Category: Community
Let’s Chat at the Henry Prince Estate
Enable have been working in partnership with Wandsworth Council to better understand the health needs of the residents of the 272-home Henry Prince Estate in Earlsfield. In order to learn about residents’ physical and mental wellbeing and related needs, consultations were carried on the estate throughout July to better understand the perception of individual and community… Read More
Summer Holiday Youth Café comes to Furzedown Rec
From this week every Tuesday and Thursday until 30th August 2022, not for profit Enable will host a Youth Café along with Furzedown Youth Club. These free sessions, delivered on behalf of Wandsworth Council, are aimed at young people aged 13 – 18. Free refreshments, snacks and activities with sports equipment provided, will all be… Read More
Team Wandsworth crowned Champions at the London Youth Games
Over the weekend of Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of July, we saw the finals of Europe’s largest youth sports competition, the London Youth Games take place across the London Aquatics Centre, Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre and Lee Valley Athletics Centre. Team Wandsworth were up against all of London’s other 32 boroughs across… Read More
The Holiday, Activity and Food Programme continues its valuable Easter Unlocked offer in Wandsworth
Wandsworth not for profit Enable helped bring exciting activities and workshops to the Henry Prince Estate during the Easter Holidays. Enable delivered the programme which was funded by DfE (Dept. for Education) and coordinated by Wandsworth Council as part of the local HAF – the Holiday, Activity and Food programme. HAF is an initiative from… Read More
Five weekends of summer fun comes to Wandsworth
Enable and Wandsworth Council to host free activities and entertainment across borough In partnership with Wandsworth Council, Summer In Battersea Park, Wandsworth Park and Furzedown Rec is a five-weekend takeover of South London’s most popular parks and green spaces. Providing a summer programme of entertainment and activities, with weekly street food and a beer garden…. Read More
Girls get Active in Wandsworth
Research shows that nationally, teen girls lose interest in sport and physical activity over time and that by age 7, girls are already less active than boys. This disparity only widens as they move from childhood into teenage years. The biggest drop-off occurs during the transition from primary to secondary school, with disruption to friendship… Read More
Voluntary and community organisations in Wandsworth can apply for grants of up to £10,000 to develop services for residents
Grant applications are now open from Social Prescribing Wandsworth, which helps improve people’s health and wellbeing by connecting them to activities and services within their community. Since its launch in November 2019, the scheme has helped more than 6,000 Wandsworth residents find support. Social prescribing was developed in response to the fact that many people… Read More