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July 2015 | issue 17 Meet the school dinners revolutionary How to make summer berry ice lollies Thai food at Climpson’s Arch
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Welcome to July’s edition of E9 Magazine. The holidays are almost upon us and for many of us that means scratching our heads wondering what on earth to do with the kids during the summer break. Well, we’re here to help. Whether it’s making ice lollies out of fruit you’ve grown in the garden (p27), trying out some kids’ rugby in the park (p7), or calling on the help of children’s entertainer Cat Bellamy (see our Q&A on p5), you’ll find something to do in these pages.
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Q&A: kids’ entertainer, Cat Bellamy
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Rugby for children
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Meet a school dinners revolutionary
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What’s on in July
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What to do with the kids
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Noticeboard
We’re so lucky to live in one of the UK’s most vibrant areas and that means we have a huge choice of activities. Whether you’re 8 months, 8 or 80, there’s something for everyone and much of it is free.
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Picture perfect style
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July calendar
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What’s on in July
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Fitness: F is for...
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How to beat stress
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Holiday health essentials
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Legal Eagle
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In the garden: summer fruit lollies
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Recipe: cod and green coconut curry
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Hackney bites: Climpson’s Arch
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My Hackney
Top: Cat in costume. Bottom from left: Cat’s partner Nicko, master clown Philippe Gaulier, Cat. 4 E9 magazine JULY 2015
My Hackney Q&A: Cat Bellamy, actress, clown and director of Once Upon a Parachute, the childrens’ entertainment company, talks to Christine Preisig
Cat Bellamy was a shy and reserved child and there wasn’t much that hinted at a career as a professional performer later in her life. But she’s always been a close observer and remembers the various visitors who came to stay at her mum’s B&B in Herefordshire. She noticed their accents, gestures and exotic mannerisms and took it all in. It wasn’t until high school, though, that she dared to act out all these fascinating impressions. It quickly became clear that she was going to be a performer and she went on to study at Guilford School of Acting. After graduation Cat moved to London to pursue her career as an actress. She landed many roles for TV and West End productions, but to keep her head above water during difficult times she started working for a kids’ entertainment company. She enjoyed it so much that a few years later, in 2008, she founded her own children’s entertainment business Once Upon a Parachute. The company specialises in kids’ parties of all kinds. Over time, her party performances became more and more clowny and Cat felt that she wanted to explore that discipline further, so she followed her heart and went to Paris to study clowning with the famous French clown master, Philippe Gaulier. The year she spent at the clown school was life transforming, says Cat. Not only did she meet her partner Nicko Bendall there (an Australian who now
lives and clowns around Hackney with her) and become part of a wonderful network of performers from all over the world, but she also lost her fear of failing. As an actress, this was a huge achievement, she says, and ever since, her auditions have been freer and more successful. Cat’s delighted to have just been cast for an exciting new comedy show for CBeebies. It’s called Spot Bots and her co-star is Ben Faulks (aka Mr Bloom in Mr Bloom’s Nursery). In addition, Cat and Nicko have created their first children’s show for the Edinburgh Festival. It’s called Defrosted and is a clowny take on Disney’s success story Frozen. People in Hackney will be the first to get to see the show – and it’s free. You can catch it on Sunday, 26 July at 10.30am at The Russet, Hackney Downs Studios in E8.
What drew you to Hackney? I just came out of drama school and, like most of my friends, moved to London to find work. After a few months in Clapham a friend of mine told me about a free room in a shared house in Hackney. I came to take a look. It was such a lovely house, full of people who were perfomers like me. I have never known anything like that. It had a garden, a fireplace and my room was a proper double bedroom. On top of that it was also very cheap. I couldn’t believe the girl who lived in that room before wanted to leave such an amazing place. Does the area influence your work? Hackney influences me in the sense that it gives me space to breathe. I can go to Victoria Park, sit at the Pavilion, look at the ducks and come up with ideas. I need that to work. And actually, the people around here have been so kind. We are given free rehearsal spaces – The Star at Hackney Downs, The Russet, The Royal Inn on the Park – they all have been very helpful in that regard. People here are just generally very supportive of artists. Continued overleaf... E9 magazine JULY 2015 5
My Hackney What makes you most proud? I love my job. I am proud to do something that I love and get paid for. I’m also proud to make all these children have a wonderful time.
Hackney’s best-kept secret? The Russet in Hackney Downs. It’s such a great place. It has a play area for children, music, cabaret and exhibitions.
What are you working on? Filming for the new CBeebies show Spot Bots starts in July. I’ll be very busy with that. And also with my own show Defrosted. We’re testing out the show before travelling up to Edinburgh. Depending on how well it’s received, we’ll be playing it again in London and, hopefully, other parts of the country in September.
If Hackney were human? Dot Cotton’s and Bob Marley’s love child.
Best coffee in these parts? Well, there are a few… it’s a good area for coffee. I like The Russet and Dreyfus up in Lower Clapton. It’s very good there and its owners are lovely, too.
Hackney in a word? Wonderful.
You can see Defrosted on Sunday, 26 July at The Russet, Hackney Downs Studios 17 Amhurst Terrace, E8 2BT. Show starts at 10.30. FREE entry.
Is there anything you would change? Lots of things… the world, everything.... I just wished people would relax a bit more. What is life if you can’t take time to be with friends and family and appreciate the moment?
Photo by Jason Read
Where do you eat out? Namô the Vietnamese. I love that place! . What do you do at the weekend? I do lots of children’s parties – usually four every weekend. It’s full on. We are very busy right now, thank goodness… but if I have some spare time I like going to the Picturehouse to see a film or to the park.
