Hainault Forest Country Park is in the early stages of a £6m restoration project which will see it undergo a programme of work focusing on four key areas – investment in biodiversity, landscape and buildings, works to re-focus the popular children’s zoo and to improve the range of activities on offer for visitors. On 9 …
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A week in the life of a work experience student
What a week… Last Monday was the day I finally started my work experience placement, in Valentines Park. I always dreaded work experience after my past experience and hearing stories about how I would just be sitting around waiting on staff and providing them with the occasional beverage; but how wrong I was. Day 1 …
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Community Tennis Coaching Opportunity
An exciting opportunity for a motivated tennis coach or provider to develop a new community parks tennis programme within Redbridge. We are seeking an experienced minimum Level 2 coach or a coaching provider with the desire, ability and skill set to develop these free weekly tennis sessions. The programme will be self-managed with most operating …
Object of the Week
At the heart of Redbridge Museum is a unique collection of over 7000 objects, oral history and film. Once a week we will be selecting one object from Redbridge Museum’s collection to share with you online. This week, 7-13 April, we celebrate the opening week of our new display Kelvin Hughes – Land, Sea and Air. …
Object Of The Week
At the heart of Redbridge Museum is a unique collection of over 7000 objects, oral history and film. Once a week we will be selecting one object from Redbridge Museum’s collection to share with you online. This week we look back 101 years. On 20th March 1913, the Chairman of the Ilford Urban District Council officially …
Helping Hogs in Redbridge
Last week we were joined by Henry and Emily from Peoples Trust for Endangered Species who lead a fascinating talk on our favourite prickly animal, the hedgehog. As you may be aware, hedgehog numbers have decreased dramatically over the last ten years - in fact, it looks like we may have lost around a quarter …
South Park locals take part in the world’s largest wildlife survey
This weekend, South Park, Ilford encouraged locals to join bird charity RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch survey which helps to keep track of birds and other wildlife. With a chill in the air but a spring in her step Raeesa Mukhtar was happy to join other keen wildlife enthusiasts to help record the findings! Having never …
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Our Award Winning Park
We’ve spent the past few weeks teetering on the edges of our seats, waiting and waiting, praying that we’d done enough to succeed… Then this week it happened. The little blue email notification appeared in the corner of my computer. The results were in and I was feeling excited yet nervous about the result… Clicking …
Woodland Management
All over the world our landscapes are being built upon and developed into vast urban areas. This worrying trend can be seen stretching right across Britain as we lose more and more of our beautiful green spaces each year. Even if you haven’t noticed it yet, in a few years’ time you definitely will. If we continue to …
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