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Temporary Playground Closure

27/4/2013

We will have repairs done to the safety surface on wet play area on our playground. Contractor is coming next week Wednesday (May 1st) and they will be working for three days on the playground. The old wet pour surface will be taken away and new one will be installed. Unfortunately we are going to lose map of the world and the dolphin, but the existing surface is not safe anymore.

The Playground will be closed on 1st, 2nd and 3rd of May.

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View this short film, featuring the Retired People's Lunch Club... (by Gary McQuiggin)

19/4/2013

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Myatt's Fields Park Retired Peoples Club from Gary McQuiggin on Vimeo.

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The Weekly Update Camberwell Food Fair, Goodbye Party for Madlyn, Food Sessions & Cafe

18/4/2013

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CAMBERWELL FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL

Our café manager, Monique, will filmed demonstrating how to make patties at the Camberwell Food and Drink Festival at 10.30am this Saturday 20th April. We will also be selling Thai food and cakes as well as a range of freshly made iced drinks including strawberry lemonade from our Little Cat Cat ice cream bike..

Everyone is welcome at the day long festival on Camberwell Green, and which launches a week of activities.

LITTLE CAT CAFÉ AND TAKE AWAY

The menu this week will be stir fried chicken with basic and vegetable green curry with steamed fragrant rice. To order ahead please you’re your order (eg 1 meat, 1 veg) along with your name from Thursday onwards to Monique on 079584 519425. Portions each serve two people and cost £5 for meat curries and £3.50 for vegetable curries.

The Little Cat Café will now open from 10.30am to 5pm on Friday, Saturday and Sundays throughout the summer.

GOODBYE AND THANKS TO MADLYN

Apologies: I gave the wrong day last week: Madlyn’s goodbye party will be held from 1pm to 4pm on Tuesday 23rd April at the Mulberry Centre, Myatt’s Fields Park. Madlyn will be retiring from running the One O’Clock Club next week.

The party will include food for children and adults and is open to people with children under five years and people who have known Madlyn over the years.

FOOD SESSIONS AT THE PARK

FOOD HEROES

Everyone is welcome to come along from 10.30am on Saturday (20th April) and learn how to make Colombian food.

The sessions are open to everyone – come along and help cook from 10.30am, or just turn up and eat at noon if you want to. You don’t need to be an expert cook, we design the sessions so people can just roll up their sleeves and help with chopping, stirring and eating!

We pay food heroes £40 to teach other people about the food they know and love. No experience is needed and you will be supported by our food manager Fiorella Fronzi during the session. If you are interested in becoming a food hero please contact Fiorella Fronzi on fiorella.fronzi@myattsfieldspark.info.

FAMILY COOK AND EAT BREAKFAST CLUB

The family cook and eat breakfast club this Friday (April 12th) will meet from 9am in the Mulberry Centre. The family cook and eat sessions allow children and adults to cook and eat together. Everyone welcome.

RETIRED PEOPLE'S LUNCH CLUB

Retired people are welcome to come and eat lunch made with vegetables and fruit from the greenhouse at the depot from noon each Friday. These sessions are informal and friendly and everyone is welcome.

The food sessions are funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme.

TELL LAMBETH HOW TO IMPROVE OUR STREETS

Lambeth Council has funding from Transport for London to improve streets in Vassall and Coldharbour and is inviting residents to suggest ways that this can be done.

The Neighbourhood Enhancement Programme (NEP) is a commitment to providing and maintaining roads, pavements and open spaces that are safe, clean and attractive in Vassall, Oval, Stockwell, part of Herne Hill, Coldharbour, Ferndale, Larkhall and Clapham Town.

Those areas were chosen because they have a high number of road safety accidents and because of links with existing projects. The funding must be spent by spring 2014, and so they are urgently seeking residents view now (end of consultation in May 2013)

Improvements could include:

measures to reduce road danger e.g. 20 mile per hour zones
better access for cyclists and facilities such as secure cycle parking
cycle training
car clubs
tree planting and food growing
removal of street clutter such as unnecessary bollards and signs
new disabled parking bays and facilities to improve access such as dropped kerbs

What else should be done?

