We did it! Manor House PACT project wins £1m Big Lottery funding
A consortium led by Manor House Development Trust (MHDT) is one of 12 UK projects awarded a total of £12million Communities Living Sustainably Big Lottery funding, announced on 3 September.
The Big Lottery Fund has agreed funding of just under £1million over the next three years for MHDT's Manor House PACT project. It’s the only London project chosen and will enable individuals and communities in the Manor House area to build their resilience to climate change using the PACT principles of Prepare, Adapt, Connect and Thrive.
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MHDT Trust Members meeting
Come along to the next MHDT Trust Members meeting on Monday 17 September, 6 – 8pm
Find out more about the Manor House PACT project, other MHDT activities and meet other people who live and work at Woodberry Down.
It's free to attend - if you're not a member you can join on the evening for £1 lifetime membership. Refreshments will be provided.
Tai Chi and Chi Kung classes
Thursdays, 10am – 12noon
Do you or someone you know have a chronic, long-term health condition like arthritis, high blood pressure, stress or have you had a stroke? Or would you just like to do some regular gentle exercise with others?
Come along to our new weekly Tai Chi and Chi Kung classes led by David Osman to explore how your health and overall sense of well-being might benefit from this wonderful practice. David is an experienced teacher who has been leading Tai Chi and Chi Kung classes here at Woodberry Down for the last couple of years.
For more information call Zakaria: 020 8356 7589. Or just turn up to the class!
Well London Phase 2 update
Joy Kahumbu is the new coordinator for the second phase of the Well London health improvement project which will be running across the whole of Woodberry Down over the next year. Joy has been a Hackney resident for 27 years. She’s had an interesting career, from originally working in the creative arts with photography and ceramics, to now working for NHS North East London and the City (formerly City and Hackney Primary Care Trust).
Health improvement provides individuals and communities with information about factors that affect their wellbeing, and enabling them to develop the skills to make positive changes if they wish. Some of these changes will be obvious like giving up smoking, reducing salt use, increasing levels of physical activity. Others are less so such as environmental changes like growing wild flowers.
Joy says: ‘I'm very excited to be involved in Well London Phase 2 at Woodberry Down because it will bring together many of my interests and skills, including meeting and talking to people; creativity; the great outdoors….if you see me wandering about, please come up and say hello, I'll be very pleased to meet you.’
Check out www.mhdt.org.uk/well-london for updates about Well London over coming months.
Calling Woodberry Down
young people!
Manor House Development Trust is recruiting two apprentices to work on the Well London project over the next year. The apprentices must be aged 16-19 and live at Woodberry Down. The apprenticeships are for 30 hours a week and the pay is £2.30/hour in line with other apprenticeships. This is a fantastic opportunity for a young person who wants to get involved in youth work or community development as they link into key networks across London .
To apply send your CV to simon.donovan@mhdt.org.uk
For more information about the apprenticeships and help with your CV contact felix.fry@mhdt.org.uk
Well London Men's Health Event
Saturday 6 October 2 – 5pm
The Redmond Community Centre *Free*
Calling all men! Come along to the Well London Men's Health Event to find out how you can be as healthy as possible. There will be cooking workshops, physical activity taster sessions, e.g. mini olympics, boxercise, circuit training; a walk around the reservoir. There will also be stalls providing information and advice about health and wellbeing.
We will facilitate a focus group on physical activity and are looking for men to recruit to a local Men's Health Forum. For more information contact Joy Kahumbu: joyatwoodberrydown@gmail.com
Meet The Professionals – Linklaters
Woodberry Works Club and East London Business Alliance brought five staff from global law firm Linklaters to The Redmond Community Centre for a day in August. The day was born out of the Woodberry Works’ aim of bringing in outside experts to complement the Woodberry Works Club’s ongoing training and employability services.
Twelve people accessed services such as a CV surgery and learned about interview techniques which they then practised in mock interviews. They also asked the professionals burning questions in a Q&A session.
The participants said they felt very positive about the day and that the activities had increased their confidence in looking for work. The workshop had the added benefit of introducing new local people to the Woodberry Works Club.
Hire The Redmond Community Centre for your meetings and events
Make regular or one-off bookings, hire the whole centre or individual spaces. The centre is in a beautiful location overlooking the West Reservoir, 5 minutes from Manor House tube station in zone 2. What's more, by making a booking you're directly supporting the work of the Trust!
Click here for more information, click here to download a brochure and contact
Patsy Butcher to make a booking: 020 8802 7580 / patsy.butcher@mhdt.org.uk |
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