Please fill out our online survey about the park
For our HLF bid (see more below) we need to know what use the Park currently gets from Residents and Visitors and what additional use it might get after the restoration and improvements are made. Would you help us by completing the online questionnaire which will take around 5 minutes of your time?
Please click here and the survey will open in a new window.
If you can take the time to complete the questionnaire you will be helping directly with our HERITAGE LOTTERY BID to restore Alexandra Road Park. THANK YOU.
Dawn Chorus Walk..Sunday 13th May
Some brave souls met up at 5am on Sunday May 13th to take part in a dawn chorus walk around the beautiful Alexandra Road Park on our estate led by Andrew Peel from the Marylebone Bird Watching Society. We wandered around the park, pausing to listen, passing around binoculars, and whispering questions as Andrew identified various birds by their song. Wrens, a Goldfinch, a Jay, Robins, Magpies, Crows, Blackbirds, Gulls, passing Geese and a Heron as well as a Pidgeon, even a Parakeet. We saw or heard them all during this magical walk. We ended up in the Tenants Hall drinking coffee and eating rolls. Tired, elated and peaceful. We all came away with a sense of just how lucky we are to have this park right here on our doorstep.
A resident recorded the walk and will be adding a little audio here so come have a listen soon.
Thanks very much to Andrew Peel for leading this wonderful walk, and to resident Elizabeth for arranging it.
Watch this space for more events organised by The Friends Of Alexandra Road Park (see below for more info).
The park area of our estate is up for a £1.2 million re-vamp funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund!
Up-date on Heritage Lottery Bid
For the past year residents of the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate have been working incredibly hard, in partnership with Camden officers, preparing a bid for Heritage Lottery funding in order to restore our park. On July 11th 2011 we heard that we had been successful in gaining funding for the first stage via "Parks for people " this was wonderful news for our sadly neglected park and parkland. After an initial and exhaustive application process HLF have given us a good chunk of funding to undertake an up to date conservation management plan which will then be considered by the Heritage Lottery Fund and, hopefully, we will then be given the full funding!
We have now appointed a Project Manager and a landscape design company so that we do not have to do all this next stage of works ourselves!It’s very exciting news and the new Project Manager will be coordinating everything we need to do for making our second stage submission later this year.
Join the Friends of Alexandra Road Park
To help people interested to stay in touch we have set up a "Friends of Alexandra Road Park Group". We are planning various events and discussions. To find out more, and if you want to get involved, please email us at Friendsofarp@gmail.com
There is lots of work to be done before we get to this next stage, and a massive thank-you to all the residents who have put in countless hours of their time to get to this stage. Another example of what a fantastic community we have living here.
Follow the Friends of Alexandra Road Park on Twitter here..
Please fill out our online survey about the park
For our bid we need to know what use the Park currently gets from Residents and Visitors and what additional use it might get after the restoration and improvements are made. Would you help us by completing the online questionnaire which will take around 5 minutes of your time?
Please click here and the survey will open in a new window.
If you can take the time to complete the questionnaire you will be helping directly with our HERITAGE LOTTERY BID to restore Alexandra Road Park. THANK YOU.
The bees are here.....The beehive has been set up on the roof and the bees, all 10,000 of them, are getting used to their new home. New planting being done by residents will provide them with local nectar, but the bees can forage upto three miles away. Watch this space for more info on how they areprogressing and for news of our first "Rowley Way" honey.
Yoga? Judo? Film making? English? Maths? Just some of the things you can do right here on your doorstep in 2012
There are lots of courses and activities available to do on the estate. The TRA has organised activities in the Tenants Hall including Yoga, Table Tennis, Judo and Tai Kwondo. These are either free or great value so come and give them a go, More info on our classes page.
The SHELL Centre, run by SHAK (South Hampstead and Kilburn Community Partnership), is based on Ainsworth Way and runs a number of useful and fun courses and from January 2012 will be running the following: "Digital Photography", "Making a Movie" and "Save Time Go-Online" will run again and be joined by a new "Social Networking" course for anyone interested in "Facebook" or "Twitter". Other well established courses like ESOL, Maths and Computer skills will also be available. For full details click here www.shakonline.co.uk/latest-news/shell-centre-enrolment-week/
If you're looking for a Job or a new career SHELL have an employment advisor and you can attend some of the sessions which offer practical and moral support. You may pick up new skills and friends along the way. For more on this click here www.shakonline.co.uk/latest-news/employment-support/
Come Get Lots of Delicious Healthy Fruit and Vegetables...
SHEF CO-OP
Our very own Estate Food Co-op is up and running selling fruit and vegetables
right here on the estate. Anyone in the area is welcome so come and see us.
Every Saturday morning from 10am to 1pm in the Tenants Hall.
Your SHEF food coop re-opens on Saturday January the 7th after a christmas break. The Coop now has 79 registered customers, most of them living on our estate but with a good number from the local area also. Many of them come every Saturday morning to do their shopping for their fresh fruit and veg. The coop does not make a profit and is run by volunteers living on the estate so is able to supply great value organic fruit and veg. At the moment it's particularly good value as it's harvest time so food is very plentiful - as far as possible, the Coop selects the fruit and veg locally from farms in the UK.
The Coop now has a loyalty scheme where shoppers get a free box when they have shopped a number of times. We have also organised a 10% discount for loyalty card holders at the fantastic local fishmongers on Abbey Road, Coastline Galicia. There's more info on how the Coop runs below, but come down and find out more any Saturday morning from 10am to 1pm in the Tenants Hall. The Coop is for people living on the estate but also anyone living locally. We also encourage people with time and the interest to join us in running the coop.
Come and Join Us for a cup of tea and a chat.How it works...
Early every Saturday morning our supplier delivers fresh delicious fruit and veg to the Tenants Hall and a team of residents divide this into boxes ready for when the Co-op opens at 10am. The team will also deliver to residents who are unable to collect due to illness.
What you can buy
- £2.50 mixed veg box
- £2.50 mixed fruit box
- £5 mixed veg box
- £5 mixed fruit box
Most people order their box the previous week but each week we have extra boxes so anyone can come along and have a look and buy one. If you're in a hurry you can collect your fruit and veg and head home, or you can stop and have a cup of tea and meet your neighbours. There are always things to do for children - no need to go to the supermarket when you have this right on your doorstep.
Come along to the Tenants Hall this or any Saturday between
10am and 1pm to find out more.
Typical
boxes might contain..
Veg
- Onions
- Courgettes
- Carrots
- Potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Oranges
- Pears
- Apples
- Rhubarb
- Bananas
We want the co-op to be a social place.
Not only can you get delicious fruit and veg, you can also have a cup of tea, a game of chess, play table tennis, have a chat, meet your neighbours. We have also set up art classes for kids which just ended, but more activities planned. We are open to any ideas you might have to make this a success so come and have a chat. You are also welcome to join to help run the coop, we want as many people as possible to get involved.
This is your Food Coop!
To find out more you can email us on shefcoop@gmail.com
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