Our Patch march 2017
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The Friends of Ravenscourt Park battles to preserve and cherish the 33 acres that form the most visited park in H & F borough.
The St Peter’ s Residents’
Association is centred on the square, with activities and events such as a recent community gardening day.
The Hammersmith Community Gardens Association is a charity which manages gardens in the borough. Projects include volunteer gardening sessions, conservation training, health and well-being projects, playschemes with craft activities, looking after green spaces, and environmental education in local schools.
Volunteers from the Hammersmith Community Gardens Association
Cathy Maund of the Hammersmith
Community Gardens Association
The Polish community is served by POSK, the Polish Social and Cultural Association, at 238 King Street, W6.
The West London River Group unites societies and other community groups on or near the river, particularly challenging bulky and inappropriate developments.
The Friends of Wormholt Park got together in 2009 to organise events and work to ensure the park returns to its former glory.
The Irish Cultural Centre lists events of special interest to Hammersmith & Fulham’ s large Irish community as the new headquarters takes shape on the edge of the gyratory.
The Grove neighbourhood centre is in the heart of the area within Paddenswick Road, Ravenscourt Road, Richford Street, Grove Mews and Hammersmith Grove … with Goldhawk Road and King Street forming the north and south boundaries. Set up in 1973, its main hall in Bradmore Park Road can hold 60 people, with an upper hall capacity of 30. It is well used, and is available for hire.
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Wendell Park residents join a Nextdoor party ore than 3,300 residents of Hammersmith & Fulham and Chiswick have joined new online social network Nextdoor.
And in H & F alone, more than 95 per cent of its neighbourhoods in the borough are now connected via Nextdoor. Wendell Park is the largest with almost 350 members.
The impressive number of newly connected neighbours make H & F one of the largest Nextdoor community groups in the UK.
The new phone-friendly app – which was developed as a start-up firm in Silicon Valley with funding from early Facebook investors – allows neighbours to plan local events, discuss safety issues, post things for sale and much more.
Whether that’ s looking for a
plumber, finding a lost dog or exchanging the latest hot restaurant tip, the app is a great way to get to know your neighbours and your neighbourhood better.
The network jumped in size last month after Nextdoor took over similar network Streetlife. It has also become the tool of choice for chatty local agencies after H & F council and its local police and fire brigade teams joined. But Nextdoor restricts agencies from seeing any of the posts from residents. To sign up go to nextdoor. co. uk or download the app