After the long haul of communicating near and far for voting in the Aviva Community Fund last year, winning funding in January, and getting on with the planning for 2017…we’ve begun the project! Our first session with the CARAS refugee and asylum-seekers has been a Family Activity Day on Valentine’s Day..It was a familiar mother-and-children […]
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 […]
Read More →Today we hosted the third workshop in the Urban Heat research project. This is an 18-month research process into community-led responses to urban heatwaves, with a particular focus on the local impact on vulnerable people. The research is led by the Policy Studies Institute at the University of Westminster, with funding from the Joseph Rowntree […]
Read More →TTT is looking forward to our new partnership project with CARAS and the RHS ‘Greening Grey Britain’ campaign (see our 18th Aug post below). To help launch ‘Rooting in Tooting’, we joined in at the CARAS Open Day at All Saints’ Church, Tooting. It was a very welcoming day for the extended CARAS family, where many […]
Read More →Tooting Field Days are local safaris based in and around Tooting; a chance to get outside and play, walk or make something. We can’t promise lions and zebras but you might discover something you’ve never seen before, think something new or have a mini adventure! Tooting Field Days will happen every month on a Sunday […]
Read More →We’ve had two posts about WHY? we’re offering this urban ‘Wild Afternoon’ on Sunday (details in Events Calendar opposite).The first post was about making the commitment to get outside more – and enjoying the benefits of chance discovery here in Tooting. The second post looked at some of the ways young people can take part in […]
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