Litter pickers from the South Woodford Society collected over 30 bags of rubbish and recycling on 30 May

A new project empowering women in Redbridge is seeking a mentor from the Woodford area to offer support to young females

Electric Gallery – located at 12 High Road – has become the exclusive partner for Getty Images in east London and Essex

Councillor Rosa Gomez (Churchfields, Labour) explains an innovative ‘park and stride’ scheme to cut school-gate traffic and pollution at Churchfields Junior School

Redbridge in Bloom – the borough’s annual amateur gardening competition – returns this year with a rainbow theme.

Teresa Farnham is a local area organiser for the National Garden Scheme, which encourages people to open their gardens to the public for charity. Here’s a taster of the nearby gardens you can view this summer

Some South Woodford scribbles from DD, our resident diarist, commentator and observer of all things local

Following her successful pop-up cake trail last year, Michelle Vanlint is planning the return of her annual garden party and 16th charity cake sale. With a £25,000 fundraising target, plenty of volunteers are needed

As the South Woodford Society plan for the return of community litter picks this May, Louise Burgess praises the efforts of a group of local teenagers who have been keeping South Woodford tidy

Diana Varakina, Co-op Member Pioneer for Wanstead and South Woodford, reports on the supermarket’s latest Local Community Fund awards and encourages applications for the new round

A South Woodford child psychotherapist will be offering her top five self-care tips for parents in a post-pandemic world during a free virtual event on 10 May

Woodford Town FC has launched a membership scheme for the new season.