 Are you good at IT?
If you know your way round a computer and could spare an hour or two to help someone who doesn’t we’d like to hear from you.
Harold Wood Library is looking for volunteers to run some IT support sessions each month at the library.
Help needed can range from setting up an email account through to helping access Council services online. Please complete the form here if you are able to help.
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 Bike security at Harold Wood station
Transport for London (TfL) cycling ambassadors will be at Harold Wood Station on Monday 20 June, 7am - 9am. During this surgery, customers can get their bikes registered (to help prevent theft), basic bike maintenance, and, in some cases, a free bike lock.
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 Harold Wood help needed for Summer Reading Challenge
This summer more than 3,000
Havering children are expected to get involved in the Summer Reading Challenge
and we need volunteers, age 13 years or over, who are willing to spend
some time at Harold Wood library listening to children talk about the books
they have read.
Find out more about what’s involved here and apply to volunteer here.
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Let's make Harold Wood blooming lovely
Following
outstanding success in winning 47 prizes at last year's London in Bloom awards, the borough will 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 Harold Wood 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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Harold Wood Library is looking for volunteers to work alongside
staff.
Volunteers can help with everything from
creating exciting book displays to shelf-stacking, from 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.
 Extra! Extra! More time to tell us your views
We’re asking residents how they want to get the information they need from the Council and also what their experiences have been of contacting us.
Our thanks go to the more than 2,000 residents who have already completed the consultation. Your views are very much valued and will help us find the best way to communicate with residents.
If you haven't yet completed the consultation please do so here - you now have extra time as the deadline has been extended until midnight on Tuesday 14 June.
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 On the beat with Harold Wood Police
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Meeting the public
Each police Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT) hold
meetings where the public can attend, ask questions, and get crime prevention
advice. More information available here about Harold Wood SNT.
Tuesday 14 June - drop-in surgery
Monday 20 June - drop-in surgery
Friday 01 July - drop-in surgery
You can follow Harold Wood SNT on Twitter here or
Havering
Police on Facebook here.
Pupils raise school parking concerns in Parliament
 The former Mayor of Havering. Councillor Brian Eagling, met Harold Court Primary School's Parliament to hear their ideas on how to improve parking outside the school to make it safer.
 Street light not working?
Seen a pothole?
Our website gives you a simple way to access
whatever you need – from planning applications to swimming pool opening times –
on your computer, tablet or smartphone, at a time that suits you. If you
don’t have your own device, you can log on at your local library, where staff
will be on hand to offer help.
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 Let us know
If you see something that needs improving in Harold Wood, 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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 Is a Harold Wood business a winner?
If you know a Harold Wood business that gives good customer service
or if you have a favourite local retailer why not nominate them for the Havering
Business Awards 2016.
It’s free to enter and the business will benefit from a
higher profile and if it wins there is a package or PR and marketing for it
too.
There are 11 categories to
enter and full
details can be found here.
 What's happening at Harold Wood Library?
Do check details of events with the library by email.
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 Wednesdays:
10.30am - 11am, Read and Rhyme (term-time only)
10.30am - 12.30pm Tecchy Buddies (Booking required)
Second Wednesday of each month, 11am - noon. Young at Heart
Thursdays:
2.30pm - 4.30pm Tecchy Buddies (Booking required)
3.30pm - 5pm, Reading Buddies (term-time only)
Every fourth Thursday, 6.30pm, Reading Group (check with branch)
Fridays:
10am - noon, Knit and Natter
2.15pm - 2.45pm, Baby Bounce (term-time only)
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 Sunday 26 June, 10.30am - noon, viewing of Billy Graham's new film Second Chance at Harold Park Baptist Church, Harold Court Road, Harold Park, RM3 0BN
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Harold Wood Bridge Club
Meet weekly, at the old school building in Gubbins Lane,
Harold Wood, on Wednesday and Friday 12.30pm - 4 pm and Thursday, 6.45pm - 10pm. Fees £1 per session for members and £2 for visitors. Email Ron Lockhart for details.
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German
Shepherd Dog Club of Essex
Training
sessions take place every Wednesday, 7.30pm – 9.30pm at Havering Dog Training
Centre, Painsbrook
Park, Church Road, Harold Wood, RM3 0SH. For more details email Sheila Rankin.
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Havering Antique Collectors Club
Meets
on the third Friday of each month from 7.30pm at Harold Wood Neighbourhood Centre, Gubbins
Lane, Harold Wood, RM3 0QA.
Volunteers needed
The Harold Hill and Harold Wood Division of St John Ambulance is
looking for volunteers to join the unit. More information from Doug Croxall.
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