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Towards a happy, healthy and resilient Walthamstow


Rebecca Armstrong
Feb 16, 20131 min read
Walthamstow Marshes Foraging Walk Sunday 19th May
WF LETS Foraging Walk May 2012 Phil Mason from Urban Harvest & Rasheeqa Ahmad from Hedge Herbs will lead us on a walk through the...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Feb 15, 20131 min read
Free training opportunity: community growing
Become a gardening champion and improve your local area, one plant at a time! A training course & support programme to enable you to...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Feb 8, 20131 min read
Organiclea Horticultural Trainer, Outreach Gardens Development Worker roles
Organiclea is recruiting for 2 new posts. Horticultural Trainer Part time: 3 days per week- Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Feb 4, 20131 min read
“Made instead of bought” skillshare 8pm Wed 27th Feb
At this month’s skillshare at the Hornbeam Cafe, we will have a look at some commonly used household goods that can be made instead of...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Feb 2, 20132 min read
Transition Free Press #1 has just arrived
Transition Walthamstow & Transition Leytonstone are taking part in an exciting new national media experiment – the creation of a new...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Jan 21, 20131 min read
Trainee roles at Organiclea, April-December 2013
Organiclea is seeking 7 people for 7 exciting trainee roles for the 2013 growing season. Each role will take on a specific area of...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Jan 15, 20131 min read
Britain feeding itself: 7pm Wed 23rd Jan
WWOOFing Knowledgeshare This month we’re deviating from our skillshare series for a joint knowledgeshare event with Organiclea. In April...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Jan 15, 20131 min read
Draughtbusting workshop Sun 20 Jan
An average of 10% heat loss occurs through draughts in your house, so with today’s rising energy costs, the installation of draught...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Dec 5, 20121 min read
Supporting the Transition Free Press
Transition Walthamstow & Transition Leytonstone have agreed to sell the Transition Free Press quarterly newspaper starting early in 2013....
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Rebecca Armstrong
Dec 4, 20121 min read
December skillshare cancelled
There will be no skillshare on the 4th Wednesday in December as this falls on Boxing Day; the next will be on Weds 23rd January.
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Rebecca Armstrong
Dec 4, 20121 min read
Wholefood buying group
We are considering setting up a buying group to enable us to get better access to good quality food. It would enable us to put in a large...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Nov 15, 20121 min read
“Living for less” Skillshare: 7pm Weds 28th Nov
Tired of the ever faster spinning hamster wheel of struggling to earn more money to make ends meet? How about leaping nimbly off and We...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Nov 15, 20121 min read
Screening “A Farm for the Future”: 7.30 Sat 24th November
A viable alternative to oil fuelled industrial agriculture… Wildlife film maker With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Oct 20, 20121 min read
“In Transition 2.0”: Screening 7pm Sat 27th Oct
‘A story of resilience and hope in extraordinary times’ WHEN? Sat. 27th October 7:30 (doors open at 7) WHERE? Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Oct 10, 20121 min read
Weds 24th October 2012: Fermented Foods Skillshare
This month at the Hornbeam Centre we’ll be learning about fermented foods. Ralph will give us a “super quick and super basic introduction...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Oct 4, 20122 min read
Apple Day 11am-4pm Saturday 13th October
Vestry Road, Walthamstow Village London E17 9NH Now in its 12th year, this celebration of everything “appley” drew over 1,500 visitors to...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 11, 20121 min read
Sat 29 Sept: Film “Power of Community”
On Saturday 29th September Transition Walthamstow is screening the film “The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”. Cuba...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 11, 20121 min read
Weds 26th September 2012: Jam-making & Embroidery Skillshare
What can you expect from the evening? Well, there’s not enough time in an hour to actually make jam but the ladies from Significant Seams...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 31, 20121 min read
Film evenings, draughtbusting, Lady Godiva, courgettes & local food
We are delighted to announce a series of public film screenings which will take place at 7.30pm at Forest Recycling Project (2c Bakers...
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Rebecca Armstrong
Jun 12, 20121 min read
Mon 9 July meeting theme and agenda announced, June meeting report
We meet at 7pm on Mon 9th July at the Hornbeam Centre, and this month’s theme is ‘mindfulness’, with the skillshare being a guided...
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