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An “outstanding” independent school for children aged 3 to 11.
Sewardstone Road, Victoria Park, London E2 9JG. www.gatehouseschool.co.uk 020 8980 2978 6 E9 magazine JULY 2015
Try Time Kids’ Rugby are hiring Advertorial Venues are owned by Try Time Kids’ Rugby licence-holders. They’re typically based in local parks or commons, and are run by experienced, trained coaches. Our Victoria Park venue is near the Pavilion, opposite the V&A building. This is currently being run by Tendai Horton who has coached for many years at all levels. Sadly, Tendai is moving away from the area and we’re looking for someone to take over this great location. This is an exciting opportunity to run an established and profitable business that can be run alongside any other Monday-to-Friday job, as Tendai has been doing for the past two years.
Do you have what it takes to teach rugby to young children?
We will provide full support and training and Tendai will be on hand to help with the handover process. Interested? We’d love to hear from you. To find out more just call or email us. Contact details below.
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ry Time Kids’ Rugby was set up to bring outdoor rugby-based play sessions to children aged two to seven years – providing variation to the normal kids’ sports available in local areas. One of our venues is based in beautiful Victoria Park and we’re searching for the right person to run it. A lot of parents, when they hear “rugby” expect tackling and rough stuff. Our play sessions are absolutely not about this. We take all the best parts of rugby (hand-eye and foot-eye coordination, agility, teamwork, discipline) and put them into games and activities that will move them forward physically and mentally… while, most importantly, having loads of fun. We have over 100 rugby-based games and activities that increase kids’ enjoyment of sport as well as develop them physically. We know what keeps kids entertained and enthused, and we believe passionately that our rugby play sessions for girls and boys give them the attributes they need to go on and play the next level of rugby – or indeed any sport they go on to do.
Join us on Saturdays • Rascals (2-3.5yrs) 10am-11am • Scoundrels (3.5-5yrs) 11.15am-12.15pm • Scrummers (5-7yrs) 11.15am-12.15pm Prices: £10 a session, bookings by the term. E9 Offer: A free trial plus 10% discount on any booked term when you quote E9 Magazine. This booking must be done through the office and not the website. www.trytimekidsrugby.com sales@trytimekidsrugby.com 01252 794150
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Food heroes
Nicole Pisani in the kitchen at Gayhurst Community School, E8 8 E9 magazine JULY 2015
Food heroes
School dinners? Not as we know them. Rhowena MacCuish meets a canteen revolutionary
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n January this year Nicole Pisani gave up working round the clock as head chef at Nopi, a top London restaurant, to go and cook for the kids at Gayhurst Community School in London Fields. She had responded to a tweet by Henry Dimbleby, co-founder of the Leon restaurant chain, asking if there was anyone interested in filling the chef vacancy at his children’s school. As founder of the School Food Plan, a scheme to improve the quality of school dinners, he was excited to hear that Nicole was interested. She applied, cooked a trial meal for the whole school and got the job. As you can guess, Nicole is no ordinary dinner lady. She doesn’t serve up bland processed freezer-to-fryer food, but is passionate about making food a focal point for kids. Her mission to ensure that they’re getting at least one nutritional and tasty meal a day has been a challenge, but Gayhurst headteacher Louise Nichols has been a pillar of inspiration and support. When she first arrived, Nicole found that none of the cooks had any pride in what they were doing, nor did they have any interaction with the children, other than to serve up the food. Four months on I went to speak to Nicole to see how she was getting on. The school kitchen has been revolutionised. There is now a team of people who believe in what they are doing, have learnt new skills, and who communicate and work together as a unit. The food these days is made from scratch with fresh ingredients. Even the tomato sauce is freshly made. While they’re not serving up restaurant food, there have been a few
exotic items added to the menu such as seaweed frittata. I got to taste some while I was there and it was absolutely delicious. Nicole has been able to achieve simple things like getting the skin on chicken to be crispy for every student, and keeping fresh vegetables al dente for the entire service. Simple if you’re cooking a daily meal for four maybe, but for a whole school? I imagine that’s not so easy, but she’s done it. Nicole would ultimately like to see all of the school children taking school dinners together. Currently, those with packed lunches eat in a different area to those eating school dinners. “Sharing food makes the connection; eating is a time for being together and is fundamental for me and that’s what I want to share,” she says. The kids are now wasting less food, something that until now had gone unmeasured, and that’s a sure sign that they’re enjoying the new menu. Budget is always a big concern, of course, but Nicole explains that buying fresh ingredients actually costs less than buying pre-made packaged food. It may cost a little more in man hours to chop and prepare the fresh food, but this provides extra work and wages for the staff who want it, while not costing the school any more because of the savings they make on the food bill. For Nicole, food education is essential. “Teaching them where food comes from and how it grows is just as important as eating good food,” she says. She believes that kids will get excited by food and try new things. For example, she’s introducing edamame beans and has worked with Louise to get someone to come and give them a talk about the bean so that the kids understand what it is. She’s also interested in running cookery classes to teach them how to make bread and other traditional skills that have been lost to many of us. It’s an exciting prospect to have someone like Nicole working in our schools and fingers are crossed that the idea will spread and revolutionise school dinners for ever. To find out more about the School Food Plan, go to: www.schoolfoodplan.com E9 magazine JULY 2015 9
What’s on in July Vinyasa flow
Mon
Mondays, 6.45pm-7.45pm. Yoga classes at Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9. Limited spaces. missbocheva@gmail.com
Gentle Hatha
Mondays. Gentle yoga from 8pm-9pm. Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9. Limited spaces. missbocheva@gmail.com
Art and craft
Mondays, 1pm-3pm. Be artistic in a supportive group and learn to draw or create interesting craft items. Materials supplied. Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9. Free.
