The water play was turned on; Monday 28th May, but please note it is operating in a water saving mode so it is not as powerful as last year.
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The Program Will include:
Dancing led by
How can you get involved? Dress in 50s style or in red, white and blue Bring along food to share at the Big Lunch Bring along memories of the area in the 1950s to share BAKING COMPETITION Two categories: Best interpretation of a Jubilee cake Best vegetable cake Enter your cake by 3pm at the marquee near the bandstand No prizes: just the pleasure of knowing you are crowned best baker in your category 2012! VOLUNTEER TO HELP ON THE DAY We really appreciate help from volunteers with a host of jobs: * Setting up from 10am (putting up tents, moving things around) * Helping in the cafe (1pm to 3pm; 3pm to 5pm or the whole time) * Helping on the cake stall or barbeque * Stewarding (helping people with their queries, handing out programmes) 12.30pm to 5pm * Helping to clear up 5pm - 6pm Please contact Victoria Sherwin on 0207 926 0394 or by email if you can help MYATT’S FIELDS PARK FAIR AND BIG LUNCH
1 - 5pm Saturday 2nd June We’re getting ready for the fair this week – and looking for five strong and fit young people to help us set up from 9am to 11am on Saturday morning, with a payment of £20 per person for the work. This will include moving tables and setting up marquees. We are also very grateful to everyone who has offered to volunteer during the day, helping to set up and decorate the bandstand and stalls from 10am to 1pm, then man stalls and steward in the afternoon, and clear up after the fair ends at 5pm. If anyone can commit to doing either of the above, please contact Victoria Sherwin on 0207 926 0394 or at this email address as soon as possible. The fair this year will include:
How can you get involved?
BAKING COMPETITION Two categories:
Enter your cake by 3pm at the marquee near the bandstand, results announced 4pm No prizes: just the pleasure of knowing you are crowned best Myatt’s Fields Park baker in your category 2012! VOLUNTEER TO HELP ON THE DAY We really appreciate help from volunteers with a host of jobs: * Donate cakes for sale in the café * Setting up from 10am (putting up tents, moving things around) * Helping in the cafe (1pm to 3pm; 3pm to 5pm or the whole time) * Helping on the cake stall, plant stall or barbeque * Stewarding (helping people with their queries, handing out programmes) 12.30pm to 5pm * Helping to clear up 5pm - 6pm GREENHOUSE OPEN DAY 3RD JUNE Join us in the greenhouse for a gardening session and free lunch during our open greenhouse day on Sunday 3rd June 2012. We’ll be planting vegetables in the greenhouse from 11.30am to 2pm, with a free lunch at 1pm. If anyone would like to help cook, please turn up at 11am. For further information contact me at this address. FOOD SESSIONS AT THE PARK FOOD HEROES This weekend’s session will be held during the fair with Food Heroes making hot and cold food to give away to people as part of the Big Lunch. We pay food heroes £40 to teach other people about the food they know and love. No experience needed and you will be supported by our food manager Rebecca Maddox during the session. If you are interested in becoming a food hero please contact Rebecca Maddox onrebeccamaddox@myattsfieldspark.info. FAMILY COOK AND EAT BREAKFAST CLUB We will be making fruit salad rainbows at the family cook and eat breakfast club this Friday 1stJune, which takes place in the Mulberry Centre from 9am to 10.30am. Parents and children cook and eat together during these sessions, which are free. 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. 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. MYATT’S FIELDS PARK FAIR AND BIG LUNCH 1 - 5pm Saturday 2nd June - Details For Food Revolution Day, The Brixton People's Kitchen and Myatt's Fields Park Food Project will be making salads from surplus food and vegetables grown in the community greenhouses. Join us from 11am in front of the Little Cat Café for some happy chopping, grating and seasoning! We will also have a Recipe Exchange stall, to launch a project aimed at collecting local recipes and creating an evolving community cookbook, based on the knowledge and creativity of local people. So be prepared to share your tasty memories! Food will be free for volunteers, and given away in exchange of a recipe or some cash donation for everyone else. To volunteer, contact Fan 07810288879 - brixtonfoodwaste@gmail.com http://foodrevolutionday.com/public-event/739/Salad-Revolution-Day-Recipes-Exchange.html https://www.facebook.com/events/301779329907357/ BARBEQUE AT THE BANDSTAND SATURDAY 19TH MAY
We’ll be holding our first barbeque of the year at the café from 1pm on Saturday, with chicken and rice and peas. We would very much appreciate any volunteer help you can give us on Saturday, or any cakes baked for the café. The café will be open as usual from 10.30am to 5.30pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday throughout the summer. FOOD SESSIONS AT THE PARK FOOD HEROES Come along and learn how to make Indian biriyani (will contain meat) during our Food Heroes session from 10.30am to 1pm in the park depot meeting room on Saturday 19th May. This programme gives local people the chance to teach other people about the food they know and love. We pay local people £40 per session for leading the session and give an allowance for food. If you are interested in becoming a food hero please contact Rebecca Maddox onrebeccamaddox@myattsfieldspark.info. FAMILY COOK AND EAT BREAKFAST CLUB We will be making oat and raison cookies at the family cook and eat breakfast club this Friday 11th May, which takes place in the Mulberry Centre from 9am to 10.30am. Parents and children cook and eat together during these sessions, which are free. 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. 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 FOOD SESSIONS AT THE PARK
