Free Summer Fun

Free Holiday

Programmes

Young Hackney Youth Clubs will be running a programme of summer activities. All the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden: will be activities will need to be registered as places holding free afternoon workshops inspired by are limited. Most activities are free at point of the plants and wildlife . For children aged 5 – 11 contact unless stated. For more information throughout the holidays. For more information about these programmes contact individual visit the garden at 13 Dalston Lane, E8 3DF. Young Hackney Clubs listed below. The Geffrye Museum has three weeks of free Hackney’s libraries: Have a look at their exciting activities exploring natural and man- amazing free workshops and made design in homes and gardens every performances this summer. Pop into your local Tuesday-Friday from 29th July-5th August. For library to find out more. more information visit the museum at Kingsland Road, E2 8EA or phone 020 7739 9893. The Access to Sports Project deliver a wide range of Sporting Activities for Children and Young People in Hackney. 02076868812.

Free Events in July

SAT 18TH JULY–SUN 19TH JULY 2015 12NOON-9.30PM (8PM SUNDAY) Get together in Walthamstow’s Lloyd Park for a lively weekend of music, theatre, dance, circus, film, spoken word, crafts and family fun. Featuring four stages, stalls from local designer-makers and an extraordinary range of street food, this year’s event will build on the success of 2014 when 34,000 people gathered in the park. And even better, this event is completely free.

Saturday 25 July 10.30am – 1.30pm Make your Mark on Vicky Park, Join our Community Park Rangers to help carry out some practi- cal conservation in the park. Lunch vouchers for the Pavilion Café will be provided. For more in- formation please call 020 7364 4504 or email [email protected]. Meet at the Outdoor Classroom, near St Agnes Gate. Area A1

Sunday 26 July 10am – 12.30pm Memoryscape History Walk, Take a trip down Memory Lane and join the Community Park Rang- ers on a recorded audio trail around the park. Limited spaces are available. To book a place call 020 7364 4504 or email [email protected]. Meet at the Pavilion Café. Area B8

Tuesday 28 July 10.30-12pm Big Bug Hunt, Explore the undergrowth of Clissold Park and identify invertebrates and amphibi- ans lurking under logs. Free - booking required: 02083564600

Free Events in August

Pond Dipping at Clissold Park 14th August 11am-12pm Discover the creatures living in our dipping pond. Age group: ALL. Booking required. Call Lucy on 02083564600. Children must be accompanied.

Notting Hill Carnival 2015: 30th August, 12.00pm onwards. Enjoy the Family Day. City Farms

City Farms provide a great link with the country that many city children benefit from. They ena- ble children to experience and understand how to look after animals, to plant and harvest and collect and sell produce.

Hackney City Farm Freightliners City Farm Contact info: 1a Goldsmith’s Row London E2 Contact info: Freightliners Farm, Sheringham 8QA Road, London, N7 8PF Tel: 020 7729 6381 Tel: 020 7609 0467 Opening times: 10am – 4.30pm Tuesday to Opening times: Autumn/ Sunday. Winter: 10am to 4pm Spring/Summer: 10am to 4.45pm Spitalfields City Farm Contact info: Buxton Street’ London E1 5AR Mudchute Farm Tel 0207 247 8762 Contact info: Pier St, London, E14 3HP Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday between Tel: 02075155901 10am and 4pm (October – March), 4:30pm. Opening times: 9am-5pm (April – September)

Stepney City Farm Contact info: Stepney Way, London, E1 3DG Tel: 020 7790 8204 Opening times: 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Sun- day

Youth Clubs

Young Hackney run five youth clubs in Hackney. Each of these is home to a team of workers who run activities for children and young people aged 8 years and over. This summer there will be an exciting range of activities happening at each of these clubs.

Young Hackney Stoke Myddleton Grange Newington: Myddleton Grange, 108 Colthurst Crescent, N4 Chaucer Court, N16 8TS 2FB Contact :020 8356 1663 Contact: 020 8356 7404

Young Hackney The Edge: Young Hackney Forest Road: The Edge, 7 Woodberry Grove, N4 1SN 29 Forest Road, E8 3BY Contact: 020 8356 1063 Contact: 020 8356 2200

Guinness Estate Youth Club: Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, N16 5QT Contact: 0208 356 7404 Adventure Playgrounds

Adventure playgrounds offer children the opportunity to play in a unique environment that ena- bles them to take risks. These are vital for children’s healthy development.

