A4_poster_Capital_clean_up     Join Groundwork UK for a community litter pick at your local park, wear warm clothes, everyone welcome! Friday 15th March 2013 Silver Birch Sidings 12 noon – 3pm Meet at Unit 1, Gateway Industial Estate, Hythe Rd NW10 6RJ Transport: Bus 220, get off on Hythe Road opposite St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery Contact: netty.ribeaux@groundwork.org.uk / 07890 195 928  …

This year we are working with Ten Year 6 classes on Children’s Parliament projects. For the first time we are working with a Kensington and Chelsea School, Servite, in addition to 9 Hammersmith and Fulham Schools. We have enjoyed getting children out and about, researching  environmental issues and making local discoveries. Topics include The Rainforests  with Kenmont, Sir John Lillie’s Local History, Recycling with Melcombe, Sustainable Water Use and Drainage with Miles Coverdale, Healthy Living with Lena Gardens, Sustainable Travel to School with Good Shepherd, Fulham Reach with Queens Manor and Fulham Wharf with Sulivan Primary. The schools will present…

In January 2013 Barratt London, in conjunction with Sainsbury’s Fulham, are launching an art competition for a local primary school in the Hammersmith and Fulham area. They are asking local primary school children to get involved by submitting a drawing or a painting from the themes provided. This is a fantastic opportunity for the artistic talent of local school pupils to be celebrated by the wider community, with the winner‘s work to be displayed on the site’s hoarding, plus runner-up prizes! For more information………. https://www.fulhamwharf.co.uk/nature-rocks/…

Emily Munn has joined us at the Urban Studies Centre as our new education officer while Hannah Stradling is on maternity leave. She will be delivering some of our  Children’s Parliament on the Environment projects and local studies sessions this spring. Emily has already worked with us on our School Travel Project and is looking forward to being more involved with the work of the centre.…