plenty of exciting things to get your teeth into as we ride the tail end of January
~*~*~ TODAY, Sat 21st Jan, FOOD FORAGING IN FINSBURY PARK, meet by the cafe in the centre of the park at 1pm ~*~*~
We’ll be taking a look around Finsbury Park to see what we can pick up in the way of winter salads, and have the usual picnic with whatever is brought to share, so bring a plate and cup.
~*~*~ Sun 22nd Jan, CRAFTERNOON TEA: CHINESE NEW YEAR...KNITTING...MAKING CHEAP SIGNS meet in the cafe in the centre of the park at 2pm ~*~*~
Gen will be leading on making Chinese lanterns, sharing a few Chinese sweets and fortune cookies, Janet (leader of the Tuesday knitting group) will be showing people how to knit and Jo will be showing you how you can make signs on a budget.
~*~*~ REQUEST FOR LABELLED CUTTINGS FROM TASTY FRUIT TREES ~*~*~
for the plant nursery. Pencil thickness cuttings of last year's growth, roughly 30cm long please. Contact to arrange delivery/pickup. Could also do with large plant pots - drop at the ELL site in Finsbury Park.
~*~*~ Sat 28th Jan, 1-5pm, YOUR FINSBURY PARK, City and Islington College, 26-44 Blackstock Road, N4 2DG ~*~*~
Come and discuss what is good and bad about Finsbury Park and what you think needs to be done to make this a better place to live and work. Guest speakers include: *Jackie Sadek - Chair of UK Regeneration Ltd * MPs from Hackney, Haringey and Islington * Local London Assembly Members * Leaders and Cabinet Members for Regeneration ... refreshments provided ... organised by FinFuture
~*~*~ on the radar: IN TRANSITION 2.0 featuring Transition Finsbury Park: THURSDAY 2ND FEBRUARY, 7pm, venue tbc ~*~*~
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~*~*~ JOB WITH GROWING COMMUNITIES ~*~*~
Hi there, We’re currently recruiting for a new part time assistant grower at Growing Communities. If anyone is interested in applying, then they can download a job pack here: www.growingcommunities.org/jobs/ All the best, Paul Bradbury, Growing Communities
~*~*~ POSSIBLE JOB WITH TRANSITION HACKNEY ~*~*~
Transition Hackney http://www.transitionhackney.org/ and Hackney Council for Voluntary Service http://www.hcvs.org.uk/ are putting in a bid http://www.greencommunitiescc.org.uk/ to the Dept of Energy and Climate Change for a quick piece of work that needs to be completed by the end of March. The aim is to get more information on energy use reduction, the Green Deal (tricky, we know) and sustainability issues generally to Hackney residents, particularly low income and disadvantaged households. Voluntary and paid jobs available. Paid jobs:
*** a.An energy and sustainability trainer, advisor, or building energy assessor *** b. Someone with significant community engagement or development experience in the community sector or a fair amount of confidence that you might be good at this *** c. Someone with experience delivering energy related events, courses or workshops such as home based draft busting, curtain lining, Carbon Conversations course facilitation (these areas of work can be done paid or as a volunteer if you've limited experience). Contact aob3@aol.com if interested
~*~*~ PEOPLE'S BUDGET WORKSHOP ~*~*~
Are you interested in winning the right for local people to have a say in local budgets? Make sure you are part of this energising workshop on getting a much greater say for ordinary people in how public budget’s are spent locally. If you think it is our right to have more of a say on how our taxes are spent locally, then this workshop is for you.
When: Thurs 26 January, 10am – 2pm (lunch included).
Where: Account3, 3 Birkbeck Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 6JY (200 yards
from Bethnal Green tube station). The venue is wheelchair accessible and has
hearing loop.
Who is this for: community, resident and tenants groups
This is a free event, but places are limited so please book at
http://bethnalgreen.eventbrite.com/ ... If you need help with travel or childcare costs to be able to participate, pleasering Susie on 7984 871462 as soon as you can, and by 19
January at the very latest.
~*~*~ FROM HARRINGAY ONLINE ~*~*~
Hard on the heels of the successful bid for Round 1 of the Outer London Fund, it has just been announced that Harringay has won £1.77million. It's by bye bridge banners as Harringay wins £1.8 million for Green Lanes in new fund bid; http://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topic/show?id=844301%3ATopic%3A3341...
~*~*~ FROM SUNNY BRITAIN ~*~*~
my name is Ron EluL and I am the commercial director at Sunny Britain. Sunny Britain is a community driven initiative aiming to support communities through out the UK towards a sustainable, clean energy future. We aim to give solar power to the people. We're helping people benefit from solar panels on their homes with reliable support and minimum hassle. By grouping people from the same area together, we're able to negotiate savings on the equipment, installation and maintenance from local suppliers which means our members can save up to 50% on the cost of installing solar panels. By saving on the upfront costs, our members are able to quickly benefit from reduced energy bills, and the knowledge that they helping to build a cleaner and greener Britain.
Sunny Britain group initiative is operating in London and we are happy to add more members to our family! We have been selected by the Ealing transition group as their preferred solution for their members to going solar (http://www.ealingtransition.org.uk/) quoting on them - "By using collective bargaining power they have negotiated the price of a domestic solar installation down to £6500, which is by far the cheapest we have seen"
We will be happy to cooperate with yourself to offer our solution to your members, as well as we will be happy to participate in educational meet ups and seminars to help the members understand more about Solar Power. You can reach us either by mail info@sunnybritain.co.uk or by free number - 0808 178 2454
