An open table initiative at Holy Trinity Church offers a free hot meal to anyone in the community

Over-55s poetry group the Redbridge Rhymesters will be joined by pupils from Snaresbrook Primary School at their meeting in March

James Bradley and four other South Woodford dads are set to take on the Three Peaks Challenge in June, fundraising for the aftercare of 11-year-old Connie Campbell, who is recovering from cancer surgery

The organiser of an annual cake sale and garden party in aid of Haven House has appealed for volunteers

Tatiana Bazilevich fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion a year ago. In South Woodford, she found peace and quiet for her son to continue his education. She is grateful for all the support they have received and is now looking to apply her corporate skills in a new field

A young resident has launched a series of YouTube videos documenting Transport for London services by postcode

Residents are invited to join the South Woodford Society’s upcoming litter picks

As Suzanne Bennett laments the closure of Sid & Evie’s – a business she opened 13 years ago – the mother-of-two (Sid and Evie) urges residents to use South Woodford’s remaining independent shops or lose them

David Bird discusses the work of Redbridge Music Society and introduces Woodford Green musicians Ana Popescu-Deutsch and Leona Crasi, who will perform in Wanstead this March

Residents are invited to help create a new community garden in Ray Park

2023 marks 100 years since women were permitted to join the Woodford and Wanstead Photographic Society. To mark International Women’s Day, club chair Sue Rosner will be giving a talk about the group’s female members, past and present

Redbridge Museum will open a new permanent exhibition this spring exploring 200,000 years of local history. In the seventh of a series of articles, Museum Officer Nishat Alam looks at some of the items on show