FOOD HEROES Come along and learn how to make homemade chocolates during our Food Heroes session from 10.30am to 1pm in the park depot meeting room on Saturday 12th May. This programme gives local people the chance to teach other people about the food they know and love. We pay local people £40 per session for leading the session and give an allowance for food. If you are interested in becoming a food hero please contact Rebecca Maddox on her email. FAMILY COOK AND EAT BREAKFAST CLUB We will be making fruit and yoghurt dippers at the family cook and eat breakfast club this Friday 11th May, which takes place in the Mulberry Centre from 9am to 10.30am. Parents and children cook and eat together during these sessions, which are free. 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. 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. Brixton People's Kitchen 11am to 5pm - Sunday 13 May The Depot Kitchen, Myatt's Fields Park, SE5 9RA They say: “We think that sharing food with strangers is one of the nicest ways to spread happiness. And if the food is free, and has been saved from going to waste, it makes it even tastier! Inspired and supported by the wonderful People's Kitchen http://thepeopleskitchen.org/ (Passing Clouds, Dalston), Brixton People's Kitchen collects food surplus from local shops and markets, invites local people to cook together, and welcomes everyone to enjoy a delicious meal with each other. Come down to Myatts Fields Park, sample some tasty food, and add your ideas to the joyful stew we are cooking! If you would like to donate food, contact Camilla 07884418319. If you want to volunteer, talk to Fan 07810288879 Email: brixtonfoodwaste@gmail.com Let us know if you are coming. RSPV on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/206441269474693 or https://www.facebook.com/events/198706123547773/ email: brixtonfoodwaste@gmail.com or ring 07810288879 THISTLES!
Thistles are getting a grip on the wildlife area and urgently need to be removed so we’d really appreciate any help from park users. If you would like to help getting rid of them, please come along from 11am on Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday any week and see Kasia who will provide you with gloves and some basic instructions. She can be contacted on 07894 304520 or at kolszewska@lambeth.gov.uk. HORTICULTURAL TASTER DAYS If you are young and unemployed, Streetscape may be just the chance you are looking for. They are a landscape gardening company that specialises in providing apprenticeships for 18-25 year olds who are long-term unemployed. They invite everyone to come along to a taster day on 17th May 2012 at Myatt’s Fields Park to get a feel of what landscaping is all about and put themselves forward as a candidate for an apprenticeship starting in June 2012. See the leaflet. To book a place, contact James Gubb, info@streetscape.org.uk 07930 243570 with your name. Lunch and reasonable travel expenses will be covered. You must be available also for interview on 22nd May, if successful at taster day. CAFÉ OPENING TIMES The café will be open from 10.30am to 5.30pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday throughout the summer. 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 from 1pm to 5pm 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. Please see the poster on our Event Page - This schedule is still subject to amendments. Please check the Calendar for updates. News Update; Greenhouse Open Day, Public Planning Meetings, Food Activities, Cafe and Annual Fair3/5/2012 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 Sunday 6th May 2012. We’ll be planting herbs and lettuce in the greenhouse from 11.30am to 2pm, with a free lunch (vegetarian Indian food including beetroot and cabbage grown on site) 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 so come along and buy reasonably priced vegetable plants that you can grow at home. SPORTS MEETING Myatt’s Fields Park Project and Lambeth Parks would like to invite you to an OPEN MEETING to talk about current use of our football pitch, tennis courts and basketball court. The meeting will be held in the Park Depot (opposite public toilets) on Thursday 10th May 5.30 – 6.30 pm. Please join us if you want to discuss any issue regarding sport facilities of Myatt’sFields Park. HELP US PLAN – correction to meeting times Help Myatt’s Fields Park Project plan activities in the park during meetings over the next few weeks: Food group – planning the summer food workshops plus development of the café – Thursday 3rd May 2012 Events group – planning the summer fair on 2nd June – Monday 7th May 2012 Growing group – planning what we’ll grow in the greenhouse – 10th May 2012 Everyone is welcome to attend these meetings which will be held from 6.30pm in the depot meeting room (next to the greenhouse). Please contact Victoria Sherwin by email or 0207 926 0394 if you’d like any further information. FOOD SESSIONS AT THE PARK FOOD HEROES Come along and learn how to make home made Thai food during our Food Heroes session from 10.30am to 1pm in the park depot meeting room on Saturday 5th May. This programme gives local people the chance to teach other people about the food they know and love. We pay local people £40 per session and give an allowance for food. If you are interested in becoming a food hero please contact Rebecca Maddox by email. FAMILY COOK AND EAT BREAKFAST CLUB We will be making green eggs and ham at the family cook and eat breakfast club this Friday 4th May, which takes place in the Mulberry Centre from 9am to 10.30am. Parents and children cook and eat together during these sessions, which are free. 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. 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 TIMES The café will be open from 10.30am to 5.30pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday throughout the summer. We will be installing a cooker in the next couple of weeks and launching a new menu of freshly cooked, locally sourced (our greenhouse!) food. MYATT’S FIELDS PARK FAIR 2nd JUNE Local people and organisations are invited to book their stalls for Myatt’s FieldsPark fair, which will be held from 1pm to 5pm 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. |
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