Our new map of the lucky PSBL area!
Lucky residents in this area get to spend £1 million in the area over 10 years! Conditions apply of course, but do get in touch. 🙂

Lucky residents in this area get to spend £1 million in the area over 10 years! Conditions apply of course, but do get in touch. 🙂

The spring is in full swing, and the Tree Pit Gardens on Tunmarsh Lane are in bloom…and looking glorious. Continuous hard work by our local volunteers-Tree Pit Gardeners, regular watering and weeding have resulted in an abundant display of lupins, lavender, anemones and dahlias…with the imminent arrival of poppies and gladiolas in the coming weeks!…
Following our successful sunflower planting activity at the Plaistow Youth Market in April, we are delighted to support an idea from one of the market-traders to plant peas and beans! Market trader Scarlett Howlett is a passionate gardener and food grower and she identified the perfect place to plant peas and beans would be along the…
Nearly 3500 people enjoyed our week-long Plaistow Festival last month, run by PSBL in partnership with Newham Council! This was the first ever Plaistow Festival week. Over 700 attended weekday events ranging from a local heritage walk to NewVIc’s Arts and Media Showcase, with more than 2600 joining in the final event with stalls,…
Community meeting – giving Barbers Alley a new look Thursday 22 March 6.15-7.45 in Plaistow library Barbers Alley hosted it’s first community event and market during the Newham Alleyways Festival last year. See the pics! Since then, there’s been a second mural as part of Newham Word Festival. We’ve had some conversations with residents…
Announcing an exciting new project for Plaistow South that we have been dreaming of for years. We urgently need your help to reach 100 ‘pledges’ within 2 weeks! Mind, Body and Soul Food: Building a kitchen for a community café & social enterprise with therapeutic garden at REIN’s youth/community Centre in Cumberland Road to facilitate…
Local residents want a greener South Plaistow and for the green spaces to be used and enjoyed, beautiful and well maintained. We found this out in our listening events in 2015. We recruited our green spaces community workers Milena and Ros in August 2017. These are the highlights of what our green spaces workers have…