Our wonderful friends at Hammersmith Community Gardens & London Sports Trust have planned some fantastic sessions during the Easter holidays.
Join Ulla and Cathy for fun in the Rose Garden and Sports Pitch!
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Give and Take Saturday
Out with the old, in with the new……which is someone else’s old!
A couple of years ago the Beethoven Centre hosted a very successful Give and Take event and it’s back again on Saturday 18th February.
Drop off something you don’t want in the morning (10am to 12pm) and collect something you need in the afternoon from 1pm to 2:30 pm. This is a wonderful community event.
Day Trip with our Community Gardener
Our lovely Ulla and the HCGA have arranged a wonderful day out at the Columbia Road Plant Market and Hackney City Farm!
This is a wonderful opportunity to visit these places with an expert! Travel will be by tube from Queen’s Park, meeting at 10:30am on 19th February.
For more information, contact Ulla@nullhcga.org.uk
QPG Football Academy expanding to 5 sessions a week!
This project goes from strength to strength.
Last year we told you about the new girls only session and the increase in mixed boys and girls. This month, boys and girls in the 4 – 11 years age group can join in the fun form 12pm to 2pm on a Sunday.
These sessions meet in the hard courts. Get involved!
Paddington Festival 2016 Gala Award
The Paddington Festival 2016 Gala Award for Queen’s Park Festival’s Volunteer of the Year goes to Simon Walton for his fantastic volunteering at the Queen’s Park Summer Festival.
The award was presented by Ryan Dalton on behalf of Cllr. Barrie Taylor. The top three winners in this category all received trophies and certificates.
Many of you will recognise Simon as he volunteers in so many areas around the community, and for many years. We are endlessly grateful for the time he gives to the Friends of Queen’s Park Gardens in both practical gardening and administrative roles.
We are extremely proud that Simon has been recognised this year. We are proud and grateful to all our volunteers. For more information about our gardening sessions, please check here or join our mailing list.
Photo Courtesy of Ray Lancashire
Impromptu November Session
The weather was so good on Saturday that we arranged an impromptu gardening session which was really well attended.
We finished laying gravel on the woodland path and cleared huge amounts of leaves from all the walkways and meadow.
Our next session will be on the morning of the Queen’s Park Winter Fair. Do come along if you can.
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Winter Fair 2016
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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