Here's a sneak preview of what's will be on offer:

Zest Kitchen/Edible Forest Garden/ Make & Create
A range of handcrafted gifts and delicious food made by our Creative Journeys Participants
Make & Create: Va-Va-Voom Valentine's cards / Have a Heart Bird Feeders / Wondrous Wild Seed Bombs / Luscious Lavender Decorations / Groovy Greetings Cards / Blissful Bath Salts
Zest Kitchen/Edible Forest Garden: Chocolate Truffle Temptations / I Love Me Leek & Potato Soup / Glorious Green Tomato Chutney / Sweet & Fiery Chilli Jam

Anmol’s cards and gifts
With her natural talent and the skills learned on our Creative Journeys programme, the amazing Anmol creates a range of unique cards and gifts.

Emma’s Happy Pages
Independent Usborne organiser. Selling lovely books mainly for little ‘uns

Jaqueline Foxley
Handbags and accessories

Bandales
All natural beauty products –a super local company. Everything is 100% vegan

And much, much more...

Queue 'front page news q'

Volunteers needed

gardening, volunteers, community, Walthamstow, e17

Do you have green-fingers and time on your hands?

Edible Forest Garden is a space on Mission Grove where disabled young people, age 16-25, learn about horticulture in preparation for employment. We really need volunteers to help us to maintain the garden – don't worry if you don't have the expertise, enthusiasm is all you need. Thursdays are preferable but we're happy to be flexible if that doesn't suit you.

If you would like to get involved and support an inspiring community project, it would be bloomin' marvellous!

Dash Dot Dance at the Limes - NEW FILM

dance, workshops, sessions, creative dance, free

Dance Is Freedom is the newly released film by Waltham Forest Borough of Culture 2019. It shows DashDot/YouthDance working with children and young people at The Limes, alongside the aspirational Stopgap Dance Company. A truly inclusive and inspiring project.

Watch the film here: http://youtu.be/Mq0LIseCiNo. It's a thing of beauty!

If you would like the chance to see #DashDotDance in action, they will be performing at the Walthamstow Garden Party this Sat 13th July 3pm on the News From Nowhere stage

#SuperSaladWednesday

Lunch, E17, Walthamstow, Eat Local, Community

Our Zest Kitchen young people are back with Super Salad Wednesday at The Mill on Coppermill Lane.

This week it's a rip-roaring Roasted Courgette, Cauliflower & Aubergine salad, served with mushroom rice and... green beans, freshly picked from our very own Edible Forest Garden.

All for £3.

12-1.30pm.

Part of our Creative Journeys programme, preparing young people with disabilities for employment.

Get there early or you might miss out!

#SuperSaladWednesday #EatLocal #LunchE17 #Walthamstow

Creative Journeys open evening

Employment scheme, life skills, disability, work opportunities

Creative Journeys is a programme designed to prepare young people with disabilities for employment.

On Wednesday 10 July between 6-7pm, we invite you to come and meet the team and find out how this entrepreneurial scheme guides young people through the transition to adulthood and gets them ready to enter the world of work with confidence.

Throughout a 16 week journey, participants learn valuable life and employment skills, enabling them to take their rightful place in the community.

St James Community Cultural day

St James park, community event, e17 culture day

Another great community event on Saturday 6 July. It's the St James Community Cultural Day and The Limes will be there, pop by our stand and say hello.

And don't miss this... Our esteemed youth lead, Gavin Foster (aka DJ Gav) will be joined by a group from our Top of The Limes youth group as they play a banging set from 2-2.30pm.

Get ready to bust some moves!

Walthamstow Village Festival

Village festival, community event, e17, Walthamstow, market

It's all go at The Limes... our young people are busy making lots of goodies, for our stall at the Walthamstow Village Festival.

Come and visit the stall on Saturday and meet Qasim, a past participant of our Creative Journeys programme.

Find out more about how the scheme prepares young people with disabilities for employment, through three strands:
Edible Forest Garden (horticulture)
Make & Create (Crafting)
Zest Kitchen ( Culinary)

We couldn't do it without you. Fact!

Charity Hero, NCVO data, Charity funding, public donations

The latest data from NCVO.org shows that the public remains the largest income source for the charity sector. Which makes you our heroes!

In 2016/17, the public represented 45% of the sector’s total income.

Without the generosity of our supporters, we could not continue to provide services, which the children & young people of Waltham Forest desperately need.

To all of you who have donated, a great big thank you. So many children and young people's lives have been enriched because of your support and belief in the work we do.

