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The monthly community market returned to South Woodford in June.

An annual cake sale in aid of Haven House Children’s Hospice raised £21,695 in June, enough to pay for more than two days of care at the Woodford Green charity.

The Woodford and District branch of the National Trust has announced its new programme of talks, which are set to resume in October.

Wanstead travel agent Darrell James Travel will relaunch this month as a chocolate and gift shop, in addition to travel planning services.

A network of foodbank collection points at 34 homes across Aldersbrook, Wanstead and South Woodford have collectively received over 10 tonnes of donations since the initiative was launched at the end of April.

A member of the Woodford and Wanstead Photographic Society is taking part in the nationwide Portraits of Togetherness initiative to offer free photo shoots for NHS staff, key workers or local heroes.

A brood of up to six cygnets hatched on the Shoulder of Mutton Pond in Wanstead Park have all died.

The vicar of Holy Trinity church in South Woodford has quelled rumours that the church is somehow benefitting from the proposed 5G phone mast

A London tour guide is offering virtual tours of Wanstead

South Woodford Community Gardeners are unable to meet up and tend to the public flower beds

Local artist Karen Humpage has been raising funds for charity

Last month, I asked Wanstead and South Woodford to share this magazine, and I do so again this month. Our way of overcoming the commercial and logistical obstacles imposed by the current crisis.

Haven House Children’s Hospice has been chosen as a charity beneficiary in a sponsorship deal

The initiative allows the public to directly thank individual NHS workers

Debut performance at Forest School postponed

Woodford-based women’s organisation Soroptimist International of East London is going from ‘strength to strength'

Woodford Arts Group has launched a travel-themed virtual exhibition

The areas will be left to flower and set seed throughout the summer months

A network of foodbank collection points at homes across Aldersbrook, Wanstead and South Woodford have collectively received the donations

Redbridge Council has unveiled a new scheme to provide funding to local groups who are helping those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Local councillors across Wanstead and South Woodford are hosting advice surgeries online

Organisers of the monthly farmers’ markets are preparing to return in June

ShopAppy helps communities to shop locally and to support their high street

Redbridge Council has obtained funding to progress plans to plant a community orchard in South Woodford

A mobile testing unit is in Redbridge on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 May.

The leader of the Wanstead and Woodford Rock Choir will take part in a 24-hour fundraising event tomorrow (19 May) in aid of Mental Health Awareness Week.

Residents with any dental concerns during lockdown are invited to contact Dr Amjad Malik for advice.

To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day on 8 May, a new online film exploring Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford during the Second World War has been released.