If you see bullying in any of it's forms', stand by the person being bullied, don't look away, bullying effects you and all our lives. (The lovely awesome Joanna Lumley said this on news a few days ago) 

Our latest news is, as normal drivel for some, interesting to others!
 
Creating tomorrows parks today! Park’s make the very best community centres.

The Friends of Harrow Weald!

A community of ideas

Working together to make things the very best they can be, this starts with talking and doing and lashings of goodwill, volunteers offering time, sharing  knowledge, and donations, now fund over 100 free community meals per month (Feb 2023), we organise several community events each month and see lots of people speaking to each other week on week.

ParkLife Café

Openminded conversations and involvement with others, helps us all to create a roadmap to the future. ParkLife Café was set up as a community space putting people first.

Volunteers help in different ways

We are not a group that tells people what they must do, but try and find out what you want to do.

Volunteers are crucial to everything going on, and we volunteers get involved with what they feel comfortable with or trying.

To expand our activities and ideas, we need a constant supply of fresh blood to help.

  • Helping at community events
  • Weekdays and weekends
  • Magicians
  • Holistic sessions
  • 1 hour slots
  • 2 hour slots
  • 4 Hour slots
  • Indoor and outdoor opportunities
  • Getting involved with others, helps us all smile.

Busby Clubs

Busby clubs now run every two weeks, plans to make these weekly is planned over the months.  

Buzby clubs’ are events aimed at carers, their charges, the vulnerable, isolated or people that are just having a tough time of life. These are funded by volunteers, donations, and goodwill. 

Making time to relax with others in a happy place. 

We encourage everyone to leave their troubles at the door.

We all chill, feast together, chat and happy clappy for a couple of hours

There is no money in it just kindness and love. We pay the bill.

Crafting sessions

Crafting session are both organised and spontaneous.

People coming together to:

Art craft

Music crafting sessions

Poetry crafting sessions  

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Sunday Sundays

These are held once a month. We invite different community groups for a free breakfast to say thank you for their work in all our areas of Harrow.

Next events

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Off The Wall

All our projects evolve, Off The Wall has become one project we all enjoy because it is just love and happiness, no complications.  

Our first off the wall opening was in March last year, since then we have rotating art every couple of months “ish”, and seen two Harrow Council leaders open the rotations, one person from Harrow Council’s clean team and the artists are all supporting of us and lovely.

Off The Wall - now included: Artists designed cards now available both @ ParkLife and soon online.

Off The Table

 

Litter Picking network.

This is a privilege to be such a very small part of the amazing army of volunteers that litter pick throughout Harrow and many areas throughout the country.

We take our hat off to all the Harrow Litter pickers, the litter picking fairy squads, groups and individuals that take responsibility for all our areas.

 

Recycling project

One of the volunteers has been designing an interesting solution to local recycling for the park, immediate vicinity, and ParkLife Café.

SmartParks is the next big project to move along:

We have been building a list of parks.

Next events

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ParkLife Café is a project!

ParkLife Café is a community project, created to see how far we can reach throwing meaningful love and kindness into the air at strangers and then standing back to watch the amazing results.

Amazing results are validated: The events our raindrops put together and support, inspire others, the comments we receive, the google reviews and the tons of smiling faces in our photo booth and we are only 14 months old.

The ParkLife project evolves with people’s ideas.

Unity In the Community projects:

We hope you are having a wonderful happiness fuelled day, but some people around us are not that lucky.

Around us all are people that feel isolated, others having a hard time of things, unpaid carers that deserve a break, people that are in vulnerable places in their lives, maybe this is you? Unity is about creating stress free spaces,  to chill on your terms and a place to feel safe.

Unity In The Community is a selection of events, feasts and activities we create to bring people together for some chilling and chatting, and Happy Clapping in non-contentious ways.
 
We all have fun and leave feeling happy.
 
Using activities, food and time as our tools, Unity In The Community events are free to all, ensuring inclusion.
 

Busby Club

Busby club see lots of exceptionally nice people, come together to show the love to guests.

The Guests are invite people who are carers, the cared for, or people that are just having a tough time of things.

We all chill, chat and happy clappy for a couple of hours – There is no money in it just kindness and love.

We are always looking for volunteers and entertainers.

  • The guests leave feeling happy.
  • The raindrops leave feeling happy.
  • The entertainers feel happy.

Massive shout out to all the entertainers, at our last event!

Last night’s entertainment (View videos on YouTube) (View pictures in our Photo Booth)  

  • Andy played guitar.
  • James played guitar
  • Nami Belted out some awesome ParkLife Café style Opera (Somewhere over the rainbow)
  • Then we were treated to Vitthala chanting' to keep your heart healthy.