Come and work with The Limes

Hiring. New job. Recruitment. Local Jobs.

We're hiring sessional workers.

Do you have the necessary skills to work with children and young people, age 5-25 years, with and without disabilities?

If the answer is yes, we'd really like to hear from you.

Don't delay... apply today

https://thelimes.org.uk/jobs/sessional-staff

Cheers to the volunteers

It's #VolunteersWeek and our young people want to say a big thank you. From building, painting and fixing to supporting and entertaining - you've done it all and they ❤️ you for it as much as we do!

Cupcake challenge!

Bakers & cakers... We need you!

To raise money for specialist toys, we're having a bake sale at our Pirate Party, 15 Jun - 12-2.30pm.

We need cupcakes and we're hoping you can help?

Drop off your cupcake donations by 8pm Fri 14 or bring them on the day and stay for the party!

Thanks for your support.

Don't miss our 15th birthday party & AGM

Pirate party, 15th birthday, community fete

The Limes Community & Children's Centre has reached its 15th year and we've loved every moment of the journey.
We really couldn't have done it without you... so, let's celebrate together.

Pirate Party – Saturday 15 June 2019, 12pm-2.30pm

We promise you a fun-packed family day, so dress up as your favourite swashbuckling pirate and join us.

Games – check out our pirate ship adventure playground, while Captain Ana leads the fun & games.

#SuperSaladWednesday

Eat Local, The Mill, E17, Lunch E17, Food Walthamstow

Each Wednesday our talented Zest Kitchen young people serve up a scrumptious salad or soup, at The Mill on Coppermill Lane. 12-1.30pm.

Lovingly prepared healthy food a very tasty £3. It's guaranteed to sell out so get there early.

Zest Kitchen part of our Creative Journeys enterprise programme designed to prepare disabled young people for employment.

To find out more about Creative Journeys or any of our services, contact the team at admin@thelimes.org.uk or call 0208 5098985.

E17 Art Trail 2019. 1-16 June

This year's E17 Art Trail is approaching fast and The Limes is delighted to be taking part in this fantastic community event.

Our talented Creative Journeys' young people have created a photographic study – Light and Shade – which will be on display at our Edible Forest Garden site, Mission Grove, for the duration of the Art Trail. Make sure you swing by, between Saturday 1 June and Sunday 16 June... we think you'll be impressed!

Super Salad Wednesdays!

Tomorrow's Super Salad Wednesday at The Mill on Coppermill Lane features Fabulous Feta, Veg & Couscous with a lemon dressing.

Made for you by our Zest Kitchen young people, as part of our Creative Journeys enterprise programme. They'll be serving up a storm between 12-1.30pm... but at a very tasty £3, you'd better get there early! Everyone welcome.

Zest kitchen is part of our Creative Journeys programme, preparing young people with disabilities for employment.

Dancing dates for the diary...

Stopgap Dance Company is screening a trio of dance-based films to local residents Thursday 23 – Saturday 25 May 19, 202 Hoe St, as part of Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019. One of those films features disabled children & young people working with the super-talented Vicki Busfield, artistic director of DashDot/YouthDance, right here at The Limes. It's been such an uplifting project to be involved in. Don't miss the chance to see these joyous films. NB - CLUB will finish at 5.30 pm, Thurs 23 May, to enable the team to attend the screening.
You can read more about the films below…

Tanz Toddlers – Important news

We are unable to run our Tanz Toddler group on the following dates:

Tuesday 7 May
Thursday 9 May
Friday 10 May.

We look forward to seeing you for more fun and games from Tuesday 14 May, 9.30am - 11.30am.

Sunday Market – 12 May, 12-3pm

Sunday Market, local market, community, E17, Shop Local

Join us for our May Sunday market and see what our disabled young people have been busy making for you:
Fabulous flower bombs
Groovy Greetings Cards
Luscious Lavender gifts
Sassy Samosas with Chilli Sauce
Totes amazing tote bags
Summer loving seedlings
Trailblazing T-Shirts

While you're browsing you can try our Zest Kitchen's delicious cakes, salads, chutneys, jams, hot drinks and more.

PLUS you can check out a selection of handcrafted goods, created by local designers while enjoying some live music.

The Royal Court Theatre - Listen Local project

Royal Court Theatre, Listen Local Caravan

The Royal Court Theatre in collaboration with the National Trust are running Listen Local’s Mini Forest Cinema Tour, as part of Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture.

Our Creative Journeys young people were delighted to be involved, helping the team to transform a humble carvan into an enchanted forest cinema, on our Edible Forest Garden site.

