Every Monday the Hornbeam Cafe is transformed into a volunteer-led cooking, using zero waste food donated from supermarkets and local shops as part of our Food Rescue Project. Food is served 1pm, or come and help make the lunch and join us at 10am for an induction and then off to prep the food. Everyone […]
Projects
Green Open Homes 2017 – who, what, where
Sharing what’s Green, Beautiful and Useful Pick up a Green Open Homes brochure and map at the Hornbeam, any library or popular venues in the borough or print it out from here. Drop in and get inspired! Note: End times are leaving times so please arrive in advance. Suggested time per venue 30 mins to […]
Waltham Forest Green Open Homes – call for homes
Have you done something with your home or workplace that makes it energy efficient or eco in some way? You might have gone the whole hog with solar panels, or have nifty gadgets that help you save energy. Have you upcycled lots of things or insulated your house to lower your energy bills? Perhaps you’ve […]
We Are Recruiting!
We are recruiting for Hornbeam Coordinating Team Volunteers (Voluntary – similar to a Trustee) Volunteer Photo Editor Volunteer press officer Social Media Champions Get in touch! More here Save
Rescue Food! with Best Before Project
The Hornbeam and This is Rubbish are working together to run Waltham Forest’s Best Before Project. We are working with anti food waste campaigning and redistribution organisation ‘Best Before‘ to raise awareness among local food retailers that it is not illegal to sell food that is passed its best before date. To help us reach out to […]
World Disco Soup-Waltham Forest
World Disco Soup Waltham Forest & Local People’s Food Forum Launch! Sunday 30 April 2-6pm Scout Hut 205a Wood St, Walthamstow, London E17 3NU Hornbeam’s Best Before Project is teaming up with Plan Zheros and This is Rubbish. We are calling for attention and action to stop global food waste. A Disco Soup is a way of collecting a lot of food that […]
Food Rescuers – NEW AQA award in Social Action
Calling local Food Rescuers to take action on Food Waste The Best Before Project, with support of the Hornbeam Centre, has an exciting new opportunity for volunteers to gain an AQA accreditation in Designing, Planning & Delivering a Social Action Project. Taking part in this programme gives participants evidence of developing and improving important work […]
New Women’s Cycling group
We have an exciting new cycling project for women coming up – bringing women together to cycle, support each other, increase confidence and have fun. We’ll be running free women’s only group training for beginners on Thursdays and Sundays in March, at St James sports ground. And if you’re an experienced cyclist, please join us […]
Job Opportunity: Hornbeam Office and Systems Coordinator
Application deadline Mon 6 Feb It’s time to get our systems in order once and for all – do you have the experience, skills and a friendly temperament to help us do it? We are looking for someone to co-ordinate administrative systems at the Hornbeam, including financial, bookings and communications. The role is seven hours […]
Making Herbal Remedies in Chingford
Tuesday 24th January, 2.30-4.30pm at Friday Hill TMO, Chingford Make your own herbal remedies for the family with local medical herbalist Rasheeqa of Hedge Herbs. Learn how to make effective and tasty medicines for the kids when they get poorly, with kitchen ingredients and local plants! Natural healthcare at low cost and with connection to our […]