Storytime for under 5s.
Tue
Tuesdays, 10am-11.30am. 14, 21 July. Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9. Free.
Mind full or mindful?
Tuesdays. Mindfulness for daily life with Karen, 7pm-9pm. Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9. Costs: £12/£8 concessions. karen@greenspacecoaching.com
Pop in for tea
Wed
Wednesdays.10.30am-noon. Pop-up tea stop at Prideaux House. Everyone welcome. 10 Church Crescent, E9.
Vinyasa flow
Wednesdays, 8pm-9pm Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Nadia at Chisenhale Dance Space, 64-84 Chisenhale Road, London E3. £10. Email missbocheva@gmail.com for more details.
Get knitted
Thu
Thursdays. 1pm-3pm. Knitting and natter for beginners and experts at Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9. Free.
Computer classes
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Fridays. 2pm-4pm. Computer skills club at Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9. Free.
Kitchen gardening
Sat
Saturdays.10am-1pm. Victoria Park Kitchen Garden needs you! Join the gardening fun. Outdoor Classroom, St Agnes Gate. Free.
Celebration concert
Wednesday, 1 July, 6pm-8pm. Featuring talented musicians from the borough of Tower Hamlets, together with the Tower Hamlets Youth Orchestra. Guitars, strings and woodwind instruments. York Hall, Old Ford Road, E2. Free.
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Electric Bloom
Thursday, 2 July. Hackney artists and residents explore the tropical and exotic gardens of Hackney 200 years ago, then after dark tour. Sutton House, E9. More info 0208 986 2264, gemma.bending@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Three4
Thursday, 2 July, St John of Jerusalem church. Tea, cakes and prosecco for the grown-ups at 4pm and wine and bar snacks for the 7:30pm show. Children welcome. The music will be virtuosic and amazing. St John of Jerusalem Church, Lauriston Road, E9. Free.
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Twelfth Night
Thursday 2, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 July, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Twelfth Night by Shoreditch’s resident Shakespeare group, the Malachites Theatre Company, in the Geffrye Museum’s front gardens. Bring a blanket and picnic; food and drink will also be on sale. To book call 0871 220 0260 or go to www.themalachites.co.uk. Tickets £12 / £10 concessions 2-4 July
Musica Magica
Friday, 3 July. The Scandinavian Sorcery Session, feauring Spacelex and Mond Musik. To start things off they’ll be running a back-to-back listening session outside of the usual dancefloor sounds for the first hour and beyond. www.theyardtheatre.co.uk
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WHAT TO DO Capoeira
Brazilian martial art. Wednesdays, 5pm-6pm (511- year-olds). New Kingshold Community Centre, 49 Ainsworth Road, E9.
700-year-old St John at Hackney church, the theatre hosts monthly performances for kids and their families. Check out www.facebook.com/ hackneychildrenstheatre
Baby yoga
Children’s Centres
For babies from 6 weeks to one year. A babyfocused class using a mix of massage, classical yoga postures, stretches and balances adapted exactly to their stage of growth. Accompanied by well-known songs and rhymes to make the exercises fun and interactive. Fridays at The Royal Inn on the Park, Lauriston Road E9.10.45am11.45am. £6.50 per class. Contact Karen for more details: first-touchmassage@hotmail.co.uk or call 07902 227669.
Kids Fitness
Fitness for young’uns, Thursdays, 7pm-8pm (5-11 year-olds). New Kingshold Community Centre, 49 Ainsworth Road, E9.
Art
Artist Katherine Tulloh runs an art club for children in her home ─ or at nearby Well Street Common if the weather is fine. Classes take place after school in term time only. Sessions for 5-7-yearolds on Wednesdays 4pm-5pm, and for 8-11-yearolds, on Mondays, 4pm-5.30pm. Call Katherine on 07909 961 877 or email her at katherine@ herechickychicky.com
Cycling
Cycling Club Hackney runs Saturday morning coaching sessions for their 8-13-year-old members.There’s also a group for 13+ development riders. Meet 10am at the club HQ, 6 Olympus Square, Nightingale Estate, E5. £2.
Theatre
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The three in E9 are Wentworth on Cassland Road (www.wentworth.hackney.sch.uk), Gainsborough on Berkshire Road (www.gainsborough.hackney. sch.uk/childrens-centre), and Morningside on Chatham Place (www.morningside.hackney.sch. uk/childrens-centre), but there are many others nearby. All of them run drop-in play sessions, and a range of activities and support for families.
Kicking
Monday afternoon kickboxing for 3-5 and 6-11-year-olds at the Hackney Forge. Call Maria for details on 07872 188 655.
Tennis
Junior tennis at Victoria Park. Book at www. towerhamletstennis.org.uk/#/junior-holidaycamps/4564997985 Hackney City Tennis Clubs organise various tennis classes in Hackney, including in London Fields, Haggerston park and Hackney Downs. Info at www.hackneytennis.co.uk
Farms
At city farms (in South Hackney, or further afield in Stepney, Spitalfields and Mudchute) you can introduce your kids to the pongs and pleasures of real farm animals. Stepney City Farm has a great café, as well as a farmers’ market every Saturday from 10am-3pm. www.stepneycityfarm.org, www.hackneycityfarm.co.uk, www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org, www.mudchute.org
Singing
Angel Voices, tunes for toddlers. Tuesdays, 9.45am-11am in term-time at St. Michael’s and All Angels in London Fields (Landsdown Drive).
WITH THE KIDS No charge, but donations welcome. If interested, contact Connie on 07830 349362.