Next Busby club 

Next Off The Wall (Your Invited)

The Project

Off the Wall is a rotating community art gallery where there is always something new to enjoy. 

INVITATION TO A PRIVATE VIEW ON MONDAY 6 FEBRUARY FROM 6 - 8 pm 

Please join us for some time to chat with the artists, enjoy a third of a glass of wine, and a small selection of edible water bugs, green ants and delious crickets.

We will be holding a raffle  and the first prize is a full size edible scorpion (Breaking convention not rules)

A GROUP EXHIBITION OF 5 ARTISTS AND THEIR SELECTED ARTWORKS
 
MARY PELHAM
NADEREH SHANASSI
ROY RODGERS
SUSAN McLAREN
MARTY BERG
 
Directions and opening hours

Off The Table Bizarre valentine’s special (Your Invited)

Off The Wall is a local art gallery adoring the walls of ParkLife Café Harrow Weald and has become a great go to place for local art and gifts.

Over Christmas we held the world’s smallest German Christmas market, the local artists sold trinkets and other fabulous random items. Harrow is showered with incredibly talented artists we have locally and the range of ideas they turn into awesome art.

Off The Table Bizarre will be held the following Saturday after each Off the Wall Private Viewing.

Booked so far:

  • Monica - Her work brings a Portuguese, Spanish, isle of wight style influence to her work
  • Vee Willaims
  • Andy Hannon
  • Marian - She has sources one of the most amazing stone artist, offering individual jewellery and great for valentines
  • Maria - Bring a collection of thought provoking items at affordable prices
  • If you are interested in trading at a future off the wall bizarre please pop in to see us or email us.

Everything we do is a work in motion and suggest you join our newsletter for updates and changes.

Includes Free family crafting fun weekend ParkLife Cafe Harrow (Your Invited)

11th 12th Feb - Free community event your invited!

Saturday 11th – Sunday 12th February - Valentines is about showing love for others!

Why not join us and make a valentine’s card for your partner, mum, dad, grandma, family member, maybe a neighbour.

Put a smile on someone's face - Free - All welcome, friends old and new.

You are invited - Directions

Local Artist? Click here to add your work

 

Next Super Sunday

What is Super Sunday with a breakfast NOT in bed snack chat?

It’s quite simple, we layout a light breakfast, some people bring things to share and we invite local people to share time together, it’s free.
 
There are often people in our park on a Sunday as we meet most Sundays at 10AM to litter pick around our park and area, but Super Sundays are our monthly meet up of locals to chill, chat and snack together. 

How Unity In The Community projects are funded!

  • Locals donated apples - we sell apple juice.
  • Artist have donated digital artwork - We sell a great range of Artist cards @ ParkLife
  • People have donated money - We spend it on everything we cannot get free
  • Companies and organisations have supplied us all sorts - We turn it into healthy meals. 

Community club card 

Some people show their support via a year community club card and get 10% off our menu and special events tickets 

YOUR INVITED

OFF THE WALL 6TH FEB

INVITATION TO A PRIVATE VIEW ON MONDAY 6 FEBRUARY FROM 6 - 8 pm 

Please join us for some time to chat with the artists, enjoy a third of a glass of wine, and a small selection of edible water bugs, green ants and delicious crickets.

DETAILS AND DIRECTIONS  6TH FEB 6 8 PM @ParkLife cafe

A GROUP EXHIBITION OF 5 ARTISTS AND THEIR SELECTED ARTWORKS
 
MARY PELHAM
NADEREH SHANASSI
ROY RODGERS
SUSAN McLAREN
MARTY BERG

OFF THE WALL DETAILS AND DIRECTIONS

YOUR INVITED

Off The Table Bizarre valentine’s special

OFF THE TABLE DETAILS AND DIRECTIONS  11TH FEB 10 - 5 PM @ParkLife cafe

We already have 4 artists booked

YOUR INVITED

Free family crafting fun weekend ParkLife Cafe Harrow

CRAFTING WEEKEND DETAILS AND DIRECTIONS 11th 12th Feb - Free community event your invited!

Why not join us and make a valentine’s card for your partner, mum, dad, grandma, family member, maybe a neighbour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOUR INVITED TO VIEW

Art classes | Blue Ocean Waves Centre | SEN | Parent Feedbacks

Amazing artists doing amazing things

Art classes | Blue Ocean Waves Centre | SEN | Parent Feedbacks - YouTube