Members of the South Woodford Young Writers Club were enthralled by author Andrew Michaelides, who visited their group recently. Teacher Shameem Aziz was equally inspired. At the South Woodford Young Writers Club recently we...
December 2019
A nationwide water refill scheme has been launched in South Woodford to help shoppers stay hydrated and to reduce the use of plastic bottles. “South Woodford is now part of the network set...
Volunteers are needed to take part in a World War Two community theatre project. “The Hope and Glory project aims to explore what life was like in Redbridge during the Second World War...
A meeting of the Woodford Festival Association (WFA) will take place this January to decide how to take the community event forward. It follows an appeal in the previous issue of the South...
Redbridge Council is rolling out cycle hangars across the borough. “The response from residents so far has been very positive, with the vast majority looking forward to having somewhere safe to put their...
The South Woodford Society is urging as many people as possible to take part in Redbridge Council’s consultation on the group’s Neighbourhood Plan Area and Forum application. “The boundary area for the plan...
Members of a local fitness club took part in a 1980s-themed mass workout at the end of 2019 in celebration their leader’s 25th anniversary in fitness and to raise funds for ELHAP, a...
Woodford Town FC officials have expressed their delight following Redbridge Council’s approval of a £1.6m revamp of Ashton Playing Fields in Woodford Green, which will enable the club – currently sharing a ground...
Henry Scott stood as an independent candidate for the Leyton and Wanstead constituency in December’s General Election. Having recently turned 18, he was the UK’s youngest candidate. “The election has been brilliant, and...
Redbridge Council is seeking feedback from residents as to where communal charging points for electric vehicles should be located. “The advance of this technology has been slower in this country than some others,...
In the third of a series of short stories by members of South Woodford’s Young Writers Club, A White Christmas is a tale of adventure, an evil king and snow, by 10-year-old Viva Sastry I had always...