Acting
Try Hackney Forge on a Wednesday morning. Cbeebies actress Samantha Seager runs acting classes for little tots. For more details and class times, go to www.actingbugs.co.uk
Dancing
There’s ballet for children at the Hackney Forge on Tuesdays from 4pm-4.45pm and 5pm-5.45pm. Call Mafalda on 07550 722 693 for details. Also at the Hackney Forge you’ll find Saturday Street Dance and Musical Theatre classes. 12 noon-1pm, 1.15pm-2.15pm and 2.30-3.30pm Call Lisa on 07985 945 335 for details. Street Dance: Tuesdays 4pm-5pm (5-11 yearolds), Fridays 6pm-8pm (11-19 year-olds). New Kingshold Community Centre, 49 Ainsworth Road, London, E9.
Music
Piccolo music for babies and toddlers runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the V&A building in Victoria Park. The toddler class is at 10am and the baby class at 11am ─ just drop in. For more info call Stefanie on 07708 451 314.
free, drop-in and suitable for children aged 3-12 years unless otherwise stated. Sutton House is not only beautiful but fun for the kids, too. Explore the family-friendly treasure chests and discover the lives of the people who lived there through puppets and costumes. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-house/
Adventure
Homerton Adventure Playground. Kids can run around, climb, jump, roll, balance, scream, play with mud and water, make things, destroy things, dress up, read, be quiet. All the playworkers are trained professionals whose role is to support the children in their play. Opening times: AprilOctober, term-time: Tuesday to Friday, 3.30pm7pm and Saturday 12noon-5pm. School holidays: Monday to Friday, 10.30am-5.30pm – except bank holidays. Entrances in Brooksby’s Walk/ Chatsworth Road or Wardle Street, E9.
Swimming
London Fields Lido offer swimming lessons and they’ve started offering stages 3-8 swimming classes again. Go to www.betterlessons.org.uk for details and booking.
Karate
Suzuki Hub runs music lessons for kids (violin, viola, cello, flute). Suzuki Hub, 116 Weymouth Terrace, E2 8LR. www.suzukihub.com
Old School Karate for kids with Sensei Joost Frehé. Class options Monday-Thurs and Saturday at London Fields Fitness Studio, E8. Build confidence and learn self-defence skills. Details: www.legendskarate.com/childrens-karate/
Museums
Cinema
Small stories: Until 6 September at The Museum of Childhood. This exhibition reveals the fascinating stories behind some of the UK’s best-loved dolls’ houses, taking you on a journey through the history of the home, everyday lives and changing family relationships. Also, free drop-in activities every day including arts and crafts, tours, trails and storytelling. All activities are
Every Saturday morning the Hackney Picturehouse hosts a family-only matinee of a specially chosen children’s film, plus fun activities. Kids’ Club is for children aged 3-12 years. Membership is £4 a year, including the first visit free. Tickets for members and accompanying adults are £1.50 each. www.picturehouses.co.uk/ cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse E9 magazine JULY 2015 15
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Congratulations to Hannah Brine who has won the BBC Music Day Unsung Hero award. Hannah is founder and head of the 100-member strong Victoria Park Singers. She is one of the five proud recipients of the award, which recognises the choir’s work in the local community. Since its birth in 2013, over £8,000 has been raised for charity. Jane Marlow, the choir member who nominated Hannah, says “her talent as a singer and a teacher has inspired a bunch of disparate strangers united by a love of singing to become a joyful, bonded, accomplished community choir”. “I’m deeply flattered,” says Hannah. “We have so many skills and talents between us; the choir is a real group effort resulting in something very special. Wednesday nights are great fun and we are all really proud the choir is receiving this attention.” Victoria Park Singers meet from 7pm8.45pm on Wednesdays at The Royal Inn on the Park, 111 Lauriston Road, London E9. www.victoriaparksingers.co.uk
Footie for the ladies
If you know anyone who’s interested in some free football coaching with Hackney Wick FC, get in touch via the website below, or just turn up. Next session is Wednesday, 10 July, 7pm, in Victoria Park near Cadogan Gate. Just bring training gear and some water. You’re also invited to Hackney Wick FC Men’s first ever match on Thursday, 11 July in Mabley Green, Lee Conservancy Road, E9. Time to be confirmed (check the website) but everyone is welcome, so tell your friends, neighbours, family, colleagues and support your local team. www.hackneywickfc.com Extra hour half an ’s b for E oating read 9 Mag er show s if you this ad
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Picture perfect
Picture frames do more than just enhance your artwork, say Anna Tjan and Mauro Saccardo at Oaksmith Studio
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here’s no right or wrong when decorating with frames, but well thought-out decisions will ensure your home looks balanced, interesting and personal. First, clarify whether a framed piece of art is the starting point of a new home decoration project or whether it’s to fit into an existing space that has sofa, rug or painted walls in place already. Colour is vital when decorating so think about how a matched lick of wall paint or soft furnishings could create a visual link between the various elements in the room, including artwork and frame. This will achieve a cohesive-looking interior. Think about size and scale. Is your framed artwork to be hung in a large, airy living room where it can fill out an entire wall and be a true focal point? Or will it be hung in a smaller bedroom or even a nook in the hallway? Do you want it to dominate the space or is it to add detail in smaller ways?
The scale of a frame can create or throw off the balance in a room, so spend some time imagining how it might look in its designated spot. A frame can be used to make a piece of art look bigger and more substantial than it is. At the same time it can be made almost to disappear, too. It can also help a traditional painting or etching look very “now” and cutting edge, just as a contemporary photograph or screenprint can be framed to suit a Victorian-style interior. For expert advice visit Oaksmith Studio for a free consultation. Bring along your artwork and some mobile shots of your interior if you want some tips. Readers of E9 Magazine will receive a 10% discount on their first framing job on presentation of this article. www.oaksmithstudio.co.uk. E9 magazine JULY 2015 17
July calendar Monday
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14-29 July, various dates. Look out for Jerwood First Drafts at The Yard Theatre and see new theatre being made. Just £3.
