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The Wandsworth Common Beer Festival The 12th annual Wandworth Common Beer Festival was due to take place on March 28th-30th.
Sadly, with literally hours to go before 10,000 pints were about to be delivered on site to Le Gothique, in the iconic Royal Victoria Patriotic Building the plug was pulled on this sell out event. 2,500 attendees some paying £30 for a coveted ‘Preview Night” ticket were informed by organiser “Lord” Battersea that the event was cancelled due to the lockdown.
“It really was touch and go. Having 10,000 pints delivered would have been a financial disaster.” said Mark Justin 35 years the landlord of Le Gothique speaking as his alter ego and beer supremo, “Lord” Battersea. “Some pretty hefty set up costs were still incurred with 2,500 branded and dated festival tankards, 24-page colour programmes, banners, badges, flyers and sunk advertising all delivered at the time of cancellation So, what is the plan? Well, Mark has decided that as soon as is possible the event will be rescheduled into a late summer event showcasing the best in
Craft Beer from the London area. Local brewer Duncan Sambrook will sponsor the new event hopefully with beer produced from his new brewery situated within the grade 1 listed heritage site that was formerly the home Youngs & Co in the heart of Wandsworth. This will be a summer festival with 100 beers, live music and street food. But the show must go on. And I need to use up the 2,500 glasses that got delivered! In order to contact Lord Battersea to supply beer to the new event or to be the first to know the new date you can contact him at marklegothique@aol.com
The New “Normal”
If I’d been told we would experience a worldwide pandemic, I would have thought it another conspiracy theory. Yet we now face a crisis of Covid-19! Our current life has become the new normal, and things won’t be the same again. It’s challenging for people with mental health issues to deal with daily life, so how must they feel in the current climate, therefore, I want to help. For weeks, I’ve advertised my coaching skills to anybody who feels anxious, vulnerable and struggling to cope with life by using social media platforms but received little response. Upon reflection, I put into perspective this lack of response. A large proportion of vulnerable people are isolating in abusive mental and physical relationships. They want to reach out but can’t because of the lockdown.
Even close-knit families face testing times, therefore imagine being in an abusive environment constantly. I plead with those suffering to remain strong and believe in hope. You are a survivor, and your strength and courage will help find the life path you want and deserve. I, myself a victim of bullying, suffered mentally at the hands of my tormentors throughout secondary school and with being Asian, I so desperately wanted to be white, so that I would fit in with those who caused me so much pain mentally. I left school
with minimal qualifications and a mindset of failure because of being in such unhappy surroundings. However, there was hope and I turned my life around. Aged 44, I achieved my BA Hons I desperately want to help others and continue offering my services to those in need because I don’t have physical scars, but the emotional scars ran very deep. My NLP coaching journey has found me inner peace and I want to share this knowledge. Reeta Minhas-Judd NLP Life Coach & Company Director www.rmjtrainingservices.com
Whether you are part of a large organisation or work from an office at home, there are many good reasons for joining the Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce. As the business hub of Wandsworth, your Chamber is influential in helping to create the right business environment for local companies to flourish. Through membership you have the ability to use our “business voice”, the opportunity to meet key stakeholders, network and do business with many other local businesses that you won’t find anywhere else. So, do it now, online, and start enjoying the many benefits on offer. www.wandsworthchamber.org
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