Chris Connelly writes:
Welcome to a bumper edition of our regular TASK e-letter.
Creating Community event- May 21
The very friendly and outward looking St John's Church at the junction with Aldborough Road and St. John's Road plays a major role in the life of our local community, hosting many activities and clubs in addition to its own internal faith programme. Next Saturday, May 21, sees its annual spring plant and table top sale, which this year forms part of a bigger celebration, Creating Community, to include the opening of their new community garden and the unveiling of an exciting mural executed by the pupils at Downshall Primary School.
It is all part of an award winning partnership project between the church, the Seven Kings and Newbury Park Residents' Association and Living Streets, the national charity formerly known as the Pedestrians' Association, which has seen some investment in public seating, an art walk and attempts to clean up the footways around the church and along Aldborough Road South.
It promises to be a feelgood morning and one TASK is proud to support so do come along, grab a bargain and be part of the fun. It all kicks off at 1030 and runs until around 1330.
Redbridge Green Picnic-June 5
Sadly, another well established local event, the biannual Redbridge Green Fair, the closest the borough gets to an alternative festival event, normally scheduled for the late May Bank Holiday weekend will not happen
this year because of a shortage of people to make it happen . Organisers are, however, promoting a smaller event on Sunday June 5, national Big Lunch Day, from 12-4pm with a picnic on Melbourne Fields at Valentines Park. The idea is that families and groups of friends pitch up with some food and drink to share an afternoon together with some games, live music courtesy of local musicians and food related displays . Here's hoping it goes well and that the Green Fair proper can return next year.
Top author event at Goodmayes Library: May 25
The recent author event at the Seven Kings Library saw Sagheer Afzal, the man behind the comic novel, The Reluctant Mullah draw a small but deeply appreciative crowd for a very funny routine.
Our recently saved Goodmayes Library is next up, playing host to the author of the acclaimed Costa Award shortlisted novel Coconut Unlimited, Nikesh Shukla on May 25. Tickets are just £2.50 and can be booked online at www.redbridge.gov.uk/bam.
Allotment clean up gets musical: be part of the big push on May 19
As food prices soar its little surprise that public demand for allotments is at a generational high, and it is good to see our local allotment society bringing abandoned plots back into use on Vicarage Lane. Thursday 19 May sees a massive push to progress ground clearance with a mass clean up with music from 4-8pm, organised in partnership with Orange Rockcorp, a national scheme linking community work to free concert tickets. To take part, and to get to hear a free concert for a little bit of digging, you need to register
at http://www.orangerockcorps.co.uk/.
June TASK meeting
TASK meet again at 7pm on Tuesday June 7 at our usual venue, Gizem Bakers on the High Road, Seven Kings. All supporters are welcome at a meeting that will agree the issues that will form our main focus for the next year. Have your say on the night or email suggestions to this address.
Goodmayes Park Extension: referred to Scrutiny
Last time we alerted supporters to the Redbridge Council Cabinet plan to lease the nearby Goodmayes Park Extension to a private sports club on a controversial 99 year lease for a peppercorn rent. This has now been
referred to Council's Scrutiny Committee, allowing for further investigation of all aspects of the proposal, dates for which we will advise you on as we know.
Redbridge Citizens: a new community alliance
London Citizens, the inspirational campaign group behind some great ideas like the safe haven scheme for youth affected by knife crime and the London Living Wage have been working across much of east London for 20 years and are now looking to develop a cross community alliance here in Redbridge.
They are holding an initial session on Wednesday May 18 from 6-8pm at the Kenneth More Theatre, to which TASK have been invited, to build relationships between local leaders and share interests and concerns. If you would like to attend with TASK, please email me. If you are part of another faith or campaign or community group interested in getting involved in this meeting, then please contact Sheilla Patel at London Citizens on sheilla.patel@cof.org.uk. For more on Citizens themselves, go to http://www.londoncitizens.org.uk/.
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