The Woodford and District National Trust Centre is planning for a return to in-person meetings on 22 September

The Corner House Project – a Wanstead-based initiative that supports the homeless in east London – has become a registered UK charity

Redbridge Council is consulting residents on the introduction of a Public Spaces Protection Order for parks across the borough.

Users have access to information and advice on a range of services

A mobility hub designed to encourage sustainable travel will be installed on Wanstead High Street this summer.

Women and girls in Redbridge are invited to attend a virtual ‘listening event’ to share their thoughts on what they want and need to feel safe.

Plans are being made for the return of the Wanstead Festival in 2021

The Wanstead Park Liaison Group is to discuss the latest bluebell season and consider whether anything can be done differently in the future.

Redbridge Council officers have met with Cadent to discuss the proposed works to the gas company’s Redbridge Lane West site.

Vision RCL has updated its plans for a new café on Christchurch Green.

A memorial bench in honour of Jill Stock has been placed on Wanstead High Street outside the Co-op.

Wanstead Parish has launched a consultation about plans for the future of St Mary’s and Christ Church.

Plans for a jumble sale along Cowley Road in Wanstead have been expanded to a jumble trail incorporating several surrounding roads.

When two people buy a property together, it is essential to agree how the property is to be owned, says Gary Gillespie, Senior Conveyancing Executive from local solicitors Wiseman Lee

The Wren Wildlife Group, London Wildlife Trust and Wild Wanstead have compiled a list of 10 species at risk of local extinction. In the third of a series of articles looking at each species in turn, Nicola Steele offers tips for saving our sparrows

Independence is something all children need to learn, and the best way to help them develop this vital skill is to encourage exploration and other healthy risk-taking, says Shona O’Neill of Little Bear’s Nursery

A local child psychotherapist will be offering her top five self-care tips for parents in a post-pandemic world during a free virtual event on 10 May.

Redbridge in Bloom – the borough’s annual amateur gardening competition – returns this year with a rainbow theme.

Historian and author Dr Hannah Armstrong talks about her earliest memories of Wanstead Park and her personal journey to writing Wanstead House: East London’s Lost Palace

Wanstead resident Jean Medcalf published her first poetry book last year. To Everything There is a Season is a collection of lyrical, spiritual poems about nature. In the seventh of a series of articles, Jean – who celebrates her 90th birthday this month – shares a photo of herself in Wanstead Park in the 1950s

Teresa Farnham is a local area organiser for the National Garden Scheme, which encourages people to open their gardens to the public for charity. Here’s a taster of the nearby gardens you can view this summer

Diana Varakina, Co-op Member Pioneer for Wanstead and South Woodford, reports on the supermarket’s latest Local Community Fund awards and encourages applications for the new round

A volunteer who helps to look after Wanstead Park’s swans has published a love story about a pair in Hampstead.

A series of painted stones have started to be found in Wanstead Park again.

The Redbridge For Education campaign has been going from strength to strength.