East London Waterworks Park

You’re invited!

13–14 Sept at The Leaside Trust: a celebration of #CommunityLedDesign.

✨ Explore design concepts
🎨 Get creative with activities for all
📢 Explore community views on park inclusion

🎟️ Free tickets: elwp.info/voices

@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk @london.gov.uk @debbieweekesb.bsky.social

🍃 Come and see the proposed #EastLondonWaterworksPark and hear the latest findings from our #ListeningProject at 'Community Voices' as part of the #MayorsCommunityWeekend, 13–14 Sept! 🎊

🎟️: elwp.info/CommunityVoices

@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk @london.gov.uk @debbieweekesb.bsky.social

Third Sector Podcast: Cultivating a more flexible volunteering offer Lucinda and Dami find out what more-traditional charities could learn from the approaches of volunteer-led organisations

Thrilled to join Haymarket Media Group on the Third Sector Podcast, chatting with Reach Volunteering about how our volunteers are empowered to design their own roles, seamlessly blending personal growth with community impact.

Ready for some insights?
www.thirdsector.co.uk/third-sector...

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees

East London Waterworks Park A community vision to create an urban oasis for nature, and for people to explore, swim in and enjoy

The green spaces we enjoy today were often hard won. From the historical campaign to open Epping Forest to the people 🌳 to the current vision of East London Waterworks Park, ordinary people have made the difference.
Read more: elwp.info/parkpower
#GreenSpaces #UrbanNature #Climate #biodiversity

Honeybees are getting confused by electric pollution from power lines Airborne electric fields similar to those from nearby power lines seem to have a dramatic effect on honeybee foraging, raising concerns about widespread impacts on pollinators

Electric signals from power lines discourage bees from landing on nearby flowers, and there is growing concern that this so-called “electric pollution” could be causing widespread disruption to insect behaviour.

With London Festival of Architecture we’re putting on a FREE day of activities around the area we plan for East London Waterworks Park.

Creative, nature activities for all ages. No experience needed.

Bring curiosity. Bring passion. Bring community.

21 June 2025: elwp.info/LFA24

#LFA2025

The green spaces we enjoy today stand testament to the power of community action. From the historical campaign to open Epping Forest to the people 🌳 to the vision of East London Waterworks Park, ordinary people have made differences.
Read more: elwp.info/parkpower
#GreenSpaces #UrbanNature #Climate

Architecture in the More-Than-Human World Join Suomi/Koivisto Architects for a talk and workshop on how we can build while respecting other species.

More than Human, bringing together art, science and radical thinking to ask how design can help our planet thrive by shifting its focus beyond human needs. designmuseum.org/whats-on/tal...

The green spaces we enjoy today stand testament to the power of community action. From the historical campaign to open Epping Forest to the people 🌳 to the vision of East London Waterworks Park, ordinary people have made differences.
Read more: elwp.info/parkpower
#GreenSpaces #UrbanNature #Climate

East London Waterworks park banner at Waltham Forest College with 3 volunteers standing either side.

Brilliant to be at @WalthamForestCollege for @BuildTomorrow: Construction, Sustainability and Innovators Youth Summit yesterday!
Connecting across industries BLOQS, GUNT, Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), IndiNature.
#walthamstow #walthamforest
#sustainability #biodiverse

🦇 #NoMowMay is here! If you have lawn in your garden, even if it's a small patch, do pack away the lawnmower and let it grow wild in May (and beyond)! This will attract a range of insects which all UK bats eat.

More about gardening for bats www.bats.org.uk/advice/garde...

40 Years ago Carl Sagan knew about Climate change and he was so aware of it's impact on Nature more than us we do right now.

Amazing work @bengroom.bsky.social. Did we mention Ben works on the RENEW project? Just saying.

How a simple walk can bust stress, boost cognition and fight diseases We all know that walking is good for us, but growing evidence reveals that the right hike can exponentially enhance the health benefits

We all know walking is good for us. But growing evidence reveals the right hike can lower stress, boost cognition, and even provide nutrients and vitamins. So, what is the perfect walk?

A side photo of a large darner dragonfly with blue and brown markings perched on the side of a branch

My first dragonfly of the year!!

#Invertebrates

East London Waterworks park banner at Waltham Forest College with 3 volunteers standing either side.

