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Bulb planting and fun at the Forest Garden in October!

Transition Town Ilford

Oct 29, 2021

Bulb planting and fun at the Forest Garden in October!

forest garden, valentines park, ilford, permaculture, half term activies for children.

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Transition Town Ilford

Sep 30, 2021

Launch of Repair Cafe in Big Green Week

We launched a Repair Cafe in Big Green Week on Saturday 18th September 2021. What a success! Transition Ilford and residents run a...

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Community Eco Market Brings Sun And Community Spirit!

Ros Southern

Sep 22, 2021

Community Eco Market Brings Sun And Community Spirit!

On Saturday 18th September as part of Big Green Week we reclaimed a street so children could play... We launched our Repair Café and...

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Transition Town Ilford

Sep 18, 2021

Cop26 attendance by a TTI member

One of our members spent 10 days at Cop26 in Glasgow. Here are some extracts from her blog. Nov 1 Many people in Glasgow have opened...

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Plastic Free Ilford Event in Valentines Park

Transition Town Ilford

Aug 7, 2021

Plastic Free Ilford Event in Valentines Park

Why do we care about a Plastic-Free Ilford? Plastic can be a very useful resource and can help many people in our community who truly...

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Transition Town Ilford

Apr 22, 2021

Herb cuttings workshop

We are holding two free workshops over the next few weeks in the gardens of two of our volunteers who live in Auckland Road. You are...

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Transition Town Ilford

Mar 27, 2021

Growing food and Growing Friends

The aim of our project is to encourage neighbours in Ilford (IG1 Postcode) to start to grow food in containers in their front garden/...

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Thermal Imaging Camera Loan Scheme Pilot

Transition Town Ilford

Feb 18, 2021

Thermal Imaging Camera Loan Scheme Pilot

Are you based in Ilford and would like to make your home or community building more energy efficient? Transition Town Ilford is running a...

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Work begins on Valentines Park Forest Garden at last!

Transition Town Ilford

Dec 21, 2020

Work begins on Valentines Park Forest Garden at last!

About our Forest garden….. We got the go ahead to start work our forest garden in Valentines Park, earlier this month, from Vision and...

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Our Celebratory AGM was a community gathering opportunity – Sat 7 Nov 3-4.30pm

Transition Town Ilford

Oct 23, 2020

Our Celebratory AGM was a community gathering opportunity – Sat 7 Nov 3-4.30pm

35 people joined our inaugural AGM in April last year. This year we have Covid-19 and we see this as an excellent opportunity for a...

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Fingers crossed for Frenford funding application to convert all lighting to LED

Transition Town Ilford

Oct 21, 2020

Fingers crossed for Frenford funding application to convert all lighting to LED

We launched our LED project in February with support from 2 London energy groups. We are working with a few community buildings in Ilford...

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Seems we have secured a site for the Valentines Park Forest Garden! :)

Transition Town Ilford

Oct 9, 2020

Seems we have secured a site for the Valentines Park Forest Garden! :)

From left to right: Ros, Pierre, Rakesh (project leader), Peter, Suhas, Simon Litt (Valentines Park Manager) After a couple of park...

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Film and discussion night – Forest Gardens – 20 August 7pm

Transition Town Ilford

Jul 28, 2020

Film and discussion night – Forest Gardens – 20 August 7pm

How to enrich nature while growing food – an online gathering to bring forest gardens to Ilford and beyond Do you want to know how to...

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Transition Town Ilford

Feb 20, 2020

Growing & Preserving Food Workshops

Transition Town Ilford Workshops 2020 An open invitation to attend our monthly workshops on growing, eating and preserving food When: ...

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400 hundred trees planted in Valentines park.

Transition Town Ilford

Feb 20, 2020

400 hundred trees planted in Valentines park.

On Wednesday, 19th February, 400 trees were planted in the old Pitch and Put area of Valentines Park, Ilford, by around 40 local...

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Cut your community building costs and join our LED pilot

Transition Town Ilford

Feb 14, 2020

Cut your community building costs and join our LED pilot

We have recently launched a community energy scheme with support from other London Boroughs. Our aim is to set up an Ilford solar...

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We want a building to create an environmental and community hub in Ilford

Transition Town Ilford

Feb 11, 2020

We want a building to create an environmental and community hub in Ilford

Ilford is in desperate in need of a community hub as a centre for environmental and community projects. So many people have been saying...

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Transition Town Ilford

Feb 11, 2020

Tree planting event in Valentines park

https://www.redbridgecvs.net/events/valentines-park-tree-planting A fabulous tree planting event has been arranged by one of our members,...

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Transition Town Ilford

Feb 3, 2020

Bringing Organic vegetables to Ilford

Hi all, we got busy organising a trial for organic fruit and vegetables in Ilford just before Christmas. The event was a success and...

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Transition Town Ilford

Dec 10, 2019

Organic Veg Project

Wouldn’t it be good to be able to buy reasonably priced, unpackaged, organic vegetables in Ilford? Ilford Transition Town is cooperating...

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