Broken electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away? Good at fixing or mending stuff or would like to learn how? Come to a Restart Party! and help keep stuff out of landfill. The next Restart Party in Tooting is this coming Tuesday 21st June at 7pm. Restart Parties are the antidote to […]
Read More →Celebrating eight years of Transition Town Tooting! Thanks to everyone who came to our Annual Celebration Last Friday, we turned our AGM into ACE – our Annual Celebratory Extravaganza – to share and celebrate what we’ve achieved, and to look forward to 2016 and beyond. Volunteers, beneficiaries, partners, project leaders, friends, neighbours and interested local […]
Read More →Could you be a leader in making, could you become a Prime Pedalista? Hello Pedalistas* Tour De Tooting is fast approaching. Pedalistas of Tooting will be looking to get making and decorating throughout June in preparation for the Parade of Wheels on the 3rd July. This Tuesday, Tour De Tooting are hosting a workshop of […]
Read More →Last weekend we enjoyed the sixth crop of fortnightly ‘triple-header’ Growing Tooting workshops – one each in Balham, Tooting and Wandsworth. (Plus there’s the fourth series: an extra Wandsworth group running on the intervening weekends).As ever, thanks to Martin for the energy and co-ordination! What did we do this week?As a comprehensive gardening topic we […]
Read More →There is a real buzz of excitement in the air, a sense of something big about to happen in the streets of Tooting as the launch date nears and the Grand Parade of Wheels takes shape. From now until 3rd July we will be holding ‘Reinvent Your Wheels!’ workshops and cycle-themed events to celebrate the […]
Read More →Early in May we held a delightful celebration of three years’ shared experience of the outdoor learning project between Gatton Primary School and Tooting Community Garden. You can look at that blog report by clicking here. The sun shone on us all and lit the mosaic made at the school with every pupil involved. Among the natural images […]
Read More →Come to our Annual Celebratory Extravaganza! Fri. 10 June, 6.30pm Rechere’s Health & Wellbeing Centre, 163-165 Tooting High Street (followed by 9.00pm drinks at the Trafalgar Arms for those who want to continue celebrating!) Please R.S.V.P. by getting a free ticket on Eventbrite Everyone is welcome! If you’re on our mailing list, like or follow […]
Read More →Gardeners in Balham, Tooting and Wandsworth are seeing results in the soil, in trying out new skills and having some fun together.As our fortnightly free Growing Tooting classes continue, have a look below at what we’ve been doing, and do get in touch to share ideas or with any queries. Very proud gardeners! Basil seedlings […]
Read More →Want to find out more about Tour de Tooting? Come along to our second Hubs and Spokes café on Thu. 19 May, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at Rechere’s Wellbeing Centre, 163-165 Tooting High Street in anticipation of the Tour de Tooting, Sun. 03 July. What will be doing in this Hubs and Spokes Cafe? The […]
Read More →The fourth weekend in our fortnightly series of workshops on growing your own local food was fun and successful. We’re half way through the run of 8 workshops at each of the sites. The Balham-Tooting-Wandsworth structure is stimulating as there are differences and common ground in the settings and interests – plus there’s healthy cross-pollination […]
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