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Magnolia Court care home open day at Golders Green

4 days ago | times-series.co.uk | Mike Brooke

2 1/1 A care home held an open day to show prospective residents and their families what life is really like living there. Magnolia Court opened its doors to visitors for a chance to tour the premises and meet the staff to answer questions. Home-made cakes were laid on and ‘goody’ bags handed out to visitors to take home.
£300,000 available for groups through 'community chest' fund

5 days ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Mike Brooke

Feeling lucky? Apply for grant from Meridian Water community chest (Image: Pixabay) A cool £300,000 cash has come on stream from the Meridian Water ‘community chest’ fund for the people of Edmonton. The money is for anything that improves neighbourhoods or opens opportunities to young people.
Veolia Orchard tree spring planting in 8 Brent schools

5 days ago | times-series.co.uk | Mike Brooke

Lucky pupils get their own fruit tree to plant in the school grounds (Image: Veolia) Fruit tree saplings have been planted in eight school playgrounds to encourage outdoor learning and sustainable practices. The move is part of a nationwide ‘orchard’ programme with 1,500 apple and pear trees and 1,900 strawberry patches sent to 500 schools up and down the country.
Children want school street in Kilburn closed to traffic

1 week ago | times-series.co.uk | Mike Brooke

2 1/1 Children who want a street outside their school in Kilburn closed to traffic “to have more space to play” have put their ideas right to the top — to Downing Street. They spoke about their scheme to the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office, Georgia Gould, who is also MP for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale.
Spurs legend Ledley King on ‘kicking racism out of football’

1 week ago | thetottenhamindependent.co.uk | Mike Brooke

Youngsters were joined by Spurs legend Ledley King for an art session as part of his campaign about discrimination having “no place in football”. Activities were organised for his visit to Duke’s Aldridge Academy school in Tottenham, as part of the programme to educate the youngster generation about racism. The art session was arranged by former soccer coach-turned-artist Emmely Elgersma and was supported by the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation.
Noel Park playground opens in Wood Green after 4 years

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Mike Brooke

2 1/1 Families really made a fun day of it when a new children’s playground opened in the Noel Park neighbourhood after a four-year campaign. Activities like face painting were laid on, with a football competition in Wood Green’s Russell Park when the Mayor of Haringey came to make it official. The play space was finally ready after four years of planning to get it off the ground, with money from the Noel Park Big Local community fund.
Health worker found hidden talent for landscape painting

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Mike Brooke

3 1/1 Regina Skrida’s day job is healthcare assistant at a Southgate care home looking after the elderly. But she also has talent as an artist — yet only started painting during lockdown just four years ago. Landscapes are her forte, with stunning sunrises and sunsets. “These scenes were imprinted in my memory from childhood,” Regina recalls.
King George and Queen's Hospitals Charity benefits from skydive

1 week ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Mike Brooke

3 1/1 Fearless fundraisers took to the skies for a skydive to help make life better for patients at King George and Queen’s Hospitals. The 12 volunteers who took the plunge from 12,000 feet at Headcorn, in Kent, included hospital staff from Romford and Ilford who managed to raise £6,800 and counting. Among the dozen was Debbie Edwards, patient co-ordinator at Queen’s, whose “unforgettable experience” put her on top of the world.
The Mercury, Romford breakfast club gifts for Queen’s Hospital

1 week ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Mike Brooke

Breakfast club members meet staff at Queen’s Hospital (Image: Mercury Shopping Centre) Breakfast clubbers knitted hats, cribs and teddies for the newest generation of babies born in Romford. Romford’s Mercury Shopping Centre breakfast club members visited the prenatal and postnatal wards at Queen’s Hospital with their very special delivery, as well as looking in at the baby bereavement department.
Great British Spring Clean litter-pick in Green Lane, Dagenham

1 week ago | thisislocallondon.co.uk | Mike Brooke

Henry Green Primary School's litter picking in Green Lane! (Image: LBBD) Children have helped clean up their Dagenham neighbourhood for the Great British Spring Clean. Pupils at Henry Green Primary School took time off from the classroom for the Keep Britain Tidy campaign by sweeping up litter — appropriately along Green Lane. They took 11 bags of litter off the streets, mostly cigarette butts, wrappers, bottles and cans.