SE5 Forum launches free Christmas Community Kitchen
Camberwell Green – Saturday 10 December 12-2pm

Santa is coming to the Saturday market at Camberwell Green bringing a free Caribbean lunch, free treats and Xmas decoration workshops for kids, choirs and a tree of wishes….

SE5 Forum is launching a free Festive Community Kitchen on Camberwell Green on Saturday 10 December in partnership with local food bank Spring Community Hub and Southwark Pensioners

The free Christmas Community Kitchen will offer: 

• A free Caribbean lunch for all

• Pop-up Pantry – five items for free 

• Free Activities for Kids – making Christmas decorations, decorating gingerbread, making treats

• Meet Santa and get a free stocking filler 

• Add your wish to the Tree of Wishes

• Pick up no cook/low cook recipes

• Community Stall with festive gifts and info about local food charities, warm spaces and cost of living crisis support 

• Free festive music from local choirs Cambria Choir, Camberwell Choir School and Give a Song (featured on BBC One)

Come down and find out about or support your local food banks and pantries.

Marie Staunton, Secretary of SE5 Forum for Camberwell says: “Local groups have come together to celebrate Christmas for everyone in our community. The Camberwell Saturday market will bring free festive cheer with a free Caribbean lunch, music and Xmas workshops. But we are in the middle of a cost of living crisis, so will also give out information about access to food and warm spaces this difficult winter. And by creating more awareness, we will help local food charities fundraise for badly needed Christmas hampers for families and the elderly.”* 

This festive special Community Kitchen follows on from SE5 Forum’s two successful summer Community Kitchens this year. It aims to create awareness of the food banks and pantries in the area and destigmatise food insecurity. All three Community Kitchens have been funded by a grant from Southwark Council’s Neighbourhoods Fund.

Thanks to our partners Spring Community Hub and Southwark Pensioners, and support from Healthy Living Platform, Cambria Choir, Camberwell Community School Choir, Give a Song, University of Arts London (UAL), Good Gym, the Urban Farmers Market and volunteers. 

*NOTE: A Christmas hamper for a family costs £50 and £30 for an elderly person.

Info: admin@se5forum.org.uk 

Spring Community Hub: cschub.co.ukDonations can be dropped off at: Spring Community Hub, 1 Wilson Road, Modular Building, London, SE5 8LU. Monday – Friday, 10am to 2pm.

Southwark Pensioners Centre – www.southwarkpensioners.org.uk

Healthy Living Platform – healthylivingplatform.org

Cambria Choir – cambriachoir.wordpress.com

Camberwell Community School Choir – camberwellchoirschool.org.uk

Give a Song – giveasong.org.uk

University of the Arts London (UAL) – arts.ac.uk

Good Gym – goodgym.org

Urban Farmers Market www.urban-farmers-market.co.uk

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Trygve

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK TAKES ON DIGITAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOL

Visit: www.trygve.co.uk

The Southwark Neighbourhood Watch Association, together with Swedish community safety app Trygve, are pioneering a new, digital method of local engagement to connect communities within the London borough of Southwark.

Trygve is a free app that provides a specially designed digital platform where users can collaborate, empowering community members to support each other and work together to solve local issues and combat crime.

Marcus Suitor, Secretary of Southwark Neighbourhood Watch Association said “Trygve is a terrific app that’s free and will surely benefit everyone in the area.”

“We are hoping it enhances communication between members, but also encourages the younger members of the borough to play more of an active role in Neighbourhood Watch. We hope everyone who lives and works in Southwark gets involved.”

The app features an interactive map where users can see and share local incidents and information. Users are able to communicate with each other and contribute to posted events, capturing ground-level intelligence in real time. There is also a personal safety alarm built into the app that alerts other users when triggered.

Trygve is hugely successful in Sweden and is now available in the UK, free of charge. It is available on iOS through the App Store and Android through Google Play. There is also a computer version of the app for non-smartphone users.

“This is such an interesting project for Trygve, where we are gaining an insight on how communities in very large and complex cities can band together and utilize each other more,” Sheona Urquhart Trygve UK Manager said.

“We are aiming for a very big and positive culture shift where members of the community feel they can turn to each other and trust each other more.”

Everyone in the Southwark area is encouraged to take part. The Southwark Neighbourhood Watch Association has already created groups in the app that community members can join.

Visit www.trygve.co.uk/join to get started.

CONTACT

Trygve: Sheona Urquhart Sheona.urquhart@trygve.co.uk

0203 868 2289

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More information available HERE.

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Help us to chop up our harvest to make chutney. Bring any spare fruit or vegetables to add to the pot and take a jar of chutney home with you (bring a jar too). Make a corn dolly while you’re waiting. Plenty of space to play around. Tea, coffee and home made cake. A free event for adults, families and accompanied children.

Donations welcome.

For more info, visit our website: http://mothergoosegarden.co.uk

Address:

Mother Goose Wildlife Garden
65 Greendale
Greendale Fields
Off Wanley Road
SE5 8JZ (Sat Nav postcode: SE5 8AT)

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Heads up! Grab your FREE family ticket to the Big Park Sleepover!

Thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign at Spacehive, the Big Park Sleepover 2016 is on!

This free event includes a fire workshop, cooked dinner, story telling before bedtime and breakfast the next day. We’ll have lots of activities including foraging and cooking, bushcraft, plant art, and circus skills as well as lots of games and fun. Bedtime is 10pm and we will ask all participants to strictly respect the curfew.

The Big Sleepover is a joint project between Father Nature and Myatt’s Fields Park Project (MFPP), with support from the London Regiment & Army Cadet Force who will provide stewards, overnight patrols and camping equipment.

As this is a family event no single adults (over 16 years) will be eligible, and all under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Half the places are reserved for low income/unwaged families who will be provided with camping equipment if needed. All Lambeth & local Southwark residents are welcome. 
Book tickets online for the Sleepover at Myatt’s Fields Park on Sunday 28th – Monday 29th August via the Father Nature website or the Myatt’s Fields Park website: http://www.myattsfieldspark.info/sleepoverapplicationform.html

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Saturday 20th Agust
1pm – 4pm
Brunswick Park, SE5


Free city farm / Free bouncy castle / Free face painting / Free crafts stall / Traditional games / Great raffle prizes / Treasure hunt / Food and drink


All welcome!

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Dear Friends and fellow Community Participators!

I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind you all about Camberwell Community Action Network meeting that is coming up next week.

It is a great opportunity to share with like-minded people the issues that you are concerned about so why not come along next Tuesday the 5th of July?

The meeting is at Cambridge House and will start at 6pm and finish at 8pm.

To RSVP to the meetings simply click here.

If you haven’t signed up to the Southwark CAN website you can make it up to us by taking a mere 30 seconds to do so! The sign up page is here.

Community Action Network meetings are very much your space to talk about the issues that are affecting you in your area – no stuffiness or formality! We want to make the connections and offer the support needed so that people can shape the places that they live and work in.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Kind regards,

Robert

Robert Jamieson | Community Engagement Officer | Community Southwark | 1 Addington Square, London, SE5 0HF | t: 020 7358 7019 

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Open Air Eid Event Promoting Southwark Unity

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Giant family fun fair

Womens zone

Children activities

World food court

Bouncy castle

Tuesday 5th or Wednesday 6th of July

Burgess park

 

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