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What’s on See centre Your guide to activities, clubs and events pages in the borough Your Council keeping residents informed Issue 135 30 March 2015 www.walthamforest.gov.uk @wfcouncil Work begins at Walthamstow Big Weekenders acts announced See Wetlands Page 3 Project to create the largest urban wetland nature reserve in London breaks ground Work to transform Walthamstow interest in visits and educational Wetlands into the largest urban opportunities. nature reserve in London got Thames Water Chief Executive, underway with an event on 18 Martin Baggs, said, “The March highlighting the beauty of Walthamstow reservoirs are vital in this unique site. helping us to supply drinking water Opening up Walthamstow to millions of customers across reservoirs to the public has long London, so it’s fantastic that they been a vision of the Walthamstow can also double-up as a haven for Wetlands partnership headed by wildlife and a place for people to Waltham Forest Council, which last enjoy the great outdoors.” year secured £4.47million worth of Works have now got underway funding from the Heritage Lottery and will allow a section of the site to Fund (HLF). open next year, with a full opening This added to just over £1million planned for 2017. There will be four already committed by the Council, new entrances, a new recreational £1.84million from site owners cycling area and footpath, and Thames Water, and £750,000 from free public access during the site’s the Greater London Authority. opening hours. Gwen Dickey has been announced as one of the acts playing the Chingford Big Weekender this year The London Wildlife Trust will Improved habitats will help nature manage the site day-to-day. The conservation and the site’s industrial Trust will encourage volunteering heritage will be preserved, including and active participation by local restoration of a locally listed pumping communities in the management station to house a visitor centre, More info and conservation of the site, and café, exhibition space, viewing For more information about the Walthamstow Wetlands project, go to www.walthamforest.gov.uk/walthamstow- over 100 schools have expressed terrace and educational space. wetlands-project. Free internet access is available at all libraries in the borough. You’re Invited Open Days 2015 Thursday 25 June www.towntocountry.co.uk/gilwell @GPconferences facebook.com/towntocountry Thursday 29 October Explore our scenic 108 acres and indulge Weddings, parties, conferences, corporate activity days, training yourself by sampling our food and beverages. The Scout Association Registered Charity Numbers 306101 (England and Wales) and SC038437 (Scotland). From 2.30pm - 4.30pm Gilwell Park, Bury Road, Chingford, London E4 7QW e: [email protected] t: 020 8498 5300 000 CC GP WFM Banner ad OpenDay_Vintage tea_2015 (without March).indd 1 23/03/2015 10:56 2 News Our Parks’ double celebration n New programme of free outdoor activity sessions unveiled n News comes as Our Parks initiative celebrates first anniversary March 2014, now has over 4,500 Our Parks and now go to sessions participants signed up, attending two to four times a week. a combined total of nearly 20,000 “The scheme is great and I have fitness sessions in its first year. made many new friends as a result The new Spring programme will of attending.” launch in early April, with another Recent feedback from members packed programme including boot saw 97 per cent of people saying camp, pilates, yoga, circuit training that the programme had improved and BoxFit. Sessions are suitable their quality of life, with 20 per cent for all ages and abilities, and are visiting their GP less since signing completely free to attend. up. “Aside from the obvious health benefits, the programme also gives The Our Parks team you the opportunity to meet new More info people,” Jennifer Deejabo from To find out more visit Walthamstow said. www.ourparks.org.uk or call Residents toasting the first this month, as the Council activity sessions for another “I am happy that the Spring 020 8396 3000. Free internet anniversary of Our Parks had confirmed it is to continue year. Programme is starting back in our access is available at all libraries in another reason to celebrate offering the free outdoor The scheme, which launched in parks. I was inactive before starting the borough. In my opinion Jon Simpson Chief Inspector, Emergency Response & Patrol and Partnership On Thursday 19 March 2015 Park. with training presentations and regular meetings between local increase the visibility of local police Waltham Forest Police launched The initiative is intended to input from the counter terrorism police and local businesses to officers on the street in and around our first Community Safety work in a similar way to residential officers who work on the Borough. discuss the latest developments the Leyton Mills area. This will, Zone at Leyton Mills. There Neighbourhood Watch, but with a