General events Outdoor events
Pop-up tea stop (p10)
Electric Bloom, House (p10)
Kitchen gardening, Vicky Park, 3-7pm, St Agnes Gate Knitting (p10) Vinyasa flow yoga (p10)
Three4 in conc Twelfth Night
www.theyardtheatre.co.uk
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8 Pop-up tea stop (p10)
Vinyasa flow yoga (p10) Arts & crafts (p10)
Mindfulness with Karen Liebenguth (p10)
Kitchen gardening, Vicky Park, 3-7pm, St Agnes Gate Vinyasa flow yoga (p10)
Hatha yoga (p10)
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Knitting (p10)
15 Concert for Nepal (p20)
Vinyasa flow yoga (p10)
Storytime, under 5s (p10)
Arts & crafts (p10) Hatha yoga (p10)
Kitchen gardening, Vicky Knitting (p10) Park, 3-7pm, St Agnes Gate
Mindfulness with Karen Liebenguth (p10)
20 Vinyasa flow yoga (p10)
Vinyasa flow yoga (p10)
21 Storytime, under 5s (p10)
Arts & crafts (p10) Hatha yoga (p10) Till 21 August: summer art camp (p23)
Coffee morning (p20)
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Pop-up tea stop (p10) Kitchen gardening, Vicky Park, 3-7pm, St Agnes Gate
Mindfulness with Karen Liebenguth (p10)
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Pop-up tea stop (p10)
Vinyasa flow yoga (p10)
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Knitting (p10)
29 Pop-up tea stop (p10)
Vinyasa flow yoga (p10) Arts & crafts (p10)
Mindfulness with Karen Liebenguth (p10)
Hatha yoga (p10)
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Kitchen gardening, Vicky Knitting (p10) Park, 3-7pm, St Agnes Gate Vinyasa flow yoga (p10)
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3 Musica Magica (p10)
4 Free live jazz at The Yard www.theyardtheatre.co.uk
Computer classes (p10)
Bird Barmy Army (p20)
Twelfth Night (p10)
cert (p10)
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Twelfth Night (p10)
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11 Free live jazz at The Yard www.theyardtheatre.co.uk Kitchen gardening (p10)
Computer classes (p10)
Souvlaki pop-up at Isle of Olive, Ada St, E8, 12-7pm
12 Big Gig: Hackney Wick FC and Victoria Park Singers join forces (p20) Summer Knees-up (p20)
Hackney Wick FC first match (p20)
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18 Free live jazz at The Yard www.theyardtheatre.co.uk
Computer classes (p10)
Kitchen gardening (p10)
LoveBox (p20)
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LoveBox (p20) Meadow safari (p20)
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Computer classes (p10)
26 Defrosted (p20) Music Hall Mayhem (p20)
Butterfly walk (p20) Free family fun day (p20)
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What’s on in July Bird Barmy Army
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Saturday, 4 July, 10am-12.30pm. Discover what feathered friends are living in Vicky Park. No need to book, meet at the V&A building.
A walk in the park
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Sunday, 5 July, 1.30pm-3.30pm. A meander around Victoria Park to check out the trees. Book: joelle. copeland@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Concert for Nepal
Wednesday, 15 July, 8pm. Victoria Park Singers perform at Regent Hall, Oxford Street. Raising money for Oxfam Nepal appeal, Doula UK. www.victoriaparksingers.co.uk
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LoveBox 17,18 July
The first match
Saturday, 11 July. Come along to watch Hackney Wick FC’s first ever matches for the public at Mabley Green, Lee Conservancy Road, E9. Both the men’s and the women’s teams will be playing. www.hackneywickfc.com
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Homes of the homeless
Friday and Saturday, 17 and 18 July. The party returns to Victoria Park with Snoop Dogg and Rudimental headlining.
Meadow safari
Saturday, 18 July, 1.30pm-3.30pm. An afternoon in the meadows to discover all kinds of creepy crawlies, wild flowers, butterflies. Book at: joelle.copeland@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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Butterfly walk
Seeking Shelter in Victorian Until 12 London. Exhibition explores July the places the poor inhabited and brings them to life through paintings, photographs, personal stories and reports. www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
Saturday, 25 July, 10.30am12.30pm. Learn about the lifecycles of butterflies and have a go at catching and identifying some. To book: joelle.copeland@towerhamlets.gov.uk
The Big Gig
Saturday 25 July, 2pm-5pm. BBQ, bouncy castle, face painting, fire engine, displays, stalls & crafts. St Luke’s Church, Homerton Terrace, E9. 020 8985 2263 for info.
Sunday, 12 July. 4.50pm. Hackney Wick FC collaborates with Victoria 12 Park Singers for an epic event. Skills will be exchanged as HWFC provide the singers with football training, and the singers coach the footballers to sing and perform with them in concert. Victoria Park West Side, E9. www.victoriaparksingers.co.uk
Summer knees-up
Sunday, 12 July, 11am-4pm. St Joseph’s Hospice Summer Knees-up. Family fun day with Pandemonium Drummers, local crafts, vintage tea party, family games and entertainment, refreshments and much more. Well Street Common, E9.