Tell us about other ways in which your area could be improved. For example, Lambeth residents have got together to:

give their local area a makeover with help and support from council officers
generate renewable energy through cooperatively owned energy projects
transform neglected sites across London's bus network into valuable community growing space

Give us your feedback

Let us know what you like about your street and what you dislike. This includes the streets you walk, cycle or drive down to get to work, school, or the shops. You can:

complete our short online survey
send a postcard to FREEPOST LON17644, NEP, 2nd Floor Blue Star House, 234-244 Stockwell Road, London. You can pick one up from your local library, council office, job centre, children's centre, advice centre or GP surgery
write us a letter and send it to the address above
send us an email to nep@lambeth.gov.uk - you can also attach a photo, video or audio recording if you wish
leave a message on the NEP comments line:020 7926 7009

They will put all of these comments together to get a picture of residents' main concerns.

Keep in touch

If you give them your contact details they will keep you informed about their plans for your area and give you more opportunities to comment. Please note that they will be very busy including everyone’s ideas and comments so you should not expect a personal reply.

They will collect all the ideas from the community and put a summary of them on their website.

EVENTS 2013

Our free events for 2013 will include:

June 2nd: Big Lunch

June 22nd: Summer fair and family fun day

August 3RD/4th Sleepover (dependent on funding)

14th September Harvest Festival

19th October Big Draw

15th December Christingle carol concert

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New Post for Gardener, Greenhouse Open Day, Cafe & Thai Take-Away, Food Sessions

4/4/2013

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MYATT’S FIELDS PARK COMMUNITY GARDENER
Myatt's Fields Park 2 years fixed term until 2015, part time 21 hours
per week £30,000 per annum pro rata

Myatt’s Fields Park Project is recruiting for a community gardener who can help develop our park
greenhouse area into a centre of excellence for food growing, as well as offering support to ten local growing projects each year.

In 2013, thanks to a grant from City Bridge Trust, we are able to expand the help we can offer to local food growing projects by employing a community gardener to offer training and support on and off site from Myatt's.

Please see attached for a job description.

How to apply: send a CV and covering letter to Victoria Sherwin, development/education officer, by email toVsherwin@lambeth.gov.uk, or by post to The Old Depot, Myatt's Fields Park, Cormont Road, London SE5 9RA by 5pm on 11th April.

LITTLE CAT CAFÉ AND TAKE AWAY

The Little Cat Café will now open from 10.30am to 5pm on Friday, Saturday and Sundays throughout the summer.

The take away menu for this week will be panang chicken and stir fried vegetables with basil. To order ahead please text Monique on (number no longer available). Portions each serve two people and cost £5 for meat curries and £3.50 for vegetable curries.

SUNDAY GREENHOUSE OPEN DAY SUNDAY 7TH APRIL

Everyone welcome to come along and help us plant vegetables on Sunday from 11am to 2pm. This is a great way of finding out what we do in the greenhouse project (growing food and vegetables for community use) in a relaxed environment.

There will be a hot Indian meal for everyone who takes part from 1pm.

FOOD SESSIONS AT THE PARK

FOOD HEROES

Everyone is welcome to come along on Saturday (6th April) and learn how to make a fusion of Caribbean, Chinese and Thai food which will include chicken and vegetable stir fry followed by apple tarte tatin.

The sessions are open to everyone – come along and help cook, or just turn up and eat at noon if you want to. You don’t need to be an expert cook, we design the sessions so people can just roll up their sleeves and help with chopping, stirring and eating!

We pay food heroes £40 to teach other people about the food they know and love. No experience is needed and you will be supported by our food manager Fiorella Fronzi during the session. If you are interested in becoming a food hero please contact Fiorella Fronzi on fiorella.fronzi@myattsfieldspark.info.

FAMILY COOK AND EAT BREAKFAST CLUB

We’ll be meeting up to make spinach and feta muffins at the family cook and eat breakfast club this Friday (April 5th) from 9am in the Mulberry Centre. The family cook and eat sessions allow children and adults to cook and eat together. Everyone welcome.

RETIRED PEOPLE'S LUNCH CLUB

Retired people are welcome to come and eat lunch made with vegetables and fruit from the greenhouse at the depot from noon each Friday. These sessions are informal and friendly and everyone is welcome.

The food sessions are funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme.

EVENTS 2013

Our free events for 2013 will include:

April 5th: Easter egg hunt 2pm to 3pm

June 2nd: Big Lunch

June 22nd: Summer fair and family fun day

August 25/26 Sleepover (dependent on funding)

14th September Harvest Festival

19th October Big Draw

15th December Christingle carol concert

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Temporary Playground Closure

View this short film, featuring the Retired People's Lunch Club... (by Gary McQuiggin)

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