Hackney Adventure

Playgrounds

Apples and Pears Homerton Grove Adventure Playground - Adventure Playground - Pearson Street, E2 Wardle Street E9 5QG. Tel: 020 8985 9202. 8EL. Tel: 020 7729 6062 Shakespeare Walk Evergreen Adventure Adventure Playground - Shakespeare Walk, Playground - Beehive Close, Off Richmond N16 8TL. Tel: 020 7249 8405. Road E8 3JT. Tel: 020 7275 9004. Shoreditch Adventure Hackney Marsh Adventure Playground - Playground - Mintern Street N1 5EF. Tel: 020 Daubney Fields (off Kingsmead Way), E9 7729 3770 5PP. Tel: 020 8986 7245

Toffee Park Adventure Playground- Adventure Playgrounds 020 7251 0190 Further Afield Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QS

Crumbles Castle Adventure Playground- Barnard Park Adventure Playground - 020 7713 6997 020 7837 1512 Bingfield Street, London N1 0BJ Copenhagen Street, London N1 0WF

Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground - Cape Play and Youth Project - 020 7607 3586 020 7272 4243 Market Road, London N7 9PL 83 Crouch Hill, London N8 9EG

Martin Luther King Adventure Playground- Cornwallis Play and Youth Project - 020 7607 0845 020 7281 0094 Sheringham Road, London N7 8PF Cornwallis Road, London N19 4LP

Timbuktu Adventure Playground- Kings Henry's Walk Adventure Playground - 020 7272 2183 020 7254 4783 Grenville Road, N19 4EJ King Henry's Walk, London N1 3NX

Play Areas

Make the most of the summer sun this holiday by visiting play areas in and around Hackney.

Allens Gardens - Bethune Road, N16 5BD London Fields (2 Play areas) – Eleanor Road, London Fields, E8 3EU. Broadway Market Green - Jackman Street, E8 4QX Millfields - Chatsworth Road, E5 0AR. Butterfield Green- (3 play areas) – Words- worth Road, Spenser Grove, Shakespeare Shepherdess Walk Park - Walk, N16 8DD Shepherdess Walk, N1 7JN

Clapton Common - Shoreditch Park - Clapton Common, E5 9AA New North Road, N1 6TA.

Clapton Square - Springfield Park - Clapton Square, E5 8HP. Springfield, E5 9EF.

Clissold Park - St Johns Churchyard - Green Lanes, N4 2EY St Johns Churchyard, E5 0PD.

Daubeney Fields - Stoke Newington Common - Kings Mead Way, E9 5PP Northwold Road, N16 7DH.

De Beauvoir Square - Stonebridge Gardens - De Beauvoir Square, N1 4LG. Haggerston Road, E8 4EP.

Hackney Downs - Well Street Common - Hackney Downs, E5 8NP. Well Street Common, E9 7AS.

Haggerston Park - Yorkton Street, E2 8NH.

Our top places to play outside of Hackney

There are lots of places to play that are a short walk or bus ride away from Hackney.

Coram Fields: 93 Guildford Street, London, WC1 N 1DN. Victoria Park: Tel: 020 7837 6138 Grove Rd, London ,E9 7DE . Tel:020 8980 0030. Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Play- ground Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Tel: The Royal Parks switchboard – 0300 061 London E20 2ST 200. Tel: 0800 072 2110

Play Areas in Waltham Forest

Kitchener Road Park Bisterne Avenue Park Kitchener Road, E17 Bisterne Avenue, E17 Leyton Jubilee Park Cann Hall Park Seymour Road or Marsh Lane, E10 Cann Hall Road, E11 Pimp Hall Park Chase Lane Park Simmons Lane, E4 York Road, E4 Skeltons Lane Park Coppermill Park Off Leyton High Road, E10 Coppermill Lane, E17 St James Park Essex Road, E10 Henry Reynolds Gardens Bush Road, E11 Selbourne Walk playground Opposite Selbourne walk shopping centre, E17

Play Areas in Tower Hamlets

The Childrens’ Park Glamis Adventure Playground Mile End Park 10 Glamis Road, E1W 3EG Grove Road, E3 5BH Poplar Recreation Ground King Edward Memorial Park Hale Street, E14 Glamis Road, E1

Shadwell Basin Activity Centre 3-4 Shadwell Pierhead, E1W 3TD

Play Areas in Haringey

Belmont Recreation Ground Belmont Road, N15 Russel Park Maurice Avenue, N22 Bruce Castle Park Lordship Lane, N17 Springfield Park Park Road, N11 Chestnuts Park St. Ann’s Road, N15 Fairland Park Falkland Road, N8 Downhills Park Downhills Park Road, N17 Finsbury Park Endymion Road, N4 Ducketts Common Hartington Park Willoughby Road, N8 Stirling Road, N17 Markfield Park Crowland Road, N15 Lee Valley Regional Park Lee Valley Paignton Park Richmond Road, N15 Lordship Recreation Ground Lordship Lane, N17 Priory Park Middle Lane, N8 Museums

Museums encourage children to learn and grow and are places where families can play and learn alongside other families. Learners of all ages and abilities can discover more about areas of interest in an inclusive, non-judgmental environment. Increasing numbers of fami- lies visit museums each year and enjoy their unique, face-to-face fun and activities de- signed to enable children to develop.

