A place to gather things that have no category!
On Saturday the 12th May we led our local wellbeing walk through Tooting and found a huge range of Treasure – the people we met (walkers who did some or all of the route, and the hosts at the venues), the surprising places we went, the conversations we shared, the stories we heard, the food and […]
Read More →There is such a lot of Transition in Tooting over the next 10 days! On Saturday (12th May) we hope as many as possible will be “Treasuring Tooting” by joining our wellbeing walk which will visit 12 different places in Tooting. There will be a wide variety of activities and experiences across locations as diverse […]
Read More →Preparing for her role in Saturday’s Treasuring Tooting wellbeing walk, the bee piñata is…. stretching her legs sharpening her sting looking for pollen On Saturday May 12th the bee will be fully decorated, and fly through Tooting – come and join the piñata at any of the twelve locations linked together in the Treasuring Tooting walk.
Read More →From the 12th to 20th May, Transition Town Tooting invites you to join with us to explore the keys to happiness and wellbeing, as part of our year-long celebration of what helps us lead happier and more satisfied lives. After all our preparation – we are nearly there! Starting on Saturday 12th: Treasuring Tooting / […]
Read More →This First Tuesday event was about wellbeing. Belinda and Hilary talked about events that are being offered locally this year, including The Treasuring Tooting walk and pop-up kindness activities being run throughout Tooting. Conversations among the group identified that satisfying our basic needs such as safety and a home were essential; including having comfortable things […]
Read More →On a rainy afternoon in Tooting last Saturday, preparations continued for decorating the piñata bee which will be part of the ‘Treasuring Tooting’ wellbeing walk on May 12th (scroll down in this blog for more on the piñata and on the walk…) What’s it going to be like? How big will it bee? More images to come […]
Read More →Here are the notes from the April Core Group Meeting
Read More →On Tuesday evening, around 80 people gathered at Wimbledon’s St. Mark’s Church to ask four of the candidates for the London Assembly what they would do if they got into power on May 3rd. The candidates fielding questions were Leonie Cooper (Labour), Shas Sheehan (Liberal Democrat), Richard Tracey (Conservative and current Assembly Member for Merton […]
Read More →Two workshops on 21 and 22 April provided lots of lovely ideas for the design of the Tooting Pound. It’s early days for the community currency but that didn’t stop the heated debates about who should be on the notes – should it be Wolfie (Citizen) Smith or Nurse Edith Cavell on the T£1; Hester […]
Read More →The ‘Monthly Do’ on Sunday April 22nd at Wandsworth Borough Council’s Pump House Gallery in Battersea Park saw several of us from Transition Tooting join with gallery staff to offer a drop-in afternoon about on ‘Growing Successfully in the City’. Yes – that broad topic included different prompts for the ways ‘urban growing’ is expressed: […]
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