Free composting
workshop in Upminster
Ever thought about composting? A third of
average household rubbish can be composted, so you can make excellent food for
your plants while recycling and reducing much of your black sack waste.
Havering’s Recycling Team is offering a free
composting workshops on Saturday 9 April, 10am – noon, Thames Chase Forest Centre, Broadfields, Pike
Lane, Upminster, RM14 3NS.
Please book your place here.
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New library opening hours
The opening times for Upminster Library are
Monday and Wednesday 10am – 8pm, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am – 5pm,
Saturday 10am – 4pm.
 Tuesday 19 April, 1.30pm - 3pm, adult craft workshop.
Tuesday 17 May, 1.30pm - 3pm, adult craft workshop.
Book your place by email.
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Ancestry Help and Advice
Free help and advice on
tracing your family tree.
Wednesdays, 6.30 - 7.30pm
Thursdays, 2 - 4pm
Active Library card required.
No Booking needed
Wiggle and Giggle
Every Thursday during term time, 11.15am
Suitable for ages two - four
years
Free event
Techy Teas
First Thursday of each month, 10.30am - 12.30pm,
Techy Teas in partnership with Havering Citizens Advice Bureau. A free drop-in event where you can
learn how to use your mobile phone, laptop or tablet device to its full
potential. Bring along your own devices and our team will show you how to use
them. You will also require a current Havering Library card. Email
for more details.
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Can you help at Upminster Library?
Upminster Library is looking
for volunteers to work alongside staff.
Volunteers can help with everything from creating exciting
book displays to shelf stacking, to helping with baby-bounce events or teaching
people how to use computers and iPads right through to fundraising or helping libraries
reach more people.
See what we
are looking for here and sign
up here to register your interest.
What's on at Thames Chase?
Thames Chase has a number of rooms and other facilities available for hire. Find out more here.
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 Plant a tree
Every Tuesday and Thursday, 10.30am - 2pm. Starts on 23 February and ends on 10 March.
Find out more by email.
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Discovering Thames Chase coffee morning
Second Friday of each month, 10.30am - noon
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 If you see something that needs improving in Cranham and Upminster please report it using the Council’s
online forms.
The forms cover a wide range of issues from fly-tipping to
potholes. Completing the correct form sends it direct to the right
people to deal with that issue.
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 Let's make Cranham and Upminster blooming lovely
Following outstanding success in winning 47
prizes at last year's London in Bloom awards, the borough now
goes forward as London's representatives to compete at national
level in the Royal Horticultural Society's prestigious Britain in Bloom competition 2016
Britain in Bloom is an opportunity for
everyone in Cranham and Upminster to get involved either by joining or
starting community projects or simply by making your own home as beautiful as
possible. Find out how you can help here.
Keep up to date with all the different ways to
get involved by visiting and liking our Facebook page, Britain in Bloom Havering, and Britain in
Bloom Havering on Instagram.
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 Party for Queen's Birthday
Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her 90th birthday on Sunday 12 June 2016,
Communities across Havering
can be part of this national celebration by organising a neighbourhood street
party. Street parties are a great part of British life and an
opportunity for communities to come together and celebrate national
occasions. The application deadline is Friday 29 April.
Find out more about street parties in Havering here.
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Two meetings to discuss safer parking at Engayne
and James Oglethorpe Schools
Engayne Primary School and James Oglethorpe Primary School in Upminster, are
among six primary schools in Havering piloting a new initiative to tackle the
problem of dangerous parking outside schools.
Residents can find out more at two meetings
being held at each school on:
Engayne Primary School, Tuesday 19 April, 4pm -
6pm, Parents Drop In Session.
6pm - 8pm, Residents’ Drop In Session.
James Oglethorpe Primary School, Monday 25 April, 4pm - 7pm, Residents’ Drop In Session.
Tuesday 26 April, 4pm - 7pm, Parents Drop In Session.
A key part of the scheme is introducing a Public
Space Protection Order under the Crime and Policing Act 2014, enforced by fixed
CCTV cameras, with offending motorists fined £100 for each offence, with the
threat of criminal prosecution for repeat offences.
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 Wednesday 13 April, 10.30am - noon, Working at the Docks - a talk by Len Taphouse at The Old Chapel, St Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 2QR
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Heartfelt Yoga
Heartfelt Yoga at The Old Chapel, St Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 2QR every Tuesday, 8pm - 9.30pm
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 Pub Clubs
Tapestry organises a Pub Club on the last Wednesday of each month, noon - 2pm at The Golden Crane, 117 Avon Road, Cranham, RM14 1RQ.
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Perky Pensioners in Upminster
Tapestry, in partnership with Upminster Baptist Church, is holding a Perky Pensioners Club every fortnight.
The club is for people over the age of 60, hosts a wide range of activities including arts
and crafts, quizzes, games and outings to
garden and shopping centres, pub lunches and theatre trips. Find out more by email.
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Family history revealed
The Havering Branch of the East of London Family History Society
meets on the first Saturday of each month, 11am – 4pm, at Trinity Church Hall,
Station Road, Upminster, RM14 2SJ.
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 Cranham Engayne
Women's Institute
Cranham Engayne
Women's Institutemeets on the third Thursday of each month, 2pm - 4pm at
Cranham
Community Centre. New members are welcome.
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Havering
Board Gamers
Havering Board Gamers meet on the first, third and
fifth Thursday of each month, 7.30pm - 10pm at Cranham
Community Centre. Email Fran Snook
for more details.
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Upminster Wine and Social Club
Upminster Wine and Social Club meets on the Third Thursday, 8pm - 10.30pm of each month at Cranham
Community Centre.
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