Recycling Forum Meeting

The next meeting of the Recycling Forum will be on Thursday 16th February, from 6.30 - 8.00 pm at:

Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility
43 Devon St
London
SE15 1AL

The focus of the meeting is to provide information and support with applications to this year's EnviroGrant scheme, which offers funding and practical support for Southwark-based community groups and projects - along with the opportunity to ask any questions about recycling in Southwark. Refreshments will be provided.

Development of Manor Place Terrace

The TRA has often discussed the run down terrace on Manor Place, and plans for redevelopment. It seems that, finally, something may be about to happen! A public meeting on the subject is due to take place at St Paul's Church, Lorrimore Square on Tuesday 24th January - from 7.00 pm. See the poster below:

Pasley Park Consultation

A consultation is about to kick off on planned changes to Pasley Park. Southwark Council have organised a fun day to kick off the process - with face painting, refreshments, a bouncy castle - and even a raffle to take a balloon ride from the park!

The event will take place in Pasley Park itself, on Saturday 15th October - from 11.30 until 4.00.

Heritage signage

The second set of designs for the heritage signage in Pasley Park are now complete. You can find the designs at www.historyofpasleypark.blogspot.com. The consultation on these new designs is now open (for the next couple of weeks), and your feedback would be very welcome!

This will be the last set of designs open to consultation - so please take this opportunity to pass along your input.

You can post your comments directly onto the website, or send them to the usual TRA address: surreygardenstra@gmail.com.

Heritage signage - feedback

Following the release of the initial designs for the heritage signage in Pasley Park, feedback has been collated and posted onto the History of Pasley Park website here.

Stay tuned for the next set of designs! In the meantime, should you have any further feedback on the project, please contact the team at pasleyparkhistory@gmail.com.

Annual Picnic in the Park

Many thanks to those of you who came to the Annual Picnic in the Park on Tuesday. Despite the weather, the picnic went ahead in the church hall - whilst the bouncy castle was up most of the night for the children. Enjoy the rest of the summer, and stay tuned for our next meeting!

Heritage signage

The first designs of the heritage signage for Pasley Park are now complete. You can find the designs here. The consultation on these initial designs is now open (for the next couple of weeks), and your feedback would be very welcome! Please do let the project team know what you think about any aspect of the proposals - the good and the bad. You can post your comments directly onto the website, or send them to the usual TRA address: surreygardenstra@gmail.com.

More designs to come over the next few months - stay tuned!

Walworth Garden Farm: Spring Plant Sale

It's that time of the year once again: for every Saturday and Sunday in May, Walworth Garden Farm will be running the annual plant sale where a variety of bedding plants, herbs and small shrubs (all grown by trainees and volunteers at the Farm itself) will be available to buy at great prices.

The Farm itself is a registered charity, and relies on funding from sources such as the plant sale in order to keep running. So go along, help out your local charity, and get gardening whilst the weather stays nice!

Free one-day workshop: Introduction to herbal medicine

Walworth Garden Farm is offering a free workshop (to anyone aged 19+) on herbal medicine.

This one-day workshop will take a brief look at the history and politics of western herbal medicine, then look at traditional uses of some common kitchen herbs and wild growing plants. The workshop will explore one herb more fully in depth and then look at the different ways of preparing and using herbs, including making an ointment. Places are limited.

The workshop will take place on Tuesday May 10th and June 14th, 10 am to 3pm, at Walworth Garden Farm.

To book please phone: 0207 582 2652
or email: womenshealthproject@yahoo.co.uk

Art for Pasley Park

Though not a TRA project itself, it may interest you to know that following our consultation session (run by the TRA for the history signage project) that a decision has been made on the artistic seating for Pasley Park.

Reflecting the history of the site, and following a final vote at a recent Friends of Pasley Park meeting, one of the 'ostrich' options has been selected to be developed.

It should be a great addition to the park!

There will be a further meeting on 4th April from 6.30 pm at the Cuming Museum, where a clearer idea of the finished product will be presented.

Art in Pasley Park

Aged between 8 and 17 and fancy something to do on Monday afternoons/evenings? A new programme of mosaic making, outdoor art and planting is kicking off in Pasley Park - from 5 - 7, every Monday (meeting at the Pasley TRA Hall, Stopford Rd). See the flyer below for more details!

Picnic in Pasley Park

Local resident Alison, who lives on Carter Street, is organising a picnic in Pasley Park - so that the community can get to know each other better. There will be lots of activities for the kids (including face painting and balloon animals) - all you need to do is bring a dish!

