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Nominations for the Mayor of Redbridge’s annual community awards are open until 6 January

Snaresbrook resident Katriye Ibrahim was named the best porridge maker in Waltham Forest last month

Volunteers took it upon themselves to clear up a section of the Alders Brook

A Christmas market will take place on Wanstead High Street this month

Redbridge Council has published a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) priority action plan

A local photographer will give a talk on street photography at a Woodford and Wanstead Photographic Society meeting this month

Wanstead resident Frank Charles BEM is collecting gifts for his annual appeal

Residents have written to Redbridge Council to object to the proposed installation of four new electric vehicle charging points on their street

Redbridge Council is to install 35 new electric vehicle charging points on lampposts across Wanstead

Redbridge Council has launched a consultation on plans for a 20mph road safety zone across Wanstead Village ward

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is running a multi-trade training initiative in Wanstead

The Wanstead Village Directory is one of 100 businesses to reach the finals of the Ilford and Redbridge Business Awards

Aldersbrook resident Grace Sparks has celebrated her 100th birthday

October’s Wanstead Beer Festival – which was attended by a record 950 people – raised £4,203 for local charities

Over 250 flowers were planted outside Wanstead Station as part of a two-day community planting event in October

Applications are open for residents to adopt the tree pits on their streets and plant them with wildflowers in 2026

Computer experts will be on hand at this month’s Wanstead Repair Café to assist residents with Windows 10 laptops

Donations are invited for this year’s Wanstead Community Christmas Gift Appeal

Cakes and Carols – a Christmas event for the over-65s – will return to Wanstead United Reformed Church this year.

Award-winning composer and local resident Simone Spagnolo will bring his part-concert, part-theatre show Mr Baldocci to Wanstead this month

Local artists will be adding colour to Wanstead Library’s entrance display case this month with an exhibition entitled ‘Colour Me Happy’

Snaresbrook is among 17 London Underground stations that will be assessed for step-free access upgrades.

This month’s Remembrance Sunday service in Wanstead will be more inclusive

After a year, Whipps Cross Interchange now has a proper W14 bus stop at the start of its route outside the area’s main hospital

Redbridge Council will roll out a new weekly food waste collection service this month, with a number of roads in Wanstead to be included in the first phase of the scheme