Our new map of the lucky PSBL area!

Join us for yet another plant–based craft activity planned for our next Gardening Club, taking place on Wednesday 10th January 11-12.30, sure to get the creative gardening juices going! We will be doing ‘Flower & Leaf Hammering’, which is a technique that leaves a natural print on a piece of paper or fabric, using flower and…

Have you got a great idea that would benefit Plaistow South at this challenging time during Covid-19? If so, Plaistow South Big Local is launching a small grants fund that could enable your idea to become reality! We encourage residents and groups to apply for a grant for between £100 to £2500. It’s a simple…

From small acorns, mighty oaks do grow – Report from the Barbers Alley community meeting 22nd March With six local people, we came up with some AMAZING IDEAS FOR BARBERS ALLEY. 🙂 To get things rolling, it was agreed thebest step would be to establish a ‘Friends of Barbers Alley’ group. This is under way, it’s…

It’s exactly one year since PSBL started to support the Greenway Orchard Green Gym. It’s been a great year! Sadly we said goodbye to Amanda who has been the lead volunteer – she is emigrating to Portugal. We now leave the Green Gym in the capable hands of Eleanor and Clive and other locals, and…

  On a cold and drizzly Saturday afternoon a good crowd came by to join an old English celebration in the Orchard.  Wassail means ‘good health’ and Wassailing is a way of wishing the fruit trees good health for an abundant harvest. Our ingredients for a family nature experience were a tour of the Orchard….. a…