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Coffee morning
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Wednesday, 15 July, 10.30-noon. Victoria Park Community Centre, 5 Gore Road, E9. All Welcome
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Free family fun day
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Defrosted
Sunday, 26 July, 10.30am Kids’ entertainers Once upon a 26 Parachute perform Defrosted, a clowny take on Disney’s Frozen. Be the first to see the show before it moves up to the Edinburgh Festival. The Russet, Hackney Downs Studios, 17 Amhurst Terrace, E8 2BT. Free.
Music Hall Mayhem
Sunday, 26 July. Create a special East End music hall performance. Sing along, dress up, dance and star in your very own East End poster in the photo booth. Sutton House, E9. Information: Gemma Bending, 0208 986 2264, gemma.bending@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Fitness – F is for... Writers as diverse as Dr Phil Maffetone, a US researcher and sports coach, and Rose Elliot, the British vegetarian cookery writer, make the argument that carbs are making us fat. The explanation goes that when we eat carbs our body digests them to form glucose, which then circulates in our blood. However, the amount we get in some foods, such as sugar, pasta, cakes and biscuits, is far in excess of our short-term needs. This could cause us health problems, so the body releases the hormone insulin, which causes the excess glucose to be removed from the blood and be stored as glycogen – or fat.
Roger Love, personal trainer and co-owner of London Fields Fitness Studio, continues our A-Z of fitness with... F
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Food and why we get fat We all know why we get fat, don’t we? We eat too much and we don’t move enough. It’s a simple case of calories in and calories out, isn’t it? Except, maybe it’s not – there is wealth of evidence that food and its effect on our bodies is far more complicated. We do know that, for all its fantastic benefits, exercise is not enough for most people to lose all the weight they want or need to, and there is increasing belief that some foods – and yes, we are talking about you, carbohydrates – are more likely to be stored as fats.
If we continue to eat too many concentrated carbs, we may become “insulin-resistant”, starting a cycle of more and more insulin and storage of fat. If we, so the argument continues, reduce our reliance on carbs and eat “adequate” amounts of protein and good fats, our body will start to burn fat for energy. A two-week cleansing of carbs is often recommended to kick-start the body into burning fat – tapping a great source of energy. The jury is out on the truth – and there are other dietary factors to be considered in our eating patterns, such as the need to reduce the acidity of Western diets – but it is probably the most important debate we as individuals and as a society face. If you would like to read more about the subject, an interesting place to start is the book Natural Born Heroes, by Christopher McDougall. It draws together tales of ancient Greece, daring wartime missions in Crete and a secret society of female parkour runners in London to discuss what we should be eating.
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Page header Stressbuster Advertorial
Stop and come back to your senses This may mean you need to stop what you are doing and do something else. Stop working on your computer, stop getting up at night when you lie in bed feeling anxious. Pause, bring your attention to your breath, to your body, notice your feet on the ground, legs and belly and take a few deeper breaths. This is an immediate antidote to anxiety and tension.
Do less, be more, allow more me time
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tress has the potential to define us – how we live, feel and manage our days. When we spend most of our life in a state of stress, with adrenaline pumping around our bodies most of the time, our hormone balance becomes disrupted and cannot return to its normal state, even when our stress level drops, say, at the weekend. To find relief, we often make matters worse by reaching for the next cup of coffee, glass of wine, chocolate or comfort food, which increases our blood sugar and leaves us feeling permanently tired, bad tempered, depressed or restless – we may suffer from insomnia, too. There are many things we can do to help us relax and to calm down; to live a more balanced life.
Be alert to the signs of stress Look for symptoms in your body, such as tensing in your belly and shoulders, increased heart beat, frustration, irritability, compulsive thinking.
Catch it early Stress reactions can speed up and fire off very quickly. 22 E9 magazine JULY 2015
Block out some time for you. Turn down the odd invite for a drink after work and have a few more evenings at home to rest and relax, to eat well, to connect and catch up with close friends and family.
Get enough sleep The body can recover and recharge quicker than we think. An early night or occasional naps can help us regain perspective, become more focused and productive.
More fresh air and time in green spaces Have lunch in the park, try to incorporate a short walk into your lunch break or walk part of your way to work. Make more use of Victoria Park or plan a hike in the countryside one weekend.
Eat and drink healthily Remember, less is more. Often we enjoy the first coffee, the first glass of wine most, and often regret the second or third.
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Page header Wellbeing Advertorial
Travel light but don’t forget the essentials, including a holiday homeopathy kit, says Tracy Karkut-Law
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our health is as important on holiday as at any time, if not more so, but if you look at the holiday health section in a pharmacy, it can seem pretty overwhelming – there are so many products to buy.
1. Buy a natural mosquito repellant spray that you can buy from a health food store.
Whether you travel by public transport – train or plane – or travel by car, it’s always better when you can travel light.
3. Avoid sweet or floral shower gels, shampoos or body lotions, for the same reason.
Here are my holiday essentials
If you find that long distance travel upsets your sleep patterns, you might like to try homeopathic jet lag formula as it helps with the stress both during and after the flight, plus it helps restore restful sleep.
1. A small homeopathy remedy kit is useful for so many things. Bumps and bruises, the effects of too much sun, bites and stings, or even the occasional funny tummy. My favourite one is Ainsworths Essential 42 Remedy Kit. 2. A few plasters. 3. A strip of paracetamol. 4. A natural antiseptic cream such as Calendula.
2. Avoid eating bananas for a few weeks before you travel (the scent attracts mosquitoes).
Jet lag
If you are looking for advice on homeopathic remedies for travel and holidays, get in touch. I’d love to help.
5. A small needle (handy for small stings or splinters).
Tracy Karkut-Law MARH LCHE homeopathywithtracy.com tracy@homeopathywithtracy.co.uk
These items don’t take up much space and provide a basic first aid kit.
