Climate anxiety can feel overwhelming, but Wanstead’s Climate Café Listening Circles offer a calm, supportive space to share feelings and build resilience around the climate and nature crisis, says Liz Bodycote

In the fourth of a series of articles, Susan Allison reflects on a community project which created nearly 50 kneelers for Christ Church, each with a story to tell and each recording a snapshot of present-day Wanstead

A disability awareness festival will take place on Christ Church Green in July, featuring a wide range of accessible entertainment

Wanstead is home to one of London’s most welcoming running communities, says Jacob Stevens, chair of the East London Runners, which all started during a marathon-running boom in the early 1980s

Having been a local councillor since 2010, Wanstead resident Paul Canal has learned a thing or two about the qualities that make Wanstead a special place

A group has been established for people who work from home in Wanstead and the surrounding areas

Despite mixed experiences by some, there have been positive developments at Whipps Cross Hospital over the past few months, says Leyton and Wanstead MP Calvin Bailey MBE

The Parish of Wanstead has launched Inspire Wanstead, a campaign to restore Christ Church and increase community use, although Revd James Gilder insists some parts of the building remain untouched

Redbridge Town Hall will host the borough’s second annual Pride event on this July

Redbridge Council has received government funding to pilot the use of pavement channels for electric vehicle charging

Sunil Kapur reflects on Wanstead Climate Action’s recent screening of People’s Emergency Briefing at Wanstead Library and outlines the concerns and hopes the film raised

Photographs and stories connected to The Shrubbery are being collected as part of an ongoing restoration and archiving project