Every year the wonderful Balham and Tooting Community Association hold a community awards – the BATCA Heroes – to celebrate all the fantastic individuals and groups who do so much to support our community. This year the newly founded Resilience Tooting had the opportunity to ‘pop-up’ at the event – we were asked to bring […]
Read More →What is a Right to Grow? We’re calling on Wandsworth Council to make it easier for local communities to turn unused public land into productive, biodiverse and welcoming spaces. The Right to Grow petition asks Wandsworth Council to: The basic idea is pretty simple: if a patch of public land is sitting unused, why not […]
Read More →All Photos credit: George Dixon What a day! On 9 May 2026, the United Reformed Church in Rookstone Road buzzed with energy, creativity, and a shared passion for making Tooting a better place. TootingCAN, organized by Transition Town Tooting (TTT) and funded by the Wandsworth Grant Fund, brought together 108 participants from all walks of […]
Read More →Sewing and Sanctuary is a women’s sewing group which was founded in May 2022. It is a Transition Town Tooting project run in partnership with Oxfam Tooting. We are a place of sanctuary where women of refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds and women from the local community meet, stitch and chat. We enjoy learning together, […]
Read More →Tooting’s Green Sanctuary Reinvents Itself After over ten years of flourishing as a vibrant oasis in the heart of Tooting, the Tooting Community Garden will go into a period of transformation. For local residents the garden has long offered a place where wilderness and community spirit met. Now, as a new development takes shape, the […]
Read More →The much anticipated, Community Stitching Upcycled Fashion Show took place on Saturday 20th September at Tooting United Reformed Church. The fashion show started at 12.30 pm and about twenty upcycled outfits were showcased by our amazing models, most of whom were regular members of the Sewing and Sanctuary group, complemented by friends and family. Our […]
Read More →Having been inspired by Fishponds Bioblitz we decided to do our own and to start with looking out for our garden animals. A BioBlitz is defined as a short, intensive period of time during which a group of people find and identify as many species of plants, animals, fungi and other organisms as possible within […]
Read More →Be inspired by the work of local community sewing groups and learn to upcycle! CLICK HERE for our Facebook event page with latest details. 20th September – 12 – 4pm United Reform Church, Rookstone Road SW17 9NQ Come along to this event and be inspired by the upcycled work of Sewing and Sanctuary and other […]
Read More →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 […]
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