Category: Community & Space
Come to The Mill – Saturday 16th April
The St James Street Library building is reopening as The Mill! So come to Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, on Saturday. Sorry about the short notice. It’s been a rollercoaster ride since we announced that Waltham Forest council was allowing us to return the former library to community use. Our original partners had to drop out, for [...]
Residents Survey 2010-11 Results
It seems surveys are like buses, the national census campaign is underway and last week the council asked for your views on the future of the Blackhorse Lane area. Now BAG can finally reveal the results of its first large scale survey of residents. We distributed over 2000 questionnaires in the area as well as [...]
Coppermill Park – update on work
Firstly apologies to all the residents who got in touch back in late May/early June to ask about the new Coppermill play area. The whole site was strewn with rubbish, while work on finishing it had ground to a halt. Thats before mentioning the completely mishandled consultation process. We got in touch with all 3 High Street [...]
Seed Sowing and Swapping: Sat 10th April
Dear local gardeners, Please come to BAG’s next gardening event – a seed sowing and swapping event. Saturday 10th April from 2.30-4.30, next to the Douglas Eyre Sports Pavilion, Coppermill Lane, E17. (Go along the side of the Pavilion and the community garden is to the right of the football pitches) Come along and: Find [...]
BAG Harvest event
Thanks to everyone who showed up for our community garden/harvest celebration on the Douglas Eyre playing fields. The apple press was a particular hit with the look on some of the kids faces when the juice poured forth worth putting the event on for alone. The BBQ didn’t kill anyone, and the apple bobbing was [...]
Get involved in the Community & Space working group!
The Community & Space working group looks into ways to improve the facilities and vibe of our area. To find out more, please email: communityandspace@blackhorseactiongroup.org.uk






