, councils and employers alike.  This is especially true for those young people from BAME communities and even more so for young people who are carers.  There continues to be unequal opportunity of access to the labour market and education for young carers and this conference sets out to identify ways to reduce this inequality.  Focusing on young carers from Southwark, one of the most marginalised groups in London, the conference will explore youth-led solutions to unemployment with the ultimate objective of brining barriers down and informing local policy and practice.

Young Vic Taking Part would like to invite you to Neighbours Known, Neighbours Unknown, a celebration of singing, community and togetherness, in collaboration with The Choir with No Name.

The Magnolia Club is a free, social, drop-in group for people living with dementia and their carers. We meet every Monday for fun activities, refreshments and support.

There are few creative relationships that have the capacity to dazzle countless generations of readers like that between a children’s writer and illustrator. This was the certainly the case with AA Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, and EH Shephard.

Take action this Blue Monday and carry out a random act of kindness for someone else. Research shows that helping others can be beneficial for our own mental health.

Southwark Carers have 4 tickets for Death in the Ice: The Shocking Story of Franklin’s Final Expedition at The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.