FOOD HEROES PASSOVER LUNCH

 

Everyone is invited to come along to the depot on Saturday for a traditional Passover lunch on Saturday 31st March. The meal will include story telling and participation based around the biblical Passover story as an Easter celebration event.

 

This event is part of our Food Heroes session, and will run in the depot meeting room from 10.30am to 1pm.

 

Our Food Heroes programme means we employ local people to teach other local people about the food they know and love. Everyone cooks together and eats the food afterwards.

 

There will be no Food Heroes session on 7th or 14th April.

 

FOOD SESSIONS AT THE PARK: EASTER CLOSING TIMES

 

FAMILY COOK AND EAT BREAKFAST CLUB

 

Our family cook and eat breakfast club will not run on 6th or 13th April. The last session before Easter will be this Friday (30th March) and it will resume on 20th April.

 

RETIRED PEOPLE'S LUNCH CLUB

 

Our last retired people’s lunch club will be on 30th March. There will not be a session on Good Friday (6th April) and it will resume again on 13th April.

 

The family cook and eat, food heroes and retired people’s lunch club are all funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme and are free to all participants.

 

INDOOR SHELTER FOR LITTLE CAT CAFÉ
 
If you would like an indoor shelter for the café in Myatt’s, please come along to the café on Monday at 1pm and give us your support.
 
We have applied to the Western Riverside Environmental Fund for money to build a new shelter for the café – something requested by a large number of people in our recent survey.

No firm plans for the shelter exist at the moment but the principles are that it would be “demountable” (ie could be taken apart easily) and built in the corner of the wildlife area next to the café. Its position would mean that it would also act as an observatory for the wildlife area.
 
Any heating for the shelter would be as sustainable as possible and could come from a wood burning oven (also used to cook for the café). It would be designed so local people can help build it over a weekend, and with sensitivity to its beautiful setting.
 
The funder will want to know that this is something local people do want, and so your support will be very welcome.
 
THANK YOU TO SAXA AND JOSH
 
We are inviting local people to come along and say a big thank you to Saxa and Josh for all their hard work in the café over the past two years.
 
The small party will take place outside the café from 3pm to 5pm on 31st March and will include free cake for all comers.
 
If anyone would like to contribute to their leaving gifts (including ideas!) please drop off donations at the Old Depot (next to the greenhouse). If Rebecca, Kasia or Victoria are in, please leave donations with them, or they can be dropped into the letter box on the side of the depot.
 
We welcome donations of cake for the party, and also would be grateful if people could volunteer to cover staffing the café for those hours.
 
OPEN DAY AT GREENHOUSE AND FREE LUNCH
 
Join us in the greenhouse for a gardening session and free lunch during our open greenhouse day on 1st April 2012.
 
We’ll be clearing and planting at the greenhouse from 11.30am to 2pm, with a free lunch provided by our Food Heroes programme at 1pm. If anyone would like to help cook, please turn up at 11am.
 
Support for gardening activities will be provided by Streetscape, who train apprentices for horticultural work, and are currently based at the park.
 
There will also be a plant sale from 11.30am so come along and buy reasonably priced vegetable plants that you can grow at home.
 

FOOD SESSIONS AT THE PARK:
 
FAMILY COOK AND EAT BREAKFAST CLUB
 
Parents and under-fives children are invited to cook and eat together at our family cook and eat breakfast club every Friday from 9am to10.30am in the Mulberry Centre.
 
RETIRED PEOPLE'S LUNCH CLUB
 
All retired people are invited to enjoy a freshly cooked lunch every Friday at the depot meeting room from noon to 2pm. Vegetables and fruit growing in the greenhouse will be used whenever possible in the meals that are prepared.
 
FOOD HEROES
 
Everyone is invited to come along on Saturday 24th March and learn how to make pies during our Food Heroes session, which will run in the depot meeting room from 10.30am to 1pm.
 
Our Food Heroes programme means we employ local people to teach other local people about the food they know and love. Everyone cooks together and eats the food afterwards.
 
The family cook and eat, food heroes and retired people’s lunch club are all funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme and are free to all participants. 

NEW WOODLAND PATH IN WILDLIFE AREA

 

A new woodland path has been created through the bushes and trees next to the road in the wildlife area.

 

Paths have been outlined with logs and undergrowth has been cleared during a day’s work by a Lambeth team last week. Everyone is invited to explore the area, which is a work in progress.

 

FOOD SESSIONS AT THE PARK:

FAMILY COOK AND EAT BREAKFAST CLUB

Parents and under-fives children are invited to cook and eat together at our family cook and eat breakfast club every Friday from 9am to10.30am in the Mulberry Centre.

 RETIRED PEOPLE'S LUNCH CLUB 

All retired people are invited to enjoy a freshly cooked lunch every Friday at the depot meeting room from noon to 2pm. Vegetables and fruit growing in the greenhouse will be used whenever possible in the meals that are prepared.


FOOD HEROES

Everyone is invited to come along and help prepare a dish featuring Gnocchi on Saturday 17th March during our Food Heroes session, which will run in the depot meeting room from 10.30am to 1pm.

Our Food Heroes programme means we employ local people to teach other local people about the food they know and love.
 
The family cook and eat, food heroes and retired people’s lunch club are all funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme and are free to all participants.

 CAFÉ OPENING HOURS

  Now that the days are getting a little longer and lighter, the cafe will be open from 11.30am-5.00pm Friday-Monday during March 2012. 

We are selling a fresh daily soup made from vegetables from the greenhouse, as well as rolls and sandwiches, cakes, hot and cold drinks. 

There will be free pancakes, African drumming and a pancake flipping race during our Pancake Day event on Saturday 25th February 2012.

 

We will set up a marquee and give away pancakes then oversee competitors as they race around the bandstand (adult race 3pm, children’s race 3.15pm).

 

And Henri Gaobi will give two performances of African drumming with an acrobat and dancers from 2pm to 2.30pm, and 3.30pm to 4pm. He will also carry out a workshop so people can learn drumming.

 

The music is funded by the Big Lottery’s Awards for All scheme and the pancake making session will be funded by the Big Lottery’s Local Food Fund.

 

We would love to hear from volunteers who can help us set up, put away and steward, and also people who can help us cook the pancakes (we’ll supply all the equipment and batter). Also any donations of cake for the café will be gratefully received. Please contact me at this address if you can help.

Paper making for beginners

 

Children are invited to make paper in the park depot during sessions from 1pm to 3pm on Sundays 12th and 19th February.

 

This fun, easy and creative introduction to a traditional craft will teach children to make homemade paper from recycled materials and plants.

 

The course is suitable for children aged 8 and up and all children up to, and including, the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. A donation of £1 is suggested to help cover the cost of refreshments.

 

There is space for six children to take the course, and places will be booked on a first come, first served basis. Please book by emailing me or calling 0207 926 0394.

 

Young Food Heroes café

 

Children are invited to bake some cakes and goodies in the depot kitchen from 10am to noon on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th February, then sell their wares on the bandstand between noon and 2pm.

 

All ages are welcome, and under 16s should be accompanied by an adult.  Feel free to come along at any point, you don’t have to be able to attend on both days. These activities are free to attend.

 

For more information contact the park’s food manager on rebeccamaddox@myattsfieldspark.info or on 0207 926 0394.

 

This activity is funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme.