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.

 

A 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) or give us donations during the afternoon. There will also be a card to sign. If Rebecca, Kasia or Victoria are in at the depot during the week, donations can be left 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. Please email me to say if you can help.


CAFÉ OPENING AND CLOSING: EASTER 2012-03-27

 

Please note that the café will close on Monday 2nd April and will be closed over the Easter weekend (6th to 9th April).

 

The café will open again on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th April when we will be trialling new staff.

 

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
  

LIBRARY CONSULTATION
Lambeth Council is consulting local people about the future of the Minet Library today (Friday 22nd March) from 10am to noon, and also on Monday 26th March, from 7pm to 9pm.  There are consultation documents available in the Library to complete.
The council has to make cuts to library services, and is consulting people about how these cuts should be divided between the different libraries.  The closing date for the Libraries Consultation is the 20th April.
 Full detail can be seen on the website:
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/CouncilDemocracy/Consultations/ACSConsultations/LibrariesConsultation.htm 
Myatt’s Fields Park Project is in the process of forming a new Minet Hub including the park, Minet Library, Longfield Hall and the new Remakery (re-use centre).
This has the aim of saving the library, supporting the enhancement of Longfield Hall, sustaining the regeneration of Myatt’s Fields Park, and supporting the development of the new Remakery.
We’ve put our initial thoughts down in a one-page document attached here. We have also drawn up a two page proposal for developing the Minet Library which is also attached. We will be jointly making a response to the consultation in the next week so please do feedback any comments on either of these proposals. 

MINET CONSERVATION MEETING
 
The Minet Conservation Association is holding an Extraordinary General Meeting from 7pm on Tuesday 27th March in Longfield Hall.
Since 1979 the Minet Conservation Association has focussed on planning developments, local traffic planning, the future of the library, tackling crime, organising events and the local fair.
They are now consulting people about what their role should be in the future and everyone is welcome to attend their meeting  

FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
We will hold a football tournament and barbeque to celebrate the new football pitch at Myatt’s from 10am on Sunday 22nd April 2012.
 
The day will include competitions for under 9s, under 12s, under 16s, and adults. Play will be 15 minutes each way, all teams to be seven aside.
 
Anyone who can put a seven aside team together is welcome especially school teams, youth clubs and groups (you must have 10 players registered for subs etc).
 
Please register teams with Myatt’s park manager, Kasia Olszewska (kolszewska@lambeth.gov.uk). Poster attached. 

MYATT’S FIELDS PARK FAIR 2ND JUNE
 
Local people and organisations are invited to book their stalls for Myatt’s Fields Park fair, which will be held on June 2nd 2012.
 
The fair will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a Big Lunch and performance by a big band on the bandstand from 1pm to 3pm. There will then be dancing with a jazz band from 3pm to 5pm.
 
There will also be a small fairground and children’s entertainment, as well as a range of community stalls.
 
If you would like to book a stall, please stand by! The form will follow.
 
NaturActive Under 5s
 
Children will have the opportunity to experience, enjoy and learn about nature during sessions at the Mulberry Centre and in the park on Mondays from 10.30am to noon.   

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. 

 Members of the Project visited the Park for a session exploring photographic composition, drawing on personal inspiration and the influence of published images. A slide-show of photos from this session has been placed on our 'Photos of the Park' page. Two example shots are shown below... (Click to enlarge).

 
  Horticultural charity Streetscape will be offering unemployed people the chance to see if they would like to train in horticulture during taster days at Myatt’s Fields Park on 20th and 22nd March and 12th April 2012.

 

Streetscape say...


“Are you young and unemployed? Ever thought about a career in landscape gardening? Streetscape may be just the chance you are looking for.

 

We are a landscape gardening company that specialises in providing apprenticeships to 18 – 25 year olds who are long term unemployed.

 

Come along to one of our taster days at Myatt’s Fields Park to get a feel of what landscaping is all about, and put yourself forward as a candidate for a future apprenticeship.”

 

For more information or to book a place, contact James Gubb, info@streetscape.org.uk 07930 243570 with your name and preferred date or visit www.streetscape.org.uk.

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. 

  Myatts Fields Park Project Group is looking for two enterprising people to take over the running of its café. We need exceptional individuals who will take this much loved community venture and together turn it into a thriving enterprise...
 We believe this is a great opportunity for people who want to prove themselves or make a name in the food business in this ground breaking project. Closing date for applications: 15th March 2012

  Please view the documents outlining the posts using this link...

To apply please send a C.V with covering letter to 
rebeccamaddox@myattsfieldspark.info 
or by post: Myatts fields Park Depot, Cormont Road, Camberwell, London SE5 9RA
  

Art in The Roundhouse 12-14th March 2012:

 An Exhibition of the work of BA Fine Art students from Chelsea College of Art and Design will take place from 12th until 14th of March, with a private view on Monday 4-6pm. The exhibition will be open to the public on the 13th and 14th March between 10am and 1pm. Please come and see the artwork and meet the students: Ana Maria Lima Dimitrijevic, Si-Hyun An, Kho Ha Eun, Cameron Leys, Jung A Lee and Heidi Lee.  

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.