Residents are invited to donate gifts, clothes and Christmas treats to the Tin in a Bin foodbank on 26 November

Members of Art Group Wanstead will be selling handmade creations, decorations and artwork

Redbridge Museum will open a new permanent exhibition early next year exploring 200,000 years of local history. In the ninth of a series of articles, Museum Officer Nishat Alam looks at some of the items on show

Local resident Paterson Loarn will be launching a self-published crime novel this month

The parent-led Redbridge For Education campaign will be winding up its operation this month

Wanstead Poppy Man Jim Carroll will be holding his final collection for the annual appeal this month

First Sunday of the month and most Thursdays, from 10am to 12.30pm

Three services of Remembrance will take place across Wanstead and South Woodford this month.

Voice-over artist Sally Dunbar gives us the inside story on the Redbridge Talking Newspaper, a weekly publication for those living with blindness or visual impairment. And as a free service, more volunteers are needed

2022 has been an eventful year for a number of reasons, but it has also been a year when the Wanstead Society, a small charity dedicated to protecting and enhancing Wanstead, turned 25. Scott Wilding reports

Last year, April Mehmet founded Walk it Out, a project dedicated to empowering women in Redbridge. As the initiative grows, more female mentors are now needed in Wanstead to continue the mission

The UK’s oldest competitive music and drama festival will be taking place locally in February 2023. Applications are now open for performers of all ages. Sheena Bronson reports