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Preventing Stings and Bites
The Well Garden, Amhurst Terrace, Hackney Downs, E8. 020 3095 9735
This is well worth planning for, especially if you are sensitive to them. 24 E9 magazine JULY 2015
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The Legal Eagle The Registrar will also give you a separate certificate for you to give to the funeral director. This certificate allows the cremation or burial to take place. In addition, you’ll be given a form to send to the Department for Works and Pensions so that the deceased’s pensions and benefits can be dealt with. The information you’ll need to take to the registrar of deaths is full name, maiden name (if female), occupation, marital status and spouse’s name.
Our legal expert, Sangeeta Moore, discusses what to do when someone close to you dies
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he death of a family member or close relative is a painful and personal experience, and one that most of us will have to deal with at least once in our lifetime. It’s also something that impacts upon us in many ways, not just emotionally and psychologically, but financially, too. Irrespective of how affected we are, there are things that we have to do following a death. The first thing you need to do is to obtain a medical death certificate from a hospital doctor or GP. This confirms the date, time and cause of death. You’ll need to use this medical certificate to register the death at the Register Office within the first five days of the death. Upon registration you’ll be given a death certificate. It’s sensible for you to obtain several copies as you’ll need to give a copy to the various organisations and financial institutions when dealing with the deceased’s affairs. 26 E9 magazine JULY 2015
The next step is for you to make arrangements for the funeral. You can make these by yourself, or you can use the services of a funeral director. Funeral costs vary so it’s worth contacting more than one funeral director. Expenses such as crematorium or cemetery fees, the local authority burial or cremation fees and the costs for placing an announcement of the death in a newspaper have to be met outright. If you’re using the services of a funeral director, you’ll need to factor in their fee for arranging the funeral. If you’re arranging the funeral you’ll be responsible for paying the funeral bill. It’s important that you find out where the money will come from to cover these costs. Maybe the deceased had a pre-paid funeral plan, in which case the whole cost of the funeral will be covered. Where there is no such arrangement, the cost is usually paid from any monies the deceased had, such as their frozen bank accounts, or any insurance policy they had which provided cover for funeral costs. In the event there is no such arrangement, you may have to borrow the money to pay these costs until the deceased’s estate is sorted out. If you are dealing with the death of a loved one and need advice on the best way to proceed at such an emotional time, please get in touch. Next month: the appointment of guardians.
Sangeeta Moore is a solicitor at The Law House. Call 020 8899 6620 or 07825 838 922 or email smoore@thelawhouse.com Home visits at no extra charge.
In the garden
How to make summer garden ice lollies This is a great way to use some of the produce you’ve grown in the garden this month. writes Loraine Hourdebaigt. You may have some raspberries and strawberries, but don’t be scared to improvise depending on your harvest. All berries are great, and make really good looking ices. All you need is some ice lolly moulds, apple juice, honey and berries. You could also make Pimm’s ice lollies (definitely not for the kids!).
To make four lollies, fill two of the moulds with good quality apple juice. Empty the juice from the moulds into a little dish and mix it with two tablespoons of honey.
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Pour the honey and juice mixture into the moulds, and freeze overnight.
To take the lollies out of the moulds, simply pour cold water over them. Now go out in the sun and enjoy!
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What to eat
Illustrations by Rachel Gale. See more of her work at www.rachelgale.com
Simon Koo, executive chef at The Royal Inn on the Park, shares a dish of roast cod with green coconut curry and buttered basmati rice
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t the Royal Inn on the Park we have a singleminded approach to our food. Our daily changing menu is focused on the tastes, textures and colours of the seasons, as well as the provenance of our ingredients. Not only can you expect the familiar gastropub classics but also dishes that draw inspiration from around the globe, and which showcase the ingredients in the best possible light. 28 E9 magazine JULY 2015
This dish, inspired by my time travelling and eating my way around South East Asia, is the perfect thing for summer nights, enjoyed with a crisp glass of Picpoul. The subtle spicing and a gentle heat showcase the cod’s delicate flavour, and the fragrance from the lime leaf and coriander add a summery floral note.
What to eat Roast cod with green coconut curry and basmati rice – serves 4 people The Curry 1kg cod fillet (skin on) 1 small tin of coconut milk 1 teaspoon mustard seeds 2 cardamon pods. 2 sticks lemongrass 150g ginger 150g garlic 2 teaspoons turmeric powder 2 teaspoons garam masala 2 teaspoons coriander seeds 6 red chillis 6 kaffir lime leaves A good splash of fish sauce A good splash of soy sauce 1 teaspoon palm sugar 1 shallot 2 courgettes, thickly sliced A handful of green beans 4 tomatoes Sunflower oil
The rice 200g basmati rice 2 fried shallots 100g of salted butter
The garnish Some sliced chilli 1 fried shallot Fresh coriander
Method First make the curry paste. Dry roast the coriander seeds in a pan. Allow to cool before blending in
a spice grinder, or blender, to prevent them from being bitter. Crush the following to a fine paste in a mortar and pestle (or blend in a food processor): ginger, garlic, chilli, lemongrass, one of the shallots, garam masala, turmeric and the roasted and crushed coriander seeds. Add a little sunflower oil to loosen the paste. In a heavy pan heat 100ml of sunflower oil. Add the mustard seeds and cardamom pods and fry until they start popping. Add the curry paste and cook for five minutes on a medium heat, stirring the pot regularly. Add the coconut milk, soy, fish sauce, lime leaves and palm sugar and cook for another five minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning with fish sauce. You may wish to cool and refrigerate the mixture overnight to infuse the flavours. Rinse the basmati rice well and boil it until you have a nutty texture. Drain the water and return rice to the pan. While the rice is cooking dice three shallots and fry in 100g of salted butter until caramelised. Leave some of the fried shallots to one side for garnish. Mix the rice, butter and the rest of the fried shallots together, cover and leave somewhere warm until ready to serve. In the heavy wide-based pan, heat the sauce and add the tomatoes, beans and sliced courgettes, cover and bring to a simmer for five minutes. Meanwhile season the cod well and roast In a hot oven for 12 minutes. Add a squeeze of lime juice to the sauce and place the cod on top. Garnish with chopped coriander, some sliced chilli and fried shallots.
