In the past fortnight members of Sewing And Sanctuary, the local TTT and Oxfam collaboration, have made these very beautiful textile leaves at Friday sessions and also at home. So many techniques! The group has connected with Sewing Cafe Lancaster who called out for hand-made leaves, so it’s a warm-hearted collective and connected link from […]
Read More →That is the plan anyway. How did it come about? Many years ago a previous community garden group grew wheat and managed to bake one loaf of bread from it. So why not try it again? Inspired by one of our members who was asking for a source of getting wheat for her garden we […]
Read More →Whether it is cooking, growing, sewing, pickling, soldering or making : the community of Tooting has an abundance of skills and talents. On 15th March 2025 we came together for our third Tooting CAN! to share skills, meet our neighbours have some fun! Dive into our blog below telling the story of the day (with […]
Read More →Read all about Tooting Repair Club launch, Repair Week 2025 and Leaping out of Windows without fear from local fixer Dermot – and email us at repairclub.org@gmail.com to hear about future sessions. The first rule of Repair Club is: “You do not talk about Repair Club” So like an ancient mariner of fixing…here I am – […]
Read More →On 21st October 2024 around a hundred people of all ages and backgrounds came together in the Samaj Hall to dream into Tooting’s possible futures. They travelled to 2040, imagined themselves, imagined our town and explored possibilities in a fair, flourishing and resilient place that cares for the earth and all future generations. Together we created […]
Read More →What is Town Anywhere, Tooting? Town Anywhere Tooting is a large-scale, participatory, community visioning experience – bringing together people from across Tooting to ‘rehearse the future’ of our vibrant community. Monday 21st October, Patidar Samaj Hall, 26B Tooting High Street 9.30 for 10.00 am prompt start – finishing 4.00pm. “Town Anywhere is an extraordinary exercise. […]
Read More →We have now reached our second anniversary and the sewing group is going from strength to strength with around 20 regular members. Last year we featured in two short Oxfam films marking Refugee Week and Secondhand September. Also marking the latter, we ran a sashiko denim patch workshop for 30 Oxfam shop managers and staff, […]
Read More →Thank you for taking a look at our Fundraising page. TTT always welcomes donations to help support our free-to-attend community activities. We are currently inviting donations in the memory of Rose deFalbe who died on 13 December 2024. Rose’s family have generously suggested that donations be made in her memory to support the Tooting Community Garden to […]
Read More →Cooking, growing, sewing, singing, dancing, making or mending and more: the community of Tooting has an abundance of skills and talents which also make us stronger together. On 16th March 2024 we hosted our first Tooting Can… Celebratory Extravaganza. Dive into our blog below telling the story of the day (with ‘how to’ links and […]
Read More →We are thrilled to bring Town Anywhere – a large-scale community visioning experience to Tooting. On Monday 21st October (9.30 – 4) this free event will bring people together to explore the future of our vibrant Tooting community. Town Anywhere is an extraordinary exercise. It invites us to step into the future, to reimagine and […]
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