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Join the Free The Wellbeing Course, starts 3 Jan 2024, W4

You're welcome to come to the Free, In-Person, The Wellbeing Course - starts 3 Jan 2024 on Wednesday evenings, 7.30-9.00pm, in South Parade, W4. https://bit.ly/thewellbeingcourse2024 to sign up.Free, Fun, In Person. You might want to get fit/eat well/destress better/sleep better /connect with like-minded people, or just be curious.The WELLBEING COURSE is a free 6 week course Wednesday evenings, 7.30-9.00pm in Chiswick.*Hi, my name’s Katy. I work as a GP and as a positive psychology coach, and have run several wellbeing courses with great feedback**. I’ve designed a wellbeing course to look at practical things that increase health and happiness:RELAX • effective steps to switch off the stress response and switch on relaxationEAT • healthy tips to help you get to where you want to with your eatingMOVE • incorporate moving more into your daySLEEP • improve your wellbeing and immune system through better sleepCONNECT • with yourself, and outside self: with others, nature and purposeFormat: relaxed, fun and informal, with a mix of video, discussion and reflection. Will it make a difference?: Previous course participants say yes!**Interested? Ask questions: thewellbeingcourse@gmail.comSign up: Eventbrite, https://bit.ly/thewellbeingcourse2024 Katy*venue: St Alban’s Church, South Parade, London W4 5LG. **Feedback from previous courses:”An amazing course, very enjoyable.”   “Inspiring, thought-provoking” “gave me some smart small steps to take”  “v useful and effective” “changed my mindset to positive”

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Christmas church services

Here are details for some local churches where I could find them on their websites. Anyone please feel free to add the details for those not included:Oaktree Anglican Fellowship216 High St, London W3 9NX Tel: 020 8993 2060Sunday 17th December 6.00pm – Joint candlelit carol service at St Mary'sSaturday 23rd December 1.30pm - The Christmas Story - an interactive family friendly service at St Mary'sSunday 24th December 4pm - Crib service at St Mary'sMonday 25th December 10am – Short Christmas Day service with breakfast pastries!Sunday 31st December 11.45pm - Watchnight Eucharist at St Mary'sSt Mary’s ChurchThe Mount, High St, London W3 9NWSunday 17th December 6pm – Candlelit carol serviceSaturday 23rd December 1.30pm - The Christmas Story - an interactive family friendly serviceSunday 24th December 4pm - Crib ServiceSunday 24th December 11.30pm – Midnight MassMonday 25th December 8am – Communion serviceMonday 25th December 10.30am – All age EucharistSunday 31st December 11.45pm – Watchnight EucharistSt Martin’s West ActonHale Gardens, London W3 9SQSunday 17th December 10am – All age service with a Junior Church Nativity PlaySunday 17th December 3pm - Japanese Church ServiceSunday 17th December 6.30pm - Carol ServiceSunday 24th December 4pm – Crib serviceSunday 24th December 11.30pm – Midnight MassMonday 25th December 8am - Holy Communion ServiceMonday 25th December 10am – Family communion Christmas serviceSt Dunstan’s East ActonFriars Pl Ln, London W3 7AWSunday 17th December 9am - Holy CommunionSunday 17th December 6pm – Carol serviceSunday 24th December 9am - All age Holy CommunionSunday 24th December 11pm - Midnight service (Holy Communion)Monday 25th December 10am - All age Communion Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church41-143 High St, London W3 6LX-Contact the church office 020 8992 2014St Alban’s Church Acton GreenSouth Parade, Chiswick W4 5LGSunday 17th December 10.30am – Messy Christmas Christingle ServiceMonday 25th December 10am – Christmas CelebrationSunday 31st December 10.30am - A New Year's Eve celebration for all agesChrist Church Turnham GreenTown Hall Ave, Chiswick W4 5DTSunday 17th December 6.30pm – Traditional Carols by candlelight Sunday 24th December 9.30am - Advent Communion serviceSunday 24th December 4pm – Carols on the GreenSunday 24th December 11.15pm – Midnight CommunionMonday 25th December 11.15am – Traditional carols and Christmas communionDestiny HouseRectory Road Acton London W3 9NRSaturday 23rd December 4pm - Christmas Carol ServiceSunday 24th December 11am - Sunday serviceAnyone looking for an online service:Holy Trinity BromptonSunday 17th December 11.30am - Christmas SpectacularMonday 25th December 11am - Christmas Day serviceSunday 31st December 10pm - New Year's Eve Kingdom Comehttps://htb.org/livestream

