If you simply can’t get enough of community gardening, there’s another opportunity under the Westway every Tuesday afternoon in Maxilla Walk.
Westway Trust and Just Solutions Canal Walk
Starting from Sainsbury’s, join this community canal walk on Sunday afternoon!
Call 07444 321 795 or mail infojustsolutions123@nullyahoo.co.uk.
You can also find out about their community gardening project here.
QPG Spring Half-Term Holiday Schedule
This just in from the Community Hub!
Please find the timetable for QPG Spring Half-Term Holiday camp, for those of you who are in need of affordable and fun childcare over the next week. You can also help spread the word by sharing the attached with your family, friends, and neighbours as well as donating towards QPG’s 6 week free Summer camp in July by clicking the donate button on the top of our websites – www.qpgsports.com and www.qpgcommunity.com.
BOOK TODAY – CALL 020 3581 2342 or 07802 826609
QPG Spring Summer Community Schedule
This is a real triumph of effort on the part of Cllr Ryan Dalton and his indefatigable team. Website here.
Take a look below, for the schedule of events & classes taking place in the park and at the hub in Kilburn Lane.
Get ready for Half Term special activities here.
Don’t forget that you can support them by donating to QPG via this link.
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Half Term QPG Hub Activities
To sign up for upcoming May half-term holiday camp days please e-mail:
You can contact Ryan Dalton – The QPG Hub Director
on 0203 5812342 or 07802826609
There are also lots of works taking place at the QPG Hub to ensure the safety and happiness of your child remains the forefront of our mission. Works taking place include a new soft grass outdoor play area.
Love Sports? Good with Children?
Are you interested in volunteering with QPG? E-mail info@nullqpgsports.com to find out more about our projects or check out Westminster’s Do It Page to see our latest available roles in Westminster & Brent.
Quiz Night at the Beethoven Centre
Book now for the Quiz Night on Thursday 31st May 2018 with the door opening at 6pm. Bring your own drinks and snack. The proceeds from the £ 3 entry fee will go to the family of Stef O’Connor, who recently passed away. Please book at pay by 18th May.
Time Credits Online
Now, there is a dedicated website which makes it all so much easier for you to search on your computer or smart phone.
Click here for more information.
A New Term at Open Age
The indefatigable team at our Open Age hub have a wonderful programme of classes and events to nurture your creative soul, edify your mind and assist your well-being.
Since moving premises from our beloved Beethoven Centre to The New Avenues a year ago, membership has gone from strength to strength but there’s still room for more!
The (not so) new location has plenty of room for crafts and physical pursuits and we all have our fingers crossed that they’ll find a suitable replacement for the wonderful cafe that Petersham Nurseries supplied. The great thing is that when the Open Age folks leave at 4pm, it reverts back to a vibrant youth centre. It is a jewel in our community.
It is a hub in the true sense of the word. Claire and Geoff are on hand, ably assisted by a variety of volunteers to make it a place where you can relax in great company. They even have their own community library shelves. Open Age is a charity and work so hard to help people of all abilities. They recently won the Regional Project Award in the Festival of Learning. If you watch this film, you might even see some of your neighbours featured!
Take a look at all the activities on offer this term by clicking here or see below. There are also various trips to places that you may have wanted to visit but were reluctant to do on your own.
We are so lucky to have this facility right on our doorstep. If you know anyone aged over 50, tell them to pop into the building and have a look around. For someone who is housebound or less able to get out and about there are various phone-based discussions to join.
Open Age is supported by outreach groups all around the city including a very lovely team from Marks & Spencer but they ARE a charity and if you feel you can make a contribution, they have a Just Giving page. Donations are accepted from people of any age. You could even mention that you read about them here!
Practical Gardening Workshop
Our friends at the HCGA have organised another course for you to enjoy with the help of Westminster Adult Education Authority.
This course is aimed at gardeners who are keen to learn more with an emphasis on basic skills.
How to propagate plants
From Seed and Cuttings
Organic Principles
Companion Planting
Planting in Containers
When to water and feed
It takes place at Ravenscourt Park Glasshouses, adjacent to the café in Ravenscourt Park, W6 0UL on SATURDAY May 12th from 10an until 4pm.
If you can prove you are a Westminster Resident, the session is free, otherwise a contribution of £10 will secure your place.
For more info & to book a place mail Bookings@nullhcga.org.uk or call 07773348294
Park Life is in Full Swing
Glorious sunshine aided our gardening session over the weekend and we had a great turnout. Thank you to everyone for your time and generosity.
So many late spring chores to do but we also sewed wildflower seeds, kindly donated by Grow Wild UK, in the meadow, including:
bladder campion, common knapweed, corn marigold, cowslip, foxglove, great mullein, lady’s bedstraw, musk mallow, red campion and
corn chamomile, salad barnet, wild basil, wild carrot, wild marjoram and
betony, corncockle, garlic mustard, hedge bedstraw, nettle-leaved bellflower, perforate St John’s Wort, ragged robin, selfheal, upright hedge-parsley and
bird’s foot trefoil, common knapweed, crested dog’s tail, oxeye daisy, quaking grass and yarrow!
We had volunteers of all kinds helping to make this a beautiful, tranquil area of the park.
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