ForsterMPark

🎉❤️to the Friends of @ForsterMPark who’ve won the prestigious Green Flag ‘Best of the Best’ award for their 👌🏽project to put girls in charge of designing inclusive and safe spaces for their peers. So honoured they asked me to support their application 🙏🏽greenflagaward.org/news/2025-best…

Well Done @ForsterMPark from me, @kimpowell_ @YemisiAnifowose @natash @JanetDaby: great to see so many people enjoying delicious food, craft & entertainment in today's sunny Summer Market, promoting local Lewisham & nearby SE London creative & hospitality businesses.

Don't miss @ForsterMPark Summer Market Sunday 28th 12-6 pm- another great chance to discover our local craft & delicious food businesses, creative fun for all & share your ideas for older children's play area & girls' design ideas for this

Absolute honour to open the newly decked @ForsterMPark Pavilion last week and celebrate their gold award from London in Bloom AND their prestigious Green Flag status… the volunteers who keep this park thriving ensure our community flourishes too ❤️🌳💚

We’ve finished @ForsterMPark where #ForsterPark take the @platformLDN1 #Bellingham & #Downham Festival title for the 1st time. Congratulations! 🏏🎉 🥇 #ForsterPark D 🥈 @HolyCrossSE6 C 🥉 #FosterPark E @LewishamCouncil @KentCricketDev

Today we are @ForsterMPark for the @platformLDN1 #Bellingham & #Downham Festival in @LewishamCouncil. Stay away rain! 🏏🌦️ @AthelneyPrimary @downderryschool @ElfridaSchool #ForsterPark @GoodShepherdCPS @HolyCrossSE6 @LauncelotPS #StAugustine #StJohntheBaptist @TorridonJPTA

Our area for teenage girls is in! 2.5 years of engagement and fundraising. Top of their list was a communal swing, and social seating (including climby seating). It’s a start, it’s a statement. It’s an area they can just ‘be’ teenagers! @MakeSpaceforGi1

🧵Think there’s no space for NEW PARKS in London? Think again! Here are 🔟 major sites where 🔟local groups working to create🔟 New Parks for London 😊🌲🐞🦉🌳⬇️⬇️⬇️ (More here.. cprelondon.org.uk/news/ten-new-p…) (London Mayoral Election cprelondon.org.uk/news/our-manif…)

Children’s increased access to online space and their loss of access to real, outdoor space are two sides of the same coin. Both caused by an appalling neglect of children’s needs, both feeding into each other, both doing huge harm to children.

Today I had a coffee from #FrothyCoffeeHut with Pippa @ForsterMPark to support local businesses and to see the new seats! Recent events at #ForsterPark have been alarming @lewishammps. But the more we come together the safer people feel!

We are aware of an incident in the park today This is being handled by @MPSLewisham Our thoughts are with those affected Info for park users: - The park and cafe are open - ⁠The top Whitefoot Lane entrance is now open - A cordon remains in place in the SW woodland area

Great fun getting my wellies and 🤲🏽 dirty to plant 🌳 @ForsterMPark with @PippaRanger and volunteers of all ages, to create a #TinyForest By using the ‘Miyawaki method’ of densely planting a variety of native species, the forest should grow fast and benefit our environment 🌍💚

I was at #ForsterPark market this afternoon & loved it! These events are going from strength 2 strength, with local businesses. Fantastic help fr @ForsterMPark, #frothycoffee & local residents! ⁦@NatashaMBurgess⁩ & HitherGreen Cllrs! A big shout out to the bunny!

Woohoo 🎉THIS WEEKEND-Saturday Spring makers market @CorbettLibrary 10-4 with lots of local crafters & Sunday a large Easter 🐣Market @ForsterMPark 10-3pm with lots of stalls/food/children’s activities-Pop down & SUPPORT #FamilyFun #Catford #PlaceToBe

Brilliant local initiative to plant 600 trees as part of a new #TinyForest in Forster Memorial Park! 🌲 Head down to @ForsterMPark tomorrow to join the local community and create a wonderful new space for locals to enjoy. Check it out 👇 forsterparkfriends.org/tiny-forest-co…

Our next quarterly network meeting on Wed 27 March includes tours of Forster Memorial Park sensory garden + Goldsmiths Community Centre gardens + free vegetarian lunch at GCC + workshop on people's ideas for the good food movement. More info + sign up: rb.gy/yip85f

Gr8 afternoon @ForsterMPark - #Catford South 💎- with Cllrs hearing from @PippaRanger + friends about work to make the space welcoming + blooming beautiful for all, partic women & girls. Poignant to see Sabina Nessa’s memorial tree blossoming for the first time 🙏🏽 @peaceofcaketog

Wonderful afternoon hearing about improvements in @ForsterMPark to provide safe spaces for girls and women. Thanks to @PippaRanger and friends - cafe provides additional footfall - space for Mums - suitable play equipment for girls - sensory garden - open spaces @LewishamCouncil

It was such a pleasure to walk with you all , thank you for joining us @AmandadeRyk

Here Come the Girls! So good to hear from young people and host @AmandadeRyk & @LewishamCouncil women councillors, in our efforts to make @ForsterMPark safe, welcoming and inclusive with and for women & girls and #inspireinclusion across the borough #IWD2024