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 →There’s a lot to share about all that’s happening at the Tooting Foodival on 14th September, so we’ll cover all of these in separate blog posts. We hope you enjoy the info about our creative offer for adults and young people. All invited to our base in the large yard part way down Hereward Road. […]
Read More →Our previous blog post describes Growing Community Part 1 – and to recap in the last week of July our long-planned collaboration between Ravenstone School and Tooting Community Garden offered two interlinked local ‘Growing Community in the Heart of the City’ workshops as part of The Mayor of London’s National Park City Festival The common […]
Read More →A second set of photos of our Jellybrella creative workshop on May 11th. These are all about the day as an invitation to be creative…welcoming people in new ways…and what participants thought about it. All the background on this participative creative community sustainability project is in a past blog post – please click here It includes […]
Read More →We were thrilled with the Jellybrella creative workshop on last Saturday May 11th which we facilitated at Sprout Arts in Furzedown as part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe.The weather was mostly kind and we did most of the day outdoors. Thanks for all the support and to Nikki, David, Jane & Chuck for facilitating. Lots […]
Read More →Jellybrella does! (now we know…)On the Bank Holiday weekend and all next week: combine your love of creativity and fun with shopping in a good cause. Visit the super new Wandsworth Oasis shop at 61 Balham High Rd & admire windows full of Jellybrella creations. The Jellybrellas were created last week by local adults with […]
Read More →We’re thrilled to be running the Jellybrella creative workshop in a fortnight as part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe.Free and for all ages: all welcome to join us! We’re holding the Jellybrella workshop from 10:00 to 4:00 on Saturday May 11 in Furzedown at Sprout Community Arts. Bring an umbrella or two if you can – […]
Read More →We’re postponing our new series of Carbon Conversations until the New Year.Tonight’s first session is cancelled, as are the following 5 meetings. The series of meetings needs a critical mass of local people to join in so we have rich and diverse discussions – we are nearly there but not quite for the series due […]
Read More →We’re hosting a new free event: Local Stories of Sustainability Success in the afternoon of Saturday 20th October, from 2:00 to 4:00 at the Mushkil Aasaan Hall, 220 Upper Tooting Road SW17 7EW. The event will illustrate vivid can-do stories by local people who have reduced their carbon footprints and increased their wellbeing Martin, Susan, […]
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