Author: Friends of Windmill Gardens

Brixton Windmill’s volunteer millers were at Herne Hill Market promoting the windmill and selling Brixton Flour.
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A joint venture with staff and students at Kings College London (KCL) that will help us develop the programme we deliver from the Brixton Windmill Centre.
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In October the Friends organised two gardening workshops as part of our long-term aim to make Windmill Gardens a more welcoming space for local residents.
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Lambeth Landscapes (the Lambeth Council department which runs parks) is reviewing the existing practice of locking its parks, which apparently costs £82,000 a year in overtime.
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Park volunteer "As well as meeting loads of people and feeling useful to my community, I have improved myself by taking advantage of training opportunities offered by FoWG. It gave me additional transferable skills useful both for the windmill and for myself in other capacities. I have learned a lot about the place I live and made friends who have become very close."
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Alys Bannister reports on _Rising Up: Exploring Real Bread and its Social Importance, the fourth annual Brixton Windmill lecture.
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Volunteer guide and communications co-ordinator "It’s made me feel more rooted in the community – I’ve met and worked with a lot of local people, and it’s great to feel that we can make a difference by working together."
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Do you shop online at Amazon? If so, you can support the Friends without any extra cost to you!
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Penny Steele does some digging on historical artefacts found around Brixton Windmill.
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As part of the Mayor of London’s National Park City Festival that took place from 20 to 28 July, the Friends of Windmill Gardens offered four free tai chi sessions in the park.
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