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Rooftop solar to fall under Permitted Development

Planning news - 7 December 2023Rooftop solar to fall under permitted developmentThe government has announced a change in planning rules that will enable rooftop solar panels to be installed on homes and businesses through permitted development rights.This means that homeowners and businesses won't need to go through the full planning process.Homes with flat roofs will be able to install panels without planning permission, bringing rules in line with those for businesses. Also, the changes will make it easier for panels to be installed in canopies above car parks if they are more than 10 metres away from people’s homes.  According to the government, this move will encourage more people to install solar panels on their properties, therefore cutting energy bills and emissions.Rules that require businesses to apply for planning permission if solar panels will generate more than one megawatt of electricity will also be scrapped, said the government. Planning minister Lee Rowley said: “We must make sure our homes are fit for the future and can help us meet our net-zero ambitions."By cutting red tape in the planning system we can make sure homeowners and businesses can install solar panels without being held up by costly delays. Crucially, these permitted development rights are still subject to important conditions, including their use in conservation areas."Energy security minister Graham Stuart added: “Removing the 1MW restriction for industrial rooftop solar will help us meet our target of 70GW of solar power by 2035 while supporting hundreds of long-term skilled British jobs, bolstering our world-leading renewables sector and reducing bills for consumers with panels."The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 will come into effect on 21 December 2023. 4 December 2023Laura Edgar, The Plannerhttps://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/weekly-planning-news/planning-news-7-december-2023?utm_source=PPQ+Newsletter&utm_campaign=edd302d9b2-Newsletter_11072019_HTML_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_734e0b63a9-edd302d9b2-7282665#rooftop-solar-to-fall-under-permitted-development

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New Free The Wellbeing Course with a December 6 Taster

https://bit.ly/thewellbeingcourse2024Hi,The Wellbeing Course has a Taster Session coming up 6 December 2023, 7.30-9.00pm, come along and see what you think and sign up for the course in January if you like it. Venue: St Alban's Church, South Parade, Chiswick W4 5LG (by the garage and Duke of Sussex).Free In-Person The Wellbeing Course - starts 3 Jan 2024 on Wednesday evenings, 7.30-9.00pm. https://bit.ly/thewellbeingcourse2024 to sign up.Free, Fun, In Person.The WELLBEING COURSE is a free 6 week course Wednesday evenings, 7.30-9.00pm in Chiswick.*Hi, my name’s Katy. I work as a GP and as a positive psychology coach, and have run several wellbeing courses with great feedback**. I’ve designed a wellbeing course to look at practical things that increase health and happiness:RELAX • effective steps to switch off the stress response and switch on relaxationEAT • healthy tips to help you get to where you want to with your eatingMOVE • incorporate moving more into your daySLEEP • improve your wellbeing and immune system through better sleepCONNECT • with yourself, and outside self: with others, nature and purposeFormat: relaxed, fun and informal, with a mix of video, discussion and reflection Will it make a difference?: Previous course participants say yes!**Interested? Ask questions: thewellbeingcourse@gmail.comSign up: Eventbrite, https://bit.ly/thewellbeingcourse2024 No sign up needed for the taster session on 6th December 7.30pm, just for the course.Katy*venue: St Alban’s Church, South Parade, London W4 5LG. **Feedback from previous courses:”An amazing course, very enjoyable.”   “Inspiring, thought-provoking” “gave me some smart small steps to take”  “v useful and effective” “changed my mindset to positive”

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INVITE - join us to protest against car engine idling at Acton Central - tomorrow (Tues) from 3.20pm

The spookiest night of the year is nearly here, but it's a time to scare your friends, not the planet!Please join us on Tuesday October 31 from 3.20-5pm as three community groups (Friends of the Earth, CCA and Friends of Friars Gardens) hold an anti-idling demo at Acton Central level crossing. We'll be displaying signs to ask drivers to switch off their engines and handing out Friends of the Earth leaflets about the hazards of idling on young lungs. The demo is timed to coincide with the end of the primary school day as many parents and their children are subjected to pollution as they wait at the crossing. We'd like to invite kids and parents (even in costume before heading off to trick or treat) to help give out leaflets. Even half an hour of your time would be most helpful! After the demo, adults (not trick or treating) will repair to the nearby Rocket pub for a well-earned drink. In the event of rain (unless very light rain) the demo will be rescheduled, but we think the forecast is not predicting rain (40% chance) until 6pm.Remember that an idling engine spews emissions, filling 150 balloons in a single minute, and those particles are harming the young lungs of children passing nearby, as well as the driver/ passengers in the vehicle. An idling engine is much more potent in its emissions than a travelling one.  We hope to see you there!

