Brixton is a multiethnic and multicultural community, with history and achievements to be proud of.

With BRIXTON HEROES we seek to counteract negative stereotypes, and to give Brixton’s local people and communities a stronger voice to talk about their experiences and what matters to them.

If successful, we will collect people’s stories about local unsung heroes and their thoughts about Brixton. We will talk with local business owners, young people, older people, carers, people with disabilities, activists, and other workers and residents who are striving to improve the wellbeing of the local area.

We will also produce a short film featuring interviews with these Brixton heroes, whose thoughts and stories will inform the design of a new issue of the local currency to be launched in autumn 2011.

So we are competing for a £5,000 grant through the Coop Join the Revolution award, but the decision as to which initiative should get the money is down to the public, therefore we need your vote!

Please click  here to cast your vote, and help us turn our BRIXTON HEROES idea  into a reality.

Deadline is midnight 29th May.

Thank you.

The Brixton Pound team

Soothsayers New Album

The new CD release from local band The Soothsayers includes homage track to the Brixton Pound, aptly named The Brixton Pound.  Click here to find out more about the band and to listen to the track.

I’ve pledged to do all my christmas shopping this year in Brixton Pounds, so this Saturday I went off round Brixton to do just that. Not only did I manage it with ease, I also found a whole load of wonderful new shops I didn’t know existed until a few weeks ago. Many thanks to Wild Caper,  Gruff and Tackleton’s Winter Menagerie, Bricolage, Brixton Cornercopia, No. 1 Village Bakeries, Remade in Brixton and Bookmongers for providing such great gifts. I also got my wrapping paper at Pound & Plus taking advantage of their 5% B£ discount.

You can watch a short film of the whole experience right here – I hope it inspires you to reject the west end, chain stores, supermarkets and big name brands and get down to Brixton to spend your money where it matters. You won’t be disappointed.