The Queen’s Park Community Council are presenting their third annual Winter Fair on December 10th this year.
The Over 50s party will start in St Jude’s Hall at midday and events in the Rose Garden begin at 2pm.
Can You Pitch In and Help?
Local Football fanatics and QPG Football Academy supporters in Queen’s Park are being asked to Pitch In! and make a donation towards weekly refreshments for the 50+ young people who are now registered and attend their coaching sessions each week in Queen’s Park Gardens, Ilbert Street. If you can pitch in and help them to continue the brilliant work that has taken place over the past 7 months then please click on the donate now button at the top of the page on their brand new website – www.qpgfootball.com
They are now up to 4 sessions per week (details here) and the Girls-Only sessions are currently funded by the Queen’s Park Community Council’s wonderful grant scheme, which looks to fund new and exciting projects in the area, like this. The other 3 sessions per week are supported by local volunteers & coaches from Queen’s Park Rangers Community Trust.
Later this month they are having our first ‘away’ match against another local team, which will take place over the entire day. They’d would love to be able to provide further refreshments for this additional time and would be extremely grateful to those of you who are in a position to ‘PITCH! in’ and ensure that the Academy continues to prosper.
The team at QPGFA thank you in advance for any donations that you make towards the Academy and thank everyone for all the fantastic support, as they continue to establish themselves locally. They’ve achieved so much in the past 7 months and we are all very excited about Queen’s Park having their own youth team in the London Football leagues next year. You can also follow their story weekly on both Facebook, Twitter, Periscope and Instagram by searching for @QPGFootball.
QPG Football Academy Success Story
After seven very successful months of football training and matches in Queen’s Park Gardens, and having formed great partnerships with both Queen’s Park Community Council & Queen’s Park Rangers, QPG Football Academy, also known as QPGFA, has now expanded to four 2 hours sessions a week including a QPCC funded session dedicated girls session.
On Friday afternoon they launched a brand new website dedicated to the Football Academy.
The website gives the parents and young people the opportunity to keep up-to-date with upcoming sessions, tournaments and our latest news.
Please think about leaving a comment on the review page of the site, which will help to promote this area’s newest sports club. You can also follow the academy’s progress on Twitter @QPGFootball & Facebook: /QPGFootball
Our view of the 2016 Fireworks
Volunteering as a gardener in the park has many benefits. It is good exercise in a lovely , outdoor environment. We break for chocolate half way through and have a nice chat but we also earn one Time Credit for every hour worked.
There are many wonderful ways to spend Time Credits, with the various Westminster sports halls being the most recent addition, but some events afford one-off opportunities and Queen’s Park Gardens Firework Night is one of them.
Two Time Credits gave us entry to the front area at the top of the hill. We know what you’re thinking. They’re fireworks. They’re in the sky. You just need to be outdoors and look up. However, if you get there in good time, you also get some hot chocolate and you have to admit, Ray managed to get some wonderful photographs.
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Fireworks 2016!
Queen’s Park Community Council are holding what will be the 10th firework event in Queen’s Park Gardens on 5th November. The gates will open at 5:15pm and the fireworks will start at 6pm.
If your volunteering work has earned you Time Credits, you can use two of them to enter the VIP area at the top of the hill. Entrance is via the gate midway down Ilbert Street.
It is always a wonderful, family event and we hope to see you there!
Bulb Planting in the Park
Thank you to everyone that joined in with the massive bulb planting session in the park at the weekend. It is going to look magnificent in the spring time.
@QPCouncil are pleased to support @RotaryInLondon with their #PolioCampaign. Thanks for the Crocus bulbs which we are planting this morning pic.twitter.com/zARFM9ZPGZ
— Queen’s Park Council (@QPCouncil) October 8, 2016
Thank you to Rotary in London, Ulla & the HCGA team and Queen’s Park Community Council (from whom we ‘stole’ the photos) for facilitating and organising this wonderful event.
Corrib Rest
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Here’s your chance to look inside the Corrib Rest on Salusbury Road and help to decide how best to run it as a community pub with activities such as bicycle repair, co-working, pop-up restaurants. Transition Kensal to Kilburn will meet inside the pub at 7pm on Tuesday 18th October and they want to hear from you about what you would like to happen and how you can help. Do you have a group that could use some space? Do you have skills that would be useful – marketing, graphic design, technical knowledge, pub experience etc? Can you volunteer some time in the set up or regular running? Come along and let them know. RSVP to ttkkhub@nullgmail.com giving an idea of your interests.
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Visit Transition Kensal to Kilburn at: http://ttkensaltokilburn.ning.com/
Citizens Science – Air Pollution Project
Poor air quality has a direct impact upon our health and life expectancy, and has been linked to an increased number of premature deaths each year. Queen’s Park Community Council are considering a proposal, put forward by our most environmentally aware gardener Ray, for attaching low-tech Diffusion Tubes onto lighting columns (Street Lamps) around the Queen’s Park Council Wards from Harrow Road to Kilburn Lane. Diffusion tubes are designed for passive monitoring of gaseous airborne Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2). Similar projects have been conducted in Brent and Kensal Triangle.
If you are interested in joining us to attach diffusion tubes or would like more information about how poor air quality affects our health please email info@nullqueensparkcommunitycouncil.gov.uk
ArtWest Weekend!
Did you know there are several artist’s studios not far from here?
Each year, they give us the unique opportunity to have a look around them for free and it’s happening this weekend. They even run a little bus between the venues.
More details here.
St John’s Music – New Season
The new season of concerts and recitals start on Saturday at St John the Evangelist.
01/10/2016 – Evening Concert at 7PM – Zarebski Piano Duo
Grzegorz Mania & Piotr Rozanski
Programme:
Dvorák – Slavonic Dances Op 46 Nos 2 and 4
Zarebski – Galician Dances Op 2
Grieg – Norwegian Dances Op 35 Nos 1-3
Brahms – Hungarian Dances Nos 1-5
*Tickets £10 including a drink, concession £7
More info here.