Tooting Foodival 2015 today received an inaugural Grow Wandsworth Award from Mayor of Wandsworth, Nicola Nardelli, who launched the awards to encourage people and organisations who grow healthy, fresh, local food in Community Food Projects. With Mayor Nicola at Wandsworth Town Hall At a reception in the Mayor’s Parlour at the Town Hall, including very beautiful […]
Read More →BATCA Hero Hilary It was a good night for TTT and our partners at last night’s BATCA (Balham & Tooting Community Association) Community Heroes Awards. Our Rooting in Tooting colleagues at CARAS (Community Action for Refugees & Asylum Seekers), won a Team Award, while Hilary Jennings ex-co-chair and key player in TTT since 2008 was a highly commended […]
Read More →The Gatton School Community Garden project won a team award at the BATCA Community Heroes event held this evening at Jasmin’s nightclub in Tooting. Congratulations to nominees Chuck and Deputy Head Hoosen Randaree pictured above with Head Teacher Rifat Batool and their awards. Many thanks to everyone involved, especially the children!Some numbers about the project to date, since March 2013: Around 180 children […]
Read More →Sadiq Khan MP presented the ‘Best Newcomer’ Green Gown Award from the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges to Sue Rimmer, Principal of South Thames College, at the Furzedown Project in Moyser Road. This local project with the Furzedown Low Carbon Zone involved many partners, including Transition Town Tooting. The Award citation described the project as ‘an excellent […]
Read More →South Thames College has won the prestigious 2012 Green Gown Award in the ‘Best Newcomer’ category, from a strong field of 5 other finalists. Sadiq Khan MP will celebrate the Award with a local presentation to Sue Rimmer, Principal of South Thames CollegeThe Green Gown Awards recognise exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken in tertiary education across the UKThis […]
Read More →Lucy makes the front page as the Wandsworth Green Champion! And below is the relevant part of the article on the Green Guardian pages. Great publicity for Transition Town Tooting! Well done Lucy!
Read More →What a week! Susan Venner (Venner Lucas Architects) and I collecting our Awards at this week’s Wandsworth Green Champions Awards from the Mayor and Konstam’s cook Oliver! Thanks to those that nominated us and many a cheer for our Tooting work to get a Transition initiative off the ground. We always talk about acting as […]
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