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Hackney bites This month's great place to eat…
Climpson’s Arch
Som Saa residency, Climpson’s Arch “It’ll be a two hour wait”, she said breezily. This was said as though we’d be more than happy to hang around. The place was packed.“Er, no thanks,” I answered. It was not a great start and reminded me that the service in their coffee shop can sometimes be annoyingly poor as well. It’s a pop up so doesn’t do reservations.There were two more failed attempts, but fourth time we got lucky. We arrived just after opening. Six is not a popular time to eat. It’s for people in hospital, prison or an old people’s home or you might like it if you’ve got a discount voucher, two meals for the price of one kind of thing. My mum and her friends like those. Anyway we were here and now it’s nearly 30 E9 magazine JULY 2015
empty…. I note the irony. But hey, we had a good table, the service was excellent and we could have a good look at the place. We chose inside, but you can also sit outdoors where the kitchen is, and in sunny weather this doubles up as a great suntrap. Outside you can sit and watch them cooking over the charcoal grills and the wood fire after prepping in the converted shipping container. Inside it’s a little more comfy with some good chairs, delightful fairy lights and the roastery itself. Climpson & Sons make fine coffee and here is where the magic happens. The coffee roaster is beautiful and the reason they got the arch. But being a big space they developed the rest of it into
Hackney bites a workable restaurant for rising culinary stars who come and set up residence. It’s a great idea and clearly a great success. Now is the turn of chefs Andy Oliver and Mark Dobbie who are cooking seasonal British meats, fish and vegetables to produce amazingly authentic Thai food from Thailand’s northern and north eastern provinces.
with the sweetest individual packages of sticky rice you ever did see.
The menu seems exotic, but actually the food is pretty simple and we got great pleasure eating our way through most it. I wish I had some scratch’n’sniff stickers to share, as all the dishes smelled so aromatic and fragrant.
All this delicious bounty cost us £53 for two.
But instead, I’ll give you the complete list of all the deliciousness we ate. Yum makeua yao (a smoky aubergine salad with egg and prawn floss), bo la lot (lemongrass beef wrapped in betel leaf served with pickles), gai yang (chargrilled chicken leg with “jaew” sauce). We then had geng hung lay (pork belly curry) and nam dtok pla thort (deep fried seabass with Isaan herbs) beautifully served as though it was still swimming. This was all served
We didn’t hold back and it was all very very good. I got it, why she thought we would wait. With food this quality it would be rude not to. But next time I’ve decided I’ll be taking my mum.
Opening hours Lunch: 12noon-3pm, Sat and Sun Dinner: 6pm-late Thu-Sun (last orders 10.30pm)
Susan Birtwistle Climpson’s Arch, Arch 374 Helmsley Place, E8. www.climpsonsarch.com
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Why advertise with us?
Index of advertisers Gatehouse School
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Try Time Kids’ Rugby (advertorial)
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William Place Dental Practice
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Prideaux House
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Oaksmith Studio
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Growing Concerns
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Tracy Karkut-Law, Homeopathy
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Roger Love, personal trainer
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A G Price, florists
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Regal Boat Hire
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Oaksmith Studio (advertorial)
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Karen Liebenguth (advertorial)
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V Dental Smile
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Rachel Gale
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Wonderland Ceramics
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Tracy Karkut-Law (advertorial)
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The Daisy Foundation
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Greenspace Life Coaching
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Letterbox Listings
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London Fields Fitness Studio
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Accelerate CIC
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Police
Emergency 999 Non-emergency 101 Safer Neighbourhood 020 8721 2937
Utilities
Gas - emergency Electrical - power loss Thames Water
0800 111 999 0800 404090 0872 435 5973
Health
NHS Direct 111 Homerton Hospital 020 8510 5555 Royal London Hospital 020 7377 7000 Clockwork Pharmacy 020 8985 1717
Hackney Council numbers General number Council tax enquiries Parking enquiries Waste removal
020 8356 3000 020 8356 3154 020 8356 8877 020 8356 6688
Local councillors/MP
Local councillors (Victoria) 020 8356 3373 MP (Meg Hillier) 020 7219 5325
Library
Hackney Central Library 020 8356 4358
Victoria Park
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Travel
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Vet
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Do you currently get regular dressings for a wound? If the answer is ‘yes’, you need to know that the way you get your dressings in City & Hackney is changing.
Why is the system changing? • We want to make sure that patients get what
they need, when they need it • We want to reduce the waiting and wastage
associated with dressings • We want to find people who need better
support for their wound
What you need to know From 1st July, wound care dressings will no longer be prescribed by a GP but your dressing will be provided at your appointment by whoever is seeing you on the day. If you don’t see a nurse and do your own dressing, you must contact your GP Practice for an assessment. You will be provided with dressings from stock and have regular reviews with your nurse in order to better support you. Some dressings will continue to be prescribed, but only for particular skin conditions such as eczema. If you would like to know more, please drop us a line at dressings@acceleratecic.com or call us on 0208 223 8331