Category: News
Have your say on how best to spend £300k on improvements at Fred Wells Gardens
A public consultation will begin next week to gauge people’s priorities for how best to spend more than £300,000 on improving a small park in Battersea along with its children’s playground. Wandsworth Council’s open spaces contractor Enable Leisure and Culture will be seeking the public’s views on the best way to spend £316,000, which has… Read More
Still time to Kick the Fat
There’s still time to get fit and have fun with another chance to take part in a new football-based weight-loss programme. Another round of sign-ups is being held for Wandsworth Council’s Kick the Fat course, starting on February 9. Kick the Fat is a 7-a-side league with a difference – it’s only for players who… Read More
Potters of Putney Plant Seeds in St George’s Hospital Garden
The space outside the Intensive Care Unit at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is currently far from inspiring. The visitors, waiting for news of their loved ones, are left to view a mossy roof space from the waiting room window. During the summer of 2016, Miranda Duffy, a student of Ceramics at Wandsworth Council’s Putney School… Read More
New swing for The Pleasance play space
A new basket swing has been installed at The Pleasance in Putney and is already being enjoyed by the local community. The swing was officially unveiled this week by Councillor Sutters, Cabinet Member for Community Services and Open Spaces, and Enable Leisure and Culture’s Ian Mitchell, along with representatives of Enable Leisure and Culture’s parks… Read More
Pump House Gallery Exhibition: Anneke Kampman
Labour’s Own Sounding Ideal 23 January 2019 – 31 March 2019 Preview: 22 January 2019, 6.30 – 8.30pm Wandsworth Council’s Pump House Gallery is delighted to present the first institutional solo exhibition by London based visual artist Anneke Kampman. Kampman works with text, music and moving-image to examine the ways the culture industry produces ‘personality’… Read More
Supporting World Mental Health Day
Mental health is everyone’s business. There’s a stigma attached to mental health problems. This means that people feel uncomfortable about them and don’t talk about them much. Enable Leisure and Culture, in partnership with Wandsworth Council are helping raise awareness of World Mental Health Day (WMHD), 10 October, by celebrating the many health and wellbeing… Read More
Wandsworth Arts Fringe wants you! #WAF10
Wandsworth Council’s Wandsworth Arts Fringe (WAF) is celebrating its tenth anniversary in May 2019. We want you to help us make #WAF10 as spectacular as possible! We’re looking for artists, potential venues, schools, and local businesses who want to get involved and join the party. WAF is the perfect opportunity to showcase your talent… Read More
Get Active Roehampton
Go, Go Roehampton Around a thousand residents from Roehampton and the surrounding areas gathered at the Downshire Field, Roehampton on Saturday 1 September for Wandsworth Council’s Get Active Roehampton Festival, organised by Wandsworth Council’s Regeneration Team in partnership with Enable Leisure and Sport. The event was a huge success with live music performances, mouth-watering food… Read More
Wandsworth Council’s Battersea Park Fireworks 2018: Tickets on sale
Wandsworth Council’s Battersea Park Fireworks Saturday 3 November 2018, Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ Book in your friends and family as Wandsworth Council’s Battersea Park Fireworks is back on Saturday 3 November 2018, to light up the skies of Wandsworth. Award-winning pyro-technicians, Jubilee Fireworks will be bringing a spectacular show lasting 22 minutes. Head over to… Read More
Love Parks: It’s a fair cop
As part of Wandsworth Council and Enable Leisure and Culture’s Love Parks campaign, Jonathan Lovett meets the men and women who patrol our parks. PCs Althea and Selina “This is the best job and I wouldn’t trade it in for anything,” said police constable Althea Mason-Josephs. “I like helping people so what better way to… Read More