Pics of Plaistow Festival week 2018














We are delighted that residents are taking over an unloved street corner and turning it into something beautiful and special! Following some inspiration from local resident Ian Noon and what we’ve seen happening in Hammersmith and Fulham, we have identified 5 tree pits. Four of the five have now been adopted. Take a walk down…
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…
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…
A wonderful temporary art space in Plaistow will run again in 2019! There will be an exhibition in the unique Tower Gallery in Memorial Community Church Barking Road from 4-17th July to showcase creativity in the Plaistow community. 🙂 It is open to anyone aged 11 upwards who lives, works, studies, worships or attends a…
Do come and join this celebration of 2 years Green Gym work in the Greenway Orchard and the handing of the baton to PSBL! Our role will be to support the volunteer team in continuing and growing as a group and the Green Gym and Orchard itself to grow, develop and be self sustaining. 🙂…

We are sorry to announce that our fabulous Coordinator Simon Vincent, one of a kind, has decided to take early retirement. Simon recently took a sabbatical and got to like the retired life! Simon has been with Plaistow South Big Local since our beginning in 2013, contributing with his immense experience and passion for community…