Friday 30 November 2012

Hornbeam at Christmas

What's on in December at
The
                                                          HornbeamCafe festive hours
The Hornbeam Cafe will close early on Saturday 22nd December at 3pm; we will be serving soup, cakes & hot drinks (including mince pies and mulled wine).
The cafe's will then be closed right through Christmas & New Year, and will reopen on Sat 5th Jan 2013.
The Hornbeam Centre will be open for meeting room bookings throughout this period.

Festive Hornbeam treats at home...
Want some help with the cooking? The Hornbeam café is offering frozen vegetarian nut roast and mince pies to take home. Order by 17th Dec for pick up 19th - 22nd from the cafe. Nut loaf serves 6 - £15; mince pies 6 for £3.50 – all deliciously handmade!  Ask in the café, email café@hornbeam.org.uk 
 
 or call 020 8558 6880 to order.

Sci-fi, Fantasy & Supernatural Fiction Group  •  Fri 7th   •   7.30 - 10pm
Discussion group for people interested in fantastic fiction... the focus is broad and the discussion tends to be wide ranging. New members welcome, just turn up.
Seasonal Supper Club  •   Sat 8th   •   6.30-10.30pm    3 courses for £14  
The Hornbeam Cafe invites you to a festive feast with delicious healthy tasty food – locally sown, grown, picked and cooked! This time it will be a classic veggie roast with all the trimmings, as well as scrumptious starters and delightful desserts! The supper club is open from 6.30-10.30pm so you can choose your time to book a table (latest 9pm). Advance booking is essential. The café can cater for all special dietary requirements. Click here for more information, including how to book.

Bread & Permaculture with Pilar 
 •  Sun  •   9th 11-5pmIn this workshop we will cover the basics of bread baking and while the bread rises we will look at permaculture principles and ethics and how they can be applied not only to bread baking but to every aspect of our lives. Come and learn to bake the permaculture loaf.
Cost £30. More information & how to book here.

Kids Kitchen  •  Friday 14th  •  10:00 am - 12pm
We all cook a fresh healthy lunch together for our children, while singing songs, playing and washing up, and there is also lovely café food (including cake!) available for us bigger kids too at lunchtime. This month will be a seasonal extravaganza of nut roast and roasted loveliness! Under 5s.  Booking essential, email kids@rebeccatully.co.uk, more information here.

Open Mic night end of year special  •  Friday 14th  •  7.30 - 11pm
Experience a compelling mix of local & talented performers, warmly supportive audience, healthy organic ales, ciders & wines, and mouthwatering snacks. Singers, musicians, poets, comedians and magicians are all welcome to grace our intimate stage. And this is the best venue for first time performers as we are the most friendly and encouraging venue this side of the river. Doors open at 7.30pm for those keen to bag the best seats, and the music kicks off at 8.15 running through to 11pm. There will be free snacks as our way of saying thank you for all your loyal custom.
More info from Andy 07940 260558andythemirror@gmail.com
Open Mic is the 2nd Friday each month.

And don't forget the ....
OrganicLea market stall • Saturday 1st, 8th, 16th, 22nd December   • 10am - 3pm (closed sat 29th Dec / reopening sat 5th Jan)Located right outside the Hornbeam Centre on Saturdays, the market stall sells organic and ultra-local sustainably grown fruit and vegetables, plus homemade bread, jams and preserves from 10am - 3pm. It’s a buzzing space, where buying fresh produce is an enjoyable activity and where information about food can be freely shared.  Healthy Start vouchers can be used to buy fruit and vegetables at the stalls or box scheme.
On 16th & 22nd December the stalls will be stocking all the Christmas fruit & veg trimmings including Chingford Brussel Sprouts, Organiclea hand pressed London Apple Juice and Cider Vinegar, London Wild Food's dried Mushrooms, Hornbeam Mincemeat and Hawkwood Green Tomato Chutney and more...


Elsewhere in December .....

Walthamstow Family Bike Club  •  Sunday 9th  •  1pm - 5pm
A relaxed and sociable ride around open spaces and cafes in 
and around Waltham Forest. Meet 1pm outside the Ancient House Orford Rd/Church Lane junction, E17. Contact Paul 020 8520 0648paul.gasson@gmail.com

Natural Christmas Craft Activities  •   Sat 15th 
  •   10am - 2pm (drop-in)

Christmas crafts from natural materials and outdoor activities. £2 for the activities

Suntrap, Church Road, High Beach, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4AJ
More information Kerry Rolison 020 8508 0611,Suntrap.centre@walthamforest.gov.uk

Christmas Craft Activities for families with a disabled child
  •  Sun 16th  •  10am - 2pm 

Christmas crafts from natural materials and outdoor activities. Booking essential.

Suntrap, Church Road, High Beach, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4AJ

To book contact Kerry Rolison 020 8508 0611Suntrap.centre@walthamforest.gov.uk


Friends of Lloyds Park Festive Singalong  •  Sat 22nd   •  12 noon - 3pm

Come and celebrate the beginning of Christmas with festive mulled wine and singing. Free, meet at the Island, Lloyd Park. Contactfolpe17@gmail.com, or see www.friendsoflloydpark.org.uk



Full events listing here: http://www.hornbeam.org.uk/whats-on 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


New Volunteering OpportunitiesClick on link for more details
  • The Paint Place is growing and over the next year, volunteers are needed to help FRP collect and sort 85 tonnes of reusable paint, and assist the reuse of 40,000 litres of reclaimed paint that would otherwise been thrown away! We have several volunteer roles: Stock room & warehouse assistant, Membership & Events assistant, Volunteer Supporter. The Paint Place has also just started a 12 week Volunteer Work Placement Programme. To find out more about any of these volunteering opportunities contact Poppy at volunteering@frponline.org.uk or phone 020 8539 3856
  • Market stall: A Saturday role arranging and selling produce, liaising with customers, writing price & info sign, recording produce that local producers bring, helping with publicity. Volunteers also receive a discount on produce after their 3hour shift. For more info contact stall@organiclea.org.uk

The Hornbeam Café is open 11am - 4pm Weds to Fri, and 10.30am – 5pm
 Saturday.
Room hire available 7 days a week from £10/hour: more information here

Regular events at the Hornbeam

  • Every Tuesday 7pm – 9pm: Italian Class
  • Every Thursday 2pm to 4pm: Knitting and crafts group
  • Every Saturday 10.00-11.30am: E17 Junior Guitar Club
  • Every 1st Friday of the month 7.30pm: Science Fiction Reading Group
  • Every 2nd Wednesday of the month 8pm: Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign
  • Every 4th Wednesday of the month 7pm: Transition Walthamstow
  • Every last Friday of the month 7.30pm: Book Group

info@hornbeam.org.uk    www.hornbeam.org.uk  

The Hornbeam, 458 Hoe St, London, E17 9AH  020 8558 6880   

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