This work not only includes and provide useful information in turn, have a positive impact have been other such launches business focus whereby all Leyton elements of protective security to reduce any risk to business on general crime issues such as across London, but this is Mills business members work with for premises and public locations, continuity. shoplifting and antisocial behaviour, the first such official zone local police and each other to share but also elements of the national The Leyton Community Security as well as the main objective for designated on the borough of their issues, concerns, and good Preventing Terrorism agenda, for Zone is expected to be of great the initiative of preventing acts of Waltham Forest. news stories. From this we can example working to target bogus benefit to the borough as it will terrorism. The Leyton Community Security learn what works best, and use this charity collections which can fund Zone at Leyton Mills is a joint to guide our service improvement in terrorism. enterprise between the Leyton the future. Our aim is to further improve Want to have your say? Mills Neighbourhood Policing Team The Leyton Community Security security in the area and raise If you live or work in Waltham Forest, have something you’d like to get off (NPT), the local Counter Terrorism Zone has been planned by the awareness against any extremism your chest, and can do it in around 350 words; Waltham Forest News wants Focus Desk (CTFD), and local CTFD officers and as such it will or behaviour of concern in the local to hear from you. Email [email protected] and tell businesses at Leyton Mills Retail have a counter terrorism element, business area. This will include us what you’d like to write about. Waltham Forest News Editor: Jenny England Advertising and promotional Their inclusion does not mean that enquiries: the council endorses the company or Waltham Forest News wants to Liam Gannon, 020 8496 3000 (press 6) product being advertised. hear from people in the local [email protected] community. If you have a story Waltham Forest News is produced using that you’d like us to cover, email Waltham Forest Council does not trees from sustainable managed forests walthamforestnews accept responsibility for the content where more trees are planted than @walthamforest.gov.uk or phone of any non-council advertisements in felled. Please recycle Waltham Forest 020 8496 3000. Waltham Forest News. News when you have finished with it. Waltham Forest News is published fortnightly by London Borough of Waltham Forest with a print run of 110,000 copies delivered to homes, organisations, businesses and bulk drops in the borough. The official independently audited free letterbox delivery of Waltham Forest News is 97,479, ABC Regional Dec 2012 to Dec 2013 Issue 135 I 30 March 2015 www.walthamforest.gov.uk 3 The Big Weekenders are back In brief Festival lovers across the Walthamstow Garden Party. last year’s Walthamstow Garden 34,000 people attended the first borough will be pleased to hear The Council is once again joining Party and are looking forward to Walthamstow Garden Party. Housing that the Big Weekender events forces with the Barbican and Create teaming up with organisations from The action-packed Garden Party return this summer. to present the Garden Party. Its across Waltham Forest to deliver an weekend is produced by Barbican consultation Part of the Council’s ‘Get full line-up is yet to be announced even more exciting weekend of free and Create in partnership with You have until Monday 20 April to have Together’ programme, which also but visitors to this year’s event can music, theatre, arts and crafts, food Artillery, William Morris Gallery, your say on who manages housing in features the Walthamstow Garden expect to see music and dance and family activities this summer. Friends of Lloyd Park, Lloyd Park Waltham Forest. All Council tenancies Party, the free Big Weekender stages showcasing a range of “We’re currently working with Centre and The Mill. and leasehold properties are currently festivals promise fun-filled days for artists and local talent, a story schools and young people from Keep reading Waltham Forest managed by Ascham Homes, and a residents of all ages. pavilion presenting local writers across the borough on projects News to find out first who else will consultation is currently taking place And, we can reveal some of the and performers and stalls and such as the Barbican Junior Poets be performing this summer. into how they will be run in future. headline acts for 2015 – with ABC, workshops from local designers. programme and a talent competition Four options have been put forward for Boney M, Mica Paris and Gwen It will also feature a ‘Useful and to encourage expression through consideration, but the Council is also Dickey performing in Chingford on Beautiful Craft Marquee’ and an language and performance, and More info welcoming alternative proposals.
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