Author: ourpastures

Waltham Forest Council has included the mural outside the Pastures building on its Local Heritage List.

The Waltham Forest Local Heritage List identifies buildings and structures with architectural, historical and cultural significance within the borough which enrich and enliven the character of a place. 

The mosaic on the wall of the Pastures Youth Centre was designed and made by young people and their youth leaders. It was created as a response to the phenomenon of ‘postcode wars’, which had directly affected young people in the neighbourhood, and depicts the powerful message of ‘forgive and forget’ beneath a representation of London postcodes.

 

The trials will take place on Wednesday 15^th and Wednesday 22^nd May from 5pm to 7pm at the Pastures Centre 15 Davies Lane, London E11 3DR.

The London Youth Games Badminton competition will be held on Sunday 16th June at Redbridge Sports Centre.

To register for the trials please click here https://forms.office.com/e/FBjdSv3h1c

Our Pastures is holding it’s AGM on Tuesday 23rd April from 19:00 to 21:00. The meeting will be held in the Community room at the Pastures Centre.

Come and see/hear all that is happening at  Pastures Centre, Garden and Good Shepherd Studios and hear all about the plans for the future. Refreshments will be provided.

All are welcome !

 

Extra sessions are on for young people (11-25) at Pastures next week. Football, Table tennis, food and workshops will be available. Please see the Flyer below for more details

The Pastures Gardening Group is holding a Wassail in the Pastures Community Gardens on the 21st January.

For those that don’t know a Wassail is a traditonal event held to promote a good harvest of fruit trees. It involves singing and toasting of the trees to wake the trees and scare off any evil spirits.

The Gardening Group will be planting some new fruit trees as well as waking up the previously planted ones and need your help in order to get a good harvest. As tradition dicates there will also be some mulled cider served for those wishing to partake. More information is the flyer below

Waltham Forest is looking for young people who were born before 01/09/2007 to represent the borough in Basketball at the London Youth Games 2024. The event takes place in May but there are a number of trials and practice sessions that will be held throughout 2024. Session details and sign up forms are below.

For more info please contact Joshua Wehner – walthamforestflames@gmail.com  or Charles Adeyemi – Charles.Adeyemi@walthamforest.gov.uk  

Free digital drawing classes for adults are running at Pastures on the 8th and 15th Of January between 17:30 and 18:30. The classes will instruct attendees in the use of Procreate art application. A limited amount of iPads will be available for use if you can’t bring your own. See the flyer below for more details

A basketball session for children maybe coming to pastures. The council is asking for expressions of interest before setting it up. No more details at present but to register your interest please email the below

 Pastures@walthamforest.gov.uk

Bike maintenance sessions are back at Pastures during the summer and early autumn. The sessions, run on early tuesday evening, are an excellent way to get your bike ready for summer and learn how to keep it in excellemt condition. The sessions have proved to be very popular in the past so booking is essential. Please see link below to book available sessions

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jp-fix-and-ride-32198209723

Please see link below for the minutes of the latest Community engagement meeting