Creative play with glass

I had been promising myself for ages that I would make time and book myself on a creative workshop at Valentines Mansion, and I am so pleased that I did and to add to the pleasure,  I had talked one of my old school friends into joining me so it gave us time to have …

Celebrating Healthy Families in Redbridge in Loxford Park!

Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure and NELFT Healthy Eating Team hosted a celebration with families in Loxford Park on Monday 24 August. It was a celebration to mark a fantastic year for the MEND, Little Dudes and Active Stars weight management programme; becoming healthier through healthy eating and physical activity. Despite an unfortunate forecast and a very …

Physical Fun and Friendly Furious: my intro to Handball

I’ve heard of Handball’s popularity in other parts of Europe with my Swedish and Hungarian friend very keen on the sport. I had never seen it or played it before myself. I’m always looking to take on a new challenge so thought I would give it a go. I found it hard to grasp the …

Meet Miss England semi-finalist at Fairlop Fair

Miss Redbridge, Krishna Solanki, is in the running to become Miss England after securing a place in the semi-finals. Having just finished her second year studying maths at Portsmouth University, she had to juggle the pageant with revising for her exams, which she finished just a couple of days before the heats. Krishna, who is …

Holly Black and Emily Lockhart get the kids votes in the Redbridge Children’s Book Awards 2015

Reading for pleasure and creative writing is thriving in Redbridge schools.  On Thursday 25 June 2015, around 200 young readers, budding writers and their school librarians and teachers celebrated this year’s Redbridge Children’s Book Awards in a vibrant, exciting ceremony at Redbridge Town Hall. Students from 14 secondary schools and 9 primary schools across Redbridge …

Tea Dance celebrates 50 years of Redbridge with 50 years of Dance

This month Redbridge is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a London borough. To mark the occasion the monthly Tea Dance at Sir James Hawkey Hall in Woodford Green, hosted its April dance with a difference including a special dance performance from The Youth Council. This talented group of dancers performed dance routines to the most popular …

East London girls win national accolade at national street cricket awards

A girls' cricket project in Redbridge, East London, was recognised for its success as part of the inner-city cricket initiative, StreetChance supported by Barclays, last week (Thursday 3 July). Coaches Saba Nasim and Hannah Newman received the Outstanding Youth Project award from former England cricketer, Ebony Rainford-Brent, at the StreetChance Annual Achievement Awards, held at …

vInspired asks “What’s your story?”

Young volunteers celebrate the contributions of migrants to their communities in their campaign Routes to Roots. Team v is joining communities across the country, telling the stories of its people and their journeys. Team v Redbridge is celebrating the brave people that migrate across the globe and throughout the UK to create new lives for …

Best selling author Adele Parks comes to Wanstead Library

Adele Parks is a much loved author for her contemporary women's fiction novels, selling over two million copies in the UK. However, she's changed things up a bit with her fourteenth novel as its set in the 1920s and covers the loss, glamour, pain and passion surrounding four women during the aftermath of World War …

#MuseumWeek

Monday 24th March until Sunday 30th March Redbridge Museum will join lots of other museums and galleries across Europe to take part in Twitter’s #MuseumWeek Each day will have a new hashtag will fun and interesting things for you to get involved with. Follow the Museum on Twitter @RedbridgeMuseum and help us share our love …