February 2024
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Wanstead Village Directory<br />
Public engagement event to discuss the<br />
future of Wanstead Youth Centre<br />
Redbridge Council will host<br />
a public engagement event<br />
at Wanstead Youth Centre<br />
this month to discuss the<br />
plans for a new education<br />
and youth hub at the<br />
Elmcroft Avenue venue.<br />
The centre was closed<br />
last October to enable<br />
surveying work to begin for<br />
what the council describe<br />
as essential repairs. “The<br />
building dates from the<br />
mid-1940s and requires<br />
significant structural work<br />
to bring it up to a good standard. In April 2022,<br />
a survey of the building revealed that essential<br />
repairs were estimated to cost £2.4m,” said<br />
a council spokesperson. The meeting will<br />
take place on 8 <strong>February</strong> from 6pm, with<br />
representatives from the council’s Education<br />
Sound Bath & Journey<br />
with Arlene Dunkley-Wood<br />
1st Friday of the month / 7.30pm<br />
Quaker Meeting House, Bush Road, E11 3AU<br />
Scan for full details and<br />
to book your session now<br />
www.arlenedunkleywood.co.uk<br />
@soundbatharlene<br />
and Inclusion Team on hand to explain the<br />
detail and reasoning behind the proposals<br />
for the centre’s future. All interested parties<br />
are welcome to attend. An online survey has<br />
also been launched to gather residents’ views.<br />
Visit wnstd.com/wycsurvey<br />
Comedy night<br />
at high school<br />
Wanstead Comedy<br />
Night is collaborating<br />
with Wanstead High<br />
School’s PTA to<br />
present a fundraising<br />
event this month.<br />
“There will be four<br />
brilliant comedians<br />
compared by Britain’s<br />
Got Talent finalist<br />
Graeme Matthews,<br />
plus a licensed bar,”<br />
said a spokesperson.<br />
Headlining the show<br />
will be Tim Shishodia<br />
(Leicester Square<br />
New Comedian<br />
Of The Year 2010).<br />
The event will take<br />
place on 9 <strong>February</strong><br />
from 7pm to 9pm<br />
(tickets: £15). Visit<br />
wnstd.com/9feb<br />
Calendar raises<br />
£3,000 for charity<br />
A <strong>2024</strong> calendar<br />
featuring<br />
photographs of<br />
wildlife and locations<br />
across Epping Forest<br />
– including Wanstead<br />
Park and Wanstead<br />
Flats – has raised<br />
more than £3,000<br />
for charity. “All the<br />
photos were taken by<br />
local photographers,<br />
including four from<br />
Wanstead,” said Don<br />
Taylor, who compiled<br />
the calendar. The<br />
money will be shared<br />
between The Swan<br />
Sanctuary and<br />
the Epping Forest<br />
Heritage Trust.<br />
Another calendar is<br />
planned for 2025.<br />
To advertise, call 020 8819 6645 or visit wnstd.com
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