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A website of positive news happening around Walthamstow and across East London. Please send ideas for future stories by messaging the page.

The site also carries news of other exciting, innovative or uplifting things for local people to enjoy.

15/10/2021

The latest edition of WWW reports on the campaign for a new Whipps Cross hospital to be built urgently. The campaign was launched by local MPs Stella Creasy, Iain Duncan Smith MP, Wes Streeting and John Cryer as well many local Councillors from the London Borough of Waltham Forest including Simon Miller, Richard Sweden and Redbridge Council including Jas Athwal - Leader of Redbridge Council. You can watch my report here - https://youtu.be/1-jZT4qk1xE. To sign the petition go to https://bit.ly/3Fpobkp.

20/09/2021

At last! WWOW is back - with videos instead of podcasts! Check out my film on the history of Waltham Forest College. You can view it here - https://youtu.be/j9xhOAjiwrI. Many thanks to Tom Barden at the College and Rowan Bain from William Morris Gallery for their co-operation in making the film.

Feel free to DM me if you have any ideas for future episodes of WWOW.

01/12/2020

Looking for a way to get some fresh air, meet new people and do something worthwhile - while having some fun? How about helping out with a local nature project ? I recently met a group of neighbours cleaning up Dagenham Brook which runs through Leyton Jubilee Park and connects Walthamstow Wetlands to Hackney Marshes. You can listen to my podcast here - https://anchor.fm/vincent-burke0/episodes/Dagenham-Brook-conservation-project-en32bn.

Thanks to Alice Harrison, Steve Williams, Ben Martin, Wendy Marrietta for their thoughts and congratulations to all the other volunteers involved in such a great project.

If you want to get involved, just email [email protected] for details of the next 'clean-up'. And if you want get some general advice about running your own ‘clean-up’ project you can email Steve Williams on [email protected].

Thanks for listening!

04/11/2020

Is your business or organisation struggling as a result of the covid 19 crisis? If so, you can get FREE help from East London Business Place. I recently spoke to Simon Lewin (pictured below) from ELBP to find out more. To listen to the latest episode of The Wonderful World of Walthamstow, just click the following link - shorturl.at/dqF01.

If you have a positive story you'd like me to cover just message The Wonderful World of Walthamstow page. Thanks for listening!

23/09/2020

Work on bringing Walthamstow's much-loved EMD Cinema back to its former glory is moving forward. I recently caught up with David Luff, Creative Director from Soho Theatre who are working with London Borough of Waltham Forest to make the dream a reality. Just click here to listen to the interview - https://rb.gy/lbfgch.
If you’d like to find out more and receive regular updates, go to walthamforest.gov.uk/emd. If you have any local positive new stories you'd like me to cover, please message the Wonderful World of Walthamstow page.

12/08/2020

Are you looking for work or some training? Need to work on your CV or interview skills? Two local firms have teamed up to provide FREE help for local people.

In the latest episode of , I speak to Rachel Statter from Aston Group and Helen Sheen from Morgan Sindall Property Services. Just click the following link to hear the podcast - https://bit.ly/2G7nP7R.

29/06/2020

Listen to news of a great Anglo-French project in Walthamstow in the latest edition of WWOW. Furloughed Eurostar staff such as Valerie Rupert (picture below) have been giving French lessons to pupils at Sir George Monoux College. You can listen to the podcast by clicking here - https://bit.ly/3icRD1q.

14/06/2020

Did you know Walthamstow will soon be home to a revolutionary project that promises to be the most sustainable building project in the world?

You can hear all about it in the latest episode of the Wonderful World of Walthamstow. Just click this link - https://bit.ly/3fnUxhu.

To know more about the project, just email [email protected] or go to the GS8 website www.gs8.london.

To hear future episodes of the Wonderful World of Walthamstow, please ‘like’ or ‘follow’ the page and feel free share the page with family and friends. If you have an idea for a future story or would like to sponsor a future episode, please message the page.

26/09/2019

Here's the latest episode of the Wonderful World of Walthamstow - a celebration of the positive news happening in and around Walthamstow.

This episode looks at opportunities for local people in construction and the launch of Advance Technical, Engineering and Construction Centre. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the following link - https://bit.ly/2m0YVwZ.

Thanks to Lowell Williams , DrAyad Aldeka and Dr Luana Parisi from Dudley College of Technology, London Borough of Waltham Forest Mayor Chris Robbins, Matt Wilde from Langley Roofing Systems and Tahnee O'Donnell from Simian for taking part in the podcast and to Jenna Selby for her photographs.

If you want to know more about jobs in construction, just ring Advance TECC on 0208 539 8729 or email [email protected].

To know about scaffolding courses ring 0345 6022 418 or email [email protected].

If you have a positive local news you'd like me to cover, just send me a message. See you soon!

09/09/2019

Welcome to the first-ever edition of the Wonderful World of Walthamstow, a podcast to celebrate one of London's most vibrant communities. You can listen to a special edition to mark the reopening of the Mall only six weeks after it was devastated by fire - https://bit.ly/2m66zG6.

Thanks to The Mall, Walthamstow's Manager Rebecca Bird,
London Borough of Waltham Forest's Cllr Simon Miller and Pret A Manger Walthamstow's Ruhal Ahmed for taking part.

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