 You are invited for a big community festival of fun, games, live music, performances, street food and so much more at Langthorne Park on Saturday 8 June from noon until 4pm. Some highlights include: roller skating (hire of skates is available), bouncy castle, makers market, basket ball competition, exercise taster sessions, chair yoga, arts and crafts and a raffle with some excellent prizes too. Let’s welcome summer and celebrate our community together.
The event has been funded by Waltham Forest Council and developed in partnership with a team of local organisations, including The Toy Library, The Farm Community Kitchen, Better and Holy Trinity Church.
 We are launching the South Leytonstone Area Framework on Saturday 8 June following engagement with residents that took place in 2021 and 2022. The Area Framework aims to create a fairer and more equal neighbourhood and realise local benefits of potential development and investment. This includes better connections to transport and neighbouring areas and facilities, and improvements to high streets, parks, public spaces and making people feel safer.
Learn more about the Area Framework, what it means for South Leytonstone and how your feedback has influenced exciting local projects by speaking to council officers at the Langthorne Park Festival, or visiting the Let's Talk website to find out more.
 The Good Shepherd Studios’ events and community programme has a focus on creative arts and wellness and its aim is to ensure there's something for each and every person in Leytonstone. Visit the Good Shepherd Studios website to see what's on or pop in to see the notice board in Back To Ours café (perfect excuse for a cuppa!).
Some up-and-coming highlights include overs 50s dance, film screenings, yoga, Little Sing Song for babies and toddlers and a fun half term programme too.
 Good Shepherd Studios also programme Leytonstone’s pop-up shop, No.1 Church Lane. The space has more exciting residencies coming up, including homeware, vintage fashion, jewellery and more!
 Langthorne Park is an important and loved neighbourhood park at the heart of South Leytonstone. Over the past few months, you have told us that you would like to see improvements made to the park to make it safer, celebrate its natural spaces, and offer more community activities.
We have taken your ideas on board and commissioned Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects to help us draw up a plan and potential projects for the park.
Find out more on our project page or come meet the team on Saturday 8 June at the Langthorne Park Festival.
 Have you visited the lovely Community Garden and Orchard? It's located at the Pastures site at 15 Davies Lane, E11 3DR, nested between The Good Shepherd Studios/Café and Pastures Sports Hall.
Created over the last year by a group of local volunteers to provide a peaceful oasis for health and wellbeing for anyone visiting or for those wanting to host community events.
Access to the Our Pastures Community Garden is free, no booking required. It is open from 8am to 5pm, seven days a week.
Filly Brook Connections is a month-long series of events that celebrates creativity which started on Thursday 2 of May and will run to Sunday 2 June. The free events include live music, DJ sets, talks and workshops, exhibitions, record fair and more.
Curated by a team of friends and spearheaded by Filly Brook owner Simon Purnell, it has received sponsorship from Waltham Forest Council. (Photo credit: Sahil Kotwani - Richard Spaven presents The Freakestra)
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 A new film by local organisation, Idea Space, celebrates one of Leytonstone’s longest running businesses, Mario’s Barbers and its owner Costa, who grew up helping his Dad, Mario, run the shop. Probably Not The Haircut looks at the importance of community and gives you a glimpse inside the shop with Costa and his customers.
Mario’s Barbers on Leytonstone High Road has kept its traditional interior from the day it opened in 1967. It has affordable prices for local people, and has endured the test of time, thanks to Costa's and his father Marios's well-respected local reputations.
The Leytonstone Arts Trail returns this summer!
The popular community-led festival transforms Leytonstone and surrounding areas into a huge exhibition space, with local businesses, community spaces, schools, studios and people's homes hosting work from local artists.
This year's trail takes place between Saturday 6 July and Sunday 14 July. Whether you're a painter, sculptor, illustrator, performance artist, photographer, filmmaker, crafter or anything else, register before Monday 3 June 2024. Entry costs £15.
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 The Football Foundation's PlayZone programme plans to create 243 Playzones across the UK as part of a £92m investment by the end of 2025.
Waltham Forest have been accepted into this programme and now has the opportunity to apply for up to 75% funding for new or refurbished multi-use games areas in the borough.
Tell us how you would benefit from a PlayZone in Leytonstone by completing the survey by Monday 17 June.
 10 new food waste recycling trucks will be hitting your roads later this year, and we need your help to name them.
We are running a competition to give names to our fleet of trucks, which will pick up your separate food waste recycling from this autumn.
The funnier, the better – we’d love to hear your puns, alliteration and whacky name suggestions. And there will be a prize of £300 worth of bike shop or gift experience vouchers for the best name, with £200 of vouchers for the runner-up. Send in your suggestions by Thursday 13 June.
After just over a month of opening and J'adore café is already a staple in Leytonstone and joins the many great local cafes and restaurants. The French eatery serves delicious breakfast, brunch and deserts. Visit them at 644 High road, Leytonstone.
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