Brilliant to be at @WalthamForestCollege for @BuildTomorrow: Construction, Sustainability and Innovators Youth Summit yesterday!
Connecting across industries BLOQS, GUNT, Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), IndiNature.
#walthamstow #walthamforest
#sustainability #biodiverse

🌳✨ Join us for a fun, family-friendly co-design workshop! Help us design spaces for plants, play, and making in our community-owned park. 🌱

📅 Sunday 4 May, 11:00 - 13:00

📍 Lea Bridge Library

Spaces are limited, so book your free space now elwp.info/playplants

#CoDesign #Workshop #Ethnobotany

East London Waterworks Park A community vision to create an urban oasis for nature, and for people to explore, swim in and enjoy

🌿 ✨Nature first, people centred
spaces should be places where you can feel at ease.

Discover how at East London Waterworks Park we’re creating a community space with wild swimming ponds in our blog: www.elwp.org.uk/Blog.htm?Blo...

💚 Comment YES to learn about volunteer opps.

🌱 How do you design a park that truly belongs to the community? By listening.

At East London Waterworks Park, we’re doing it together, surveying, listening, & asking community members for input.
🔗 Read the first blog in our Co-Design series elwp.info/ecologyCD1

#biodiversity #CommunitySpaces

Whitewebbs Oak - supporter update Dear Guardians, Thank you so much to everyone who has signed and shared our petition! We want to keep up the pressure - and you can help us do that - so do 🌳 Follow us on Instagram  🌳 Join our WhatsAp...

UPDATE on the devastating felling of the 500 year-old #WhitewebbsOak

Please share & take action today!

www.change.org/p/justice-fo...

Photograph of burnt section of Walthamstow Marshes

A large area of Walthamstow Marshes has been devastated by a recent fire. In April.

#climatecrisis #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency

A hedgehog front facing. With a link to our survey about our planned learning platform.

East London Waterworks Park has been planning, co-designing, and governing a community-led project to realise the park.

If there were a learning platform dedicated to sharing this journey, would you be interested?

Please take 2 minutes to complete our survey: elwp.info/learnon

#Learning #climate

A woodland floor covered in a dense layer of bluebells while the trees above them are covered in light green foliage.

BLUEBELL SEASON IS HERE - we repeat, bluebell season is here, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

Just check out Stoneywell in Leicestershire, snapped by Susan Guy.

Edible garden and 4 people eating at a blue table full of colourful fruit and vegetables.

🌱 #EarthDay from East London Waterworks Park!
Exciting news on our co-design ecology research, wildlife-friendly wetlands & inclusive spaces, all your ideas!📍Read more: elwp.info/ecologyCDPR
👀 Coming up: Deep dives on topography, overnight stays & nature interaction. Your park in the making! 🎨

Two illustrated images: pastel colours, left man in wheelchair at a potting table with plants in a nature scape, right two women one digging soil the other holding a printed fabric. Again in a nature scape.

Co-designed circular economy ideas! Gardening 🪴 Carpentry 🪵 Natural dyeing 👖 Soil creation 🌻 Plant crafts 💡

Volunteer Metti Siu’s ✨ illustrations preview ideas for East London Waterworks Park 🌿
ahead of our inclusive workshops.

Volunteer or contact: info@elwp.org.uk
#biodiverse #inclusive

East London Waterworks Park A community vision to create an urban oasis for nature, and for people to explore, swim in and enjoy

🌿 ✨Nature first, people centred
spaces should be places where you can feel at ease.

Discover how at East London Waterworks Park we’re creating a community space with wild swimming ponds in our blog: www.elwp.org.uk/Blog.htm?Blo...

💚 Comment YES to learn about volunteer opps.

Lovely walk around the edge of 🌸🌿East London Waterworks Park site. Seeing the thriving #wetlands in the neighbouring filter beds makes our #biodiverse park feel so close.

To #volunteer drop a YES in the comments.

Big thanks to our enthusiastic volunteers!
#Community #WildSwimming

Wonderful image of playing and making with plants in a future East London Waterworks Park by Periscope

🌳✨ Join us for a fun, family-friendly co-design workshop! Help us design spaces for plants, play, and making in our community-owned park. 🌱

📅 Sunday 4 May, 11:00 - 13:00

📍 Lea Bridge Library

Spaces are limited, so book your free space now elwp.info/playplants

#CoDesign #Workshop #Ethnobotany