The Listen Local caravan is showcasing over 50 short films by local residents, as it tours the borough. Find out more about the project here: http://bit.ly/2L7xhtS

Wishing you all a Happy Easter

The Limes will be back in action on Tuesday 23 April with Tanz Toddlers, 9.30-11.30am.

Until then we wish you sunshine and easter eggs!

Building Connections

As part of The Club, our after-school scheme - open to young people aged 10 and over – we have been running a ‘Building Connections’ workshop, tackling the issue of youth loneliness. From spray paints to word play, music and video our young people have been exploring the issues surrounding loneliness.

Easter Sunday Market

Easter market, Sunday Market, shop local

It’s our Easter Sunday market, pop in and browse the array of fabulous products our young people have been busy creating.

Mother's Day Competition

Win the perfect Mother's Day gift, A beautiful handloomed Tibetan shawl – courtesy of sparkleohara.strikingly.com. To enter, just got to our Facebook page and find our competition post. www.facebook.com/@thelimese17. In the comments, tell us your mother's most memorable words of wisdom - in no more than 30 words. Add hashtag #TheLimesLovesMums. Like our page and... job done! The competition closes at midnight Friday 22 March 2019 and the winner will be announced Saturday 23 March 2019, on Facebook and Twitter. Your prize will be presented at our Mother's Day Sunday Market, 24 March 2019, between 12-3pm. If you cannot collect at this time, please contact admin@thelimes.org.uk to arrange an alternative time. Full terms and conditions are below. Good luck!

Mother's Day Sunday Market

Join us on Sunday 24 March, 12-3pm and find the perfect present for Mother's Day. Browse unique gifts, lovingly created by our talented young people – plus delicous cakes, soups, chutneys, jams & hot drinks.
We'll also be joined by some wonderful local designers, including Anmol and her glorious greetings cards, Jacqueline Foxley - handcrafted bags and Keresztes Hajnalka - homemade cakes.

Plus... Waltham Forest Community Choir will be serenading you from 1.30-2.00pm.

FREE Creative Dance Workshops

We're thrilled to announce that DashDot/YouthDance, a Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019 project by Artistic Director Vicki Busfield, is coming to The Limes! Vicki Busfield, is partnering with us to provide creative dance workshops, for the SEND children & young people of Waltham Forest and the workshops will take place, right here, at The Limes.
Taster dance sessions will run every Wednesday from now until 3 April.
Find out more information below...

Come and work at The Limes.

The Limes Hiring, jobs, third sector jobs

Would you like to be our new Zest Kitchen Coordinator?

Zest Kitchen is part of our Creative Journeys programme, designed to prepare young people with disabilities for employment.
Our participants learn valuable catering skills, including cooking and baking, as well as how to package and sell at our Sunday Market.

If you have good culinary skills and have the ability to engage and encourage young people with disabilties, this could be the perfect job for you.

Click HERE to find out more about these exciting opportunities and to apply.
Closing date Monday 1 April, 17.00.
We're looking forward to hearing from you...

Come and work at The Limes.

Would you like to be our new Edible Forest Garden Co-ordinator? Or maybe, our Zest Kitchen Co-ordinator? Or how about both?!

Both jobs are part of our Creative Journeys programme and can be offered as indiviual positions or combined into one role, for the right person.
Click HERE to find out more about these exciting opportunities and to apply. We're looking forward to hearing from you...

You'll 'love' our Valentine's Market!

Pop in to our Valentine's Market @ The Limes. Sunday 10 Feb 2019 - 12-3pm.

Browse gifts and goodies, lovingly created by our talented young people – plus delicous cakes, soups, chutneys, jams & hot drinks.
We'll also be joined by some wonderful local designers. We'd love to see you

Vote for us to win £500!

More excitement for The Limes!
Vote for us before 24 Feb and we could win £500 – thanks to Taylor Wimpey's national Proud campaign, which makes positive contributions to local communities.
To vote, please email: ProudEastLondon@taylorwimpey-pr.co.uk and put The Limes Community & Children's Centre in the subject line.

Thanks for your support #walthamstow

Tesco Bags of Help - We need your help!

Tesco. Bags of Help. Design. Communications. Workshop.

We are delighted to be in the running for a Bags of Help grant from Tesco. With your help we could be awarded up to 4k, to help our disabled young people prepare for employment. If you're in Waltham Forest shop and shop at Tesco you can vote for us, until midnight 28 Feb. Just ask for a blue coin, at the till and pop it in the box marked The Limes. See 'More' for a list of participating stores. Thanks for your support!