The picnic will be held in the park itself (or in Pasley TRA Hall on Stopford Rd if wet) on Saturday 2nd April, from 12.00 until 2.00 pm.

If you would like to attend, please contact Alison on locallunch@yahoo.co.uk.

Heritage consultation

The main stage of the consultation around heritage signage is now completed - thanks to all who attended! In particular, there was a fantastic turn out to the TRA meeting/consultation session on Tuesday 1st.



Themes emerging from the consultation have been collated together in a short report. See the heritage signage website for more details, and stay tuned for next steps.

New consultation dates

There are even more opportunities to learn about the history of your area over the course of the next month, with the announcement of the next set of consultation dates for the heritage signage boards in Pasley Park.

Drop in sessions will be conducted at the Cuming Museum on both Saturday 15th and Saturday 22nd January providing opportunities to ask questions, see original materials and input into the design and content of the signage itself. In addition, the first TRA meeting of the year will become a dedicated consultation session to starting, as normal, at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 1st February in St Paul's, Lorrimore Square. For further information, please e-mail: pasleyparkhistory@gmail.com

Learn about the history of our area

As many of you will know our TRA (in conjunction with Southwark Council and the Friends of Pasley Park) recently obtained a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to provide heritage signage, explaining the history of the area.

The Project Team responsible for developing the signage are very keen that the boards reflect what local people find interesting about the rich history of the area. To that end, there will be a series of consultation sessions providing opportunities to learn about the history as well as to input into the design of the boards.

The first of these consultation sessions will be held on Saturday 11th December, at 11 am, in Pasley Park itself - and will take the form of a guided walk about the area. For more information, e-mail: pasleyparkhistory@gmail.com

Gym in the Park

The Friends of Pasley Park (Surrey Gardens) are intending to apply for funding from the Lottery Community Spaces Fund to install a "Family Gym" in the Park.

A "Family Gym" basically has some equipment similar to indoor gym facilities but will of course be free to use and will be out in the open in the park itself. The idea is for the equipment to be suitable for older children, teenagers, adults and older people.

In order to submit an application, the Friends group needs evidence that the community support the idea. If you would like to give your support to the application, please email pasleypark@yahoo.co.uk saying as much. The Friends of Pasley Park would like to thank you for your help in getting this project off the ground.

Pullens Yard Winter Open Studios 2010

Yes, it may only be the 1st of October today, but cast your mind forward to the beginning of December when many of us will be frantically searching for perfect presents to give to friends and family.

Why not do your shopping locally this year, and buy all your gifts at the Pullens Yard winter open studios? Every year the artists and designers based in the historic, and picturesque, Pullens Yards (Clements Yard, Iliffe Yard and Peacock Yard) throw open their doors for a one-of-a-kind art fair that's been described as "seriously hip!" by The Times.

Great gifts, including teapots, cups, vases, rings, earrings, designer clothes, handmade shoes, paintings, photography, sculpture, books and more will be available direct from those who've made them. Get yourself down there between Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th of December. Opening times, and more info, available from the Pullens Yards website.

Park Progress

For those of you who weren't around at the time, it may be of interest to know that around 10 years ago now the TRA applied to the Big Lottery Fund for a grant to cover consultation around, and improvements to, Lorrimore Gardens in Lorrimore Square.

The grant application was successful, and has resulted in the park we all see, use and enjoy today. Given the 10 year anniversary (or thereabouts), it's well worth acknowledging the role of the Big Lottery Fund in all of this - without whom, the park could never have been transformed. Big thanks, to the Big Lottery!

In other local parks news, Pasley Park now has brand new notice boards installed at the two main entrances to the park. They look absolutely fantastic, and are testament to the hard work of the Friends and Pasley Park. Just goes to show what can be achieved when a group of people come together and put their minds to something!

Annual Picnic in the Park

Many thanks to all of you who came to the Annual TRA Picnic in the Park at the beginning of July! First year ever that we had no rain (almost...), which certainly seemed to help with turnout as the park was full of people. Once again the bouncy castle was a big hit, whilst the food and drink disappeared as quickly as it arrived.




The picnic was also the official 'launch' of the new artwork in Lorrimore Gardens - provided courtesy of the children at John Ruskin School, under the supervision of Sue. Hopefully you all agree that it looks fantastic, and has brightened up that corner of the park no end. If you missed this quarter's copy of Southwark Housing News, there is a piece in the magazine on the project. You can download it here (see the July version).



Hope you enjoyed the picnic - see you next year!

Friends of Pasley Park

The next meeting of the Friends of Pasley Park group will be held on 29th July, in the Pasley TRA Hall on Stopford Rd, SE17
Go along and hear what they've been up to recently