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Reduce and Reuse Event - 4th November 2023

The Acton Market Reduce and Recycle Hub is returning on Saturday 4th November from 10am to 3pm, on the Mount in Acton. Since October  2022 we have achieved;• 408kg of unwanted clothes and shoes saved from landfill by Traid, which reduced carbon emissions (CO2) by 8.15 tonnes and water savings of 649m3.• 100 kgs of small electrical items collected which will be recycled.• 3kg of pens recycled • Taught Clothes Repair• Repaired kitchen and garden tools• Promoted watch repair services on site• Swapped and rehomed over 297 fiction and non-fiction books• Promoted clothing traders onsite selling, returns , seconds and preloved accessoriesThis month at the hub Acton Residents will be able to; RECYCLE: Bring along your old and unloved: • Clothing, Shoes, Small electrical appliances for donation to TRAID www.traid.org.uk• Laptops for donation to the Fixing Factory www.fixingfactory.org • How you can increase your household recycling with ActforEaling - www.actforealing.org • Pens and writing instruments• Toothbrushes and other dental itemsREPAIR: • Learning to fix your Clothes with Ealing Repair Café www.ealingrepaircafe.org • Get your Bikes checked with Dr Bike (2 pm-5 pm) REUSE: • Shop at our pre-loved traders or with our stall holders many who sell returns and seconds from the high street at a reduced price choose from sportswear, womenswear and menswear. • Book Swap – Bring a book and take a book, with Churchfield Community Association!• Learn to make draft excluders from old jeansYou can find out more at https://marketw3.co.uk/reduce-and-recycle-hub-returns-in-november

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The Goldsmith Greens. Message from Juliet McDonald

Hi everyone. GREAT NEWS!!!! Remember the testimonials you all wrote in support of FOFGA’s request to protect our three Central Acton greens? On Thursday evening at Perceval House, I did a 5-minute presentation, as did our Councillor Kate Crawford, requesting this extra protection for our green spaces, to the LDPAC committee. We also officially handed in your 370+ individual statements to the clerk. These testimonials looked absolutely amazing (thanks @Tricia Howey for creating a beautiful graphic design from an unwieldy Excel spreadsheet) as we had them professionally printed and ringbound.   It is with rapturous delight that I can tell you the LDPAC committee voted unanimously to support our proposal for the greens to be designated LGS. This is an important first step in many. The proposal now has to go through various ‘tests’ for meeting NPPF criteria, council legalities (the soil owner of 2 of the 3 greens has to be engaged with), the GLA and finally the planning inspectorate. So it’s not a victory in itself yet, but a victory for us as a community as we’ve done our part in presenting our case - at the very best moment, to the right officers, in the most appropriate way - and our representation just has to go through the process now.   Thanks to everyone who contributed and in particular the army of leaflet droppers who risked their fingers in biting letterflaps and to key supporters Maire Lowe and my husband Neal. Fingers crossed this proposal gets over each and every hurdle 🙏

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Community Day - Acton Market  - 7th October

Acton West London are co hosting a community event on 7th October.We are going to be teaming up with local community safety advocate Vanessa Hyman and our neighbours 0n the Mount St. Marys Church.  Vanessa who sadly lost her son on mothers day 2004,  to gun and knife crime, has been passionate about keeping people safe and creating safe communities for almost 20 years.  You can find out more about her organisation ‘ A mothers tear drop’  here We’re All In This Together, is outdoor community event…that celebrates community and raises the profile of safer communities.On the day, there will be speaches about prevention and how to be safe…and we will also be celebrating the 1 year birthday of the Reduce and Recycle hub!You will be entertained by Special Guest Studio, Fatman Sound and Charisma Sound..We will have a Bouncy Castle, Face Painting and Sand Art for the young ones plus Stalls and Food Vendors and the Reduce and Recycle Hub.  The Lottery Fund are bringing their mood gazer and an Astronomer. Elevate Arts will be performing in the afternoon and we hope to have our friends from Acton Fire Station on site in the afternoon for children to explore the fire engine and meet the officers.More people are hoping to join us on the day, we will keep you posted on our social media platforms in regards to what else will be on site on the Mount that day!   So come, bring your children, be entertained and have some  food and fun….Date… 7th October 2023 ..Time… 11am till 6pmAddress …The Mount,Acton High Street W3 9NW (opposite Morrisons)..Lets bring the Community Back Together

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