The Geffrye Museum Musum is world renowned for its historic collec- The Geffrye Museum focuses on the urban liv- tions, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational ing rooms and gardens of the English middle exhibitions. classes. Contact details: The Science Museum, Exhibi- Contact info: Kingsland Road, E2 8EA tion Rd, South Kensington, SW7 2DD TEL: 020 7739 9893 Opening times: Open every day except 24 to Opening times: Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 26 December. 10.00 to 18.00 (last entry 5pm, Bank Holiday Mondays 10am - 5pm. 17.15). Closed Mondays (unless Bank Holiday), Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing V&A Museum of Childhood Day, New Year's Day. The V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green houses the Victoria and Albert Museum’s British Museum collection of childhood-related objects and arte- The British Museum is dedicated to human his- facts, spanning the 1600s to the present day. tory and culture. Its permanent collection, num- Contact info: V&A Museum of Childhood, bering some eight million works is amongst the Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA largest and most comprehensive in existence Switchboard +44 (0)20 8983 5200 and originates from all continents, and docu- Opening times: 10.00-17.45 (last admission menting the story of human culture from its be- 17.30) ginnings to the present. Contact info: Tel: +44 (0)20 7323 8000 British Museum of London Docklands Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG Discover the history of London and its people Opening times: Free, open daily 10.00–17.30, from roman settlement to Dockland regenera- Fridays open until 20.30 tion at this Grade 1 listed warehouse, a short walk from Canary Wharf. Natural History Museum Pennyfields, Ropemakers Field and Poplar The Natural History Museum focuses on life Recreation Ground all within half a miles walk and earth science with over 70 million plant, in- from the museum. sect, mineral, animal or dinosaur specimens. Contact info: +44(0)207 001 9844. Museum of The museum is a world renowned centre of re- London Docklands, West India Quay, Canary search, specialising in taxonomy, identification Wharf, London E14 4AL and conservation. Opening times: Open daily 10am-6pm Contact info: Natural History Muse- um Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. Hackney Museum Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5000. Free exhibitions and events exploring Hack- Opening times: Free, open daily 10.00–17.50, ney's past and present for visitors of all ages. Last admission is at 17.30. Contact info: Ground Floor Technology And Learning Centre, 1 Reading Science Museum Lane, E8 1GQ The Science Museum was founded in 1857 as Opening Times: Tues, Weds, Fri: 9.30am - part of the South Kensington Museum, and 5.30pm. Thur: 9.30am - 8pm, Sat: 10am - 5pm. gained independence in 1909. Today the Closed: Sun, Mon and Bank Holidays. Support for Hackney families with children

Repairing Relationships The Claudia Jones Organisation’s Repairing Relationships Project is funded by the Big Lottery Fund and is delivered in partnership with Families First. The Organisation accepts self referrals, referrals from voluntary and community groups, Hackney Children & Young People Services and Schools. We work with families with children aged 2-16 years and work collaboratively with them to develop flexible and tailored support to meet family needs. If you need some extra support with your family or know someone who could benefit from our service, then contact the project and make a referral.

Bonding with Baby Bonding with baby is a pilot project focused on the development of the relationship between mother/carer and their child, on order to improve outcomes for child development an parental mental health. This is financed by the City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group Innovation Fund. Groups will provide a supportive learning environment to help mothers develop skills and confi- dence, reduce social isolation and provide space for participants to share their experience and have discussions on health topics, child development and family life. Working collectively Hackney Playbus will facilitate the groups, with practical support and be- friending provided by volunteers trained by the Bump Buddies at Shoreditch Trust and family sup- port provided by the Claudia Jones Organisation. Bonding with baby groups are delivered in five locations across Hackney: 1. Monday 1pm-3pm Well Street Family Centre 189 Well Street, E9 6QU 2. Tuesday 1pm-3pm Navarino Mansions Community Hall, Dalson Lane, E8 1LB 3. Wednesday 10am-12pm Redmond Centre,Kayani Avenue, N4 2HF 4. Wednesday 1pm-3pm Claudia Jones Organisation 103 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8BX 5. Friday 10am-12pm Ivy Street Family Centre 54 Ivy Street, N1 5JE

Bump Buddies Pregnancy and early parenthood is a time when most women turn to family and friends for sup- port, for advice about what to expect, how to prepare and where you go for help. However, some mothers-to-be do not have these support networks. Bump Buddies Mentoring Programme pro- vides these mothers-to-be with a locally recruited, trained and DBS checked mentor throughout their pregnancy.