Lambeth Women's Project
The front of the building that had previously housed Lambeth Women's Project, shown in 2013 | |
| Formation | 1979 |
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| Dissolved | 2012 |
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Formerly called | Lambeth Girl's Project |
Lambeth Women's Project was a women's organisation located at 166a Stockwell Road in Stockwell, Lambeth, South London that provided counselling and a range of other services to women in the area.[1]
History
It was founded by a group of women youth workers[2] in 1979 as Lambeth Girl's Project.[3] It provided a space for various community groups to meet, as well as services for women including counseling, sexual-health advice, crafts, yoga, art, and music.[3]
Some of the proceeds from Ladyfest London in 2002 were used to buy a drumkit for the space.[4] In 2007 Ladies Rock Camp, organised by Nazmia Jamal and Liz Riches, was held in the project's building. Post-punk band The Raincoats gave a talk and performed there on the opening night.[4]
It closed in 2012 after being evicted from their location by Stockwell Primary School and Children's Centre, who had been handed management of the building by Lambeth Council.[3] 12 volunteers, including mothers, staged a sit-in at the building to protest the eviction.[5] A pot banging protest was held during the occupation.[6]
The history of the organisation is preserved at Lambeth Archives, catalogued by Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski who had been a member of the project.[7]
References
- ^ "Get back to counselling". News Shopper. 23 January 2002. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "Lambeth Girls Project". yvonnefield.com.
- ^ a b c Grant, Catherine (2022). A Time of One's Own: Histories of Feminism in Contemporary Art. Duke University Press. ISBN 9781478023470.
- ^ a b Ahaiwe Sowinski, Ego; Jamal, Nazmia (2019). "10 Love & Affection: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship Between Women of Colour". In Emejulu, Akwugo; Sobande, Francesca (eds.). To Exist is to Resist - Black Feminism In Europe (PDF). Pluto Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780745339481.
- ^ "Mothers stage sit-in at Stockwell primary school over poster on girls' mutilation". The Evening Standard. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Ain Bailey: Atlantic Railton". Serpentine Galleries.
- ^ "Ain Bailey and Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski in conversation with Rosalie Doubal" (PDF). Institute of Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 20 June 2025.