We’re running our fifth annual free ReSparkle! event at Tooting Library, 75 Mitcham Road, SW17 9PD on Sat 17th, from 2-4pm. All welcome, for all ages and all materials provided: the theme is learning how to make decorative and interesting things – perhaps presents for Christmas time – using re-purposed materials that would otherwise go […]
Read More →Egle, Jenny and Chuck were honoured to be able to present our shared experience from the joint CARAS + TTT ‘Rooting in Tooting’ project at this free conference yesterday. It was run by Team London to celebrate the end of London’s tenure as International City of Volunteering for 2016. Over 300 people attended. We tried to […]
Read More →Tonight is the TTT 2016 Gardening Celebration – plus we’re looking forward to exciting things in 2017. The event is at The Selkirk near Tooting Broadway from 7:00 pm. To celebrate the celebration:here are five current growing, gardening and sustainability events and ideas to follow up even if you can’t make it tonight: 1 TTT […]
Read More →An afternoon of fixing and mending! On Saturday 12th November Transition Town Tooting and Restart held an event to get people reusing their broken things. Local connecting hub Mushkil Aasaan hall was a hive of activity with many people so keen they turned up early! The Restart project is a London-based social enterprise that encourages and empowers people […]
Read More →Brilliant success at the voting stage: Aviva Community Fund has just confirmed that we’re through to the finals for the Gardens of Refuge project! We now do some further application steps by December 7th, and then there’s judging and then the results are announced January 10th ’17. Great news & thanks for all the […]
Read More →We’re proud to share where we reached when voting closed yesterday on the Gardens of Refuge campaign with CARAS. Over 600 people supported the project online.We believe we came THIRD, with over 6200 votes. WHICH IS WONDERFUL!Our formal ranking will be confirmed on 22nd Nov by Aviva & we’ll communicate wider after then. If we’re in […]
Read More →This week is the home straight for voting online for funding support for Gardens of Refuge at the Aviva Community Fund. It will come down to our tally of votes at the end of 18th November, and of course the other ‘Aviva projects’ are also doing a push this week. Please vote by Friday 12:00 for […]
Read More →This autumn TTT is delighted to be able to contribute to events to share our learning from Rooting in Tooting (our joint project with the refugee and asylum seeker community served by CARAS)It’s brilliant to be meeting new people and groups, and sharing in different ways: thank you for the invitations! We certainly don’t ‘have […]
Read More →Come and join us on Saturday November the 12th for an afternoon of fixing and mending! Whether it’s electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away or a sewing machine that is broken or you’re not sure how to use. Have a favourite piece of clothing that needs mending or altering and […]
Read More →“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” (Audrey Hepburn) We are thrilled that Gardens of Refuge, our new partnership project plan has reached the final public voting stage of the Aviva Community Fund! The project is centred on the refugee and asylum-seeker community who are supported by the Tooting charity CARAS. Read the […]
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