Hackney - Clubs, Groups and Societies in the Area

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Beginners' classes in Tai Chi (T'ai Chi, taiji) and Qi Gong (Chi Kung).
Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Places available now. Phone or email for details.

Venue:
St John-at-Hackney Church,
Lower Clapton Road,
Hackney,
London
E5 0PD.

Transport:
London Overground - Hackney Central (2-3 mins walk)
National Rail - Hackney Downs (5 mins walk)
Buses - 30, 38, 48, 55, 106, 236, 242, 253, 254, 276, 277, 394, 425, 
488, D6, W15

About the classes:
Tai chi (also spelt t'ai chi or taiji) is an ancient, tried and tested system of exercise with a basis in the martial arts. It is famous for developing relaxation, reducing stress, and balancing body and mind. It improves core strength, flexibility, energy levels and overall health and fitness.

Established in 1990 the Mei Quan Academy of Tai Chi provides tai chi, qi gong, martial art and meditation in over 20 venues across London, 7 days a week. We teach all aspects of traditional Yang style tai chi in a friendly and welcoming environment.

For more information visit our website: www.meiquan.co.uk

A relaxed and informal group of crafters. We meet alternate Tuesday evenings in Hoxton. Bring your own project or come and learn a new skill. We have a resident knitting teacher and welcome experienced or novice knitters, crochet-ers, quilters and any other crafts. We can even supply some craft materials if needed.
Sessions cost £4, include refreshemnts and tuition as necessary.

Beginners Tai Chi and Qi Gong courses starting on:

23rd April 2012, Mondays 7-8.15pm
25th April 2012, Wednesdays 10.30-11.45am
10-weeks, £98

St Paul's Church Hall, Stoke Newington Road, London N16 7UE

Please contact Gabi for details on 07982 716 981 or gabi@meiquan.co.uk

'Relax and Energise in 16+ classes throughout London'

www.taichinews.com/branch_stoke_newington.htm

Join us for our lunchtime beginners Tai Chi and Qi Gong courses in the Spring:

25th April 2012, Wednesdays 1-1.50pm, 10-weeks, £90

ISTD2 Dance Studios
346 Old Street, London EC1V 9NQ

Courses start every three months, please contact Gabi on 07982 716 981 or gabi@meiquan.co.uk for details.

Check our website for further details: www.taichinews.com/branch_old_street.htm

Relax and Energise in 16+ classes throughout London

Artburst Play in a Day is running in the Artburst Studio located by London Fields, children will work to create a play based on a well-loved children's story book. Children design and make their own props and costumes, ready for a short performance at the end of the day. Workshops involve painting - so children should dress ready for mess and bring a packed lunch.

WE ARE INVITING YOU TO ATTEND ANY OF OUR OUR 8-WEEK MINDFULNESS WORKSHOPS IN HACKNEY CENTRAL AND EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF THIS LIFE-ENHANCING PRACTICE FOR YOURSELF.

The next course will be run on Thursdays between 13.00 and 15.00 from 26th April to 14th June 2012.

Location:
The Centre for Better Health
1A Darnley Road
Hackney Central
E9 6QH

Further details can be found in the following link:

http://www.lvcounselling.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/4663?opendocument&part=6

Or check out www.centreforbetterhealth.org.uk for latest updates.

Concessions available, please feel free to ask.

The Place was conceived, founded and created by stav B... since may 2 onwards.
continuing stav B's liquor bar ethos, The Place is a permanent space with blended, unique cocktails, bites from authentic flavours from the meditteranean and classic pizza made in the dome oven, in situ...
exquisite italian wine, non ordinary beer and organic cider, complete the menu...
events, exhibitions, screenings and live performances will be most welcome, watch this space for more info...
open every day from 6pm...

DigFood@VictoriaPark
Patrons:
John Biggs London Assembly Member, Tommy Walsh, Cyrus Todiwala MBE (Cafe Spice Namaste)

A BRAND NEW COMMUNITY FOOD-GROWING PROJECT IN VICTORIA PARK

Update: For October 2009 - February 2010

LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS HAVE SAID YES TO DIGFOOD AS PREFERRED PROJECT PARTNER

WE ARE ON OUR WAY. WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO GET DUG IN AND HELP PUT 'YOUR' PARK PROJECT ON THE MAP!

Contact details: digfood1@aol.com or call Tony on 07984 127788

DigFood@VictoriaPark is a new local community group. We are aiming to develop a vibrant education-based food-growing project, open to all. We aim to provide an opportunity for all in our community to learn more about the many benefits of growing and using fresh and local food.

How you can work with DigFood now!

A CALL FOR VOLUNTEER INPUT…..........can you spare a couple of hours a week? Less? - More?!! We know your time is precious, but together we can put our time to great use and get DigFood diggin.

We would be very happy to hear from anyone interested in working with us in the following areas:

- FUNDRAISING EVENTS ORGANISER & ASSISTANT(s) This is a great opportunity to help get our community together and raise funds in a variety of ways…….We would love one person to step forward to be our events organiser.
We are also sure that many of you among the 500 or so on our mailing list will have great ideas and local contacts to help kick-start an event......Please get in touch with those ideas!
Perhaps you are involved in a local band/club/venue/sports activity/whatever and would like to help? Perhaps you can suggest suitable venues? We hope to work-up a number of fundraising events over the spring/summer, so lets hear from you soon.

- BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT…….Back in 2008, when we first launched our plans, LBTH felt it was not possible to include our community project in their Heritage Lottery Bid for the redevelopment of Victoria Park. Therefore, we sought appropriate food project funding avenues ourselves. We were thrilled to have our intial stage 1 funding application for 300,000 pounds approved in January 2009. It was not possible to progress our Stage 2 application until LBTH had confirmed us as the preferred partner for our project. With that status proudly in place, we have regrouped and continued to work on the necessary steps to make our 2nd stage funding application succeed. We are about ready to put our plans together and we would welcome input over the next 8-10 weeks (to April 2010) from 1 or 2 people who have business plan development skills and can dedicate a few days work to this key DigFood deliverable. Call or mail us now!

- WEBSITE DESIGN………… We aim to be a registered Charity very soon and really do need a website! It would be great to hear from someone who could work with us and design an exciting DigFood@VictoriaPark website…..could that be you? Go on, get in touch and give us your much-needed skill and creative input!

- PUBLIC RELATIONS……... assisting our Steering Group in liaison with the wider community food-Growing community (locally and nationally), run our press-release strategy , organise local events and expand our key-contact list.

- PUBLICITY MATERIAL, DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Helping us with poster and flyer design and production. To-date we have relied on basic publicity material and flyer-design. We would love to hear from someone with creative flair who can help design and produce great DigFood flyers and promotional information.
Perhaps you have the 'technology' to help us produce a series of information-boards for our DigFood promtional stall, so we can look our best at local fairs etc over the coming months...We hope to hear from you!!

- 2012 OLYMPIC LIASON……..developing contacts in relation to community involvement in the 2012 Olympiad......We want DigFood@VictoriaPark on the map and feeding athletes and visitors in 2012!...we need somebody now to help us tap into the 2012 global party....come forward and take on a great job........the 1st objective will be to come up with ideas and find us a 2012 Olympic Patron.

PLUS!!............A JOB FOR EVERYONE! - Think of local friends and contacts that may not yet be aware of our project and pass this update on to them:

People you know who want to grow food.

Those keen to get involved in what promises to be a great local community hub.

Those who want to teach children about where food comes from; how eating local seasonal food helps the environment and how eating fresh food is a healthy way forward for us all.

People you know who may ultimately be interested in a job at DigFood. We budget in our plans for 4 full-time and 4 part-time posts.

Tony Hart, DigFood@VictoriaPark Steering Group

Contact: email - Digfood1@aol.com tel - 07984 127788

Prints of emerging artists ..creative coaching...workshops..

DigFood@VictoriaPark
Patrons:
John Biggs London Assembly Member, Tommy Walsh, Cyrus Todiwala MBE (Cafe Spice Namaste)

A BRAND NEW COMMUNITY FOOD-GROWING PROJECT IN VICTORIA PARK

Update: For October 2009 - February 2010

LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS HAVE SAID YES TO DIGFOOD AS PREFERRED PROJECT PARTNER

WE ARE ON OUR WAY. WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO GET DUG IN AND HELP PUT 'YOUR' PARK PROJECT ON THE MAP!

Contact details: digfood1@aol.com or call Tony on 07984 127788

DigFood@VictoriaPark is a new local community group. We are aiming to develop a vibrant education-based food-growing project, open to all. We aim to provide an opportunity for all in our community to learn more about the many benefits of growing and using fresh and local food.

How you can work with DigFood now!

A CALL FOR VOLUNTEER INPUT…..........can you spare a couple of hours a week? Less? - More?!! We know your time is precious, but together we can put our time to great use and get DigFood diggin.

We would be very happy to hear from anyone interested in working with us in the following areas:

- FUNDRAISING EVENTS ORGANISER & ASSISTANT(s) This is a great opportunity to help get our community together and raise funds in a variety of ways…….We would love one person to step forward to be our events organiser.
We are also sure that many of you among the 500 or so on our mailing list will have great ideas and local contacts to help kick-start an event......Please get in touch with those ideas!
Perhaps you are involved in a local band/club/venue/sports activity/whatever and would like to help? Perhaps you can suggest suitable venues? We hope to work-up a number of fundraising events over the spring/summer, so lets hear from you soon.

- BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT…….Back in 2008, when we first launched our plans, LBTH felt it was not possible to include our community project in their Heritage Lottery Bid for the redevelopment of Victoria Park. Therefore, we sought appropriate food project funding avenues ourselves. We were thrilled to have our intial stage 1 funding application for 300,000 pounds approved in January 2009. It was not possible to progress our Stage 2 application until LBTH had confirmed us as the preferred partner for our project. With that status proudly in place, we have regrouped and continued to work on the necessary steps to make our 2nd stage funding application succeed. We are about ready to put our plans together and we would welcome input over the next 8-10 weeks (to April 2010) from 1 or 2 people who have business plan development skills and can dedicate a few days work to this key DigFood deliverable. Call or mail us now!

- WEBSITE DESIGN………… We aim to be a registered Charity very soon and really do need a website! It would be great to hear from someone who could work with us and design an exciting DigFood@VictoriaPark website…..could that be you? Go on, get in touch and give us your much-needed skill and creative input!

- PUBLIC RELATIONS……... assisting our Steering Group in liaison with the wider community food-Growing community (locally and nationally), run our press-release strategy , organise local events and expand our key-contact list.

- PUBLICITY MATERIAL, DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Helping us with poster and flyer design and production. To-date we have relied on basic publicity material and flyer-design. We would love to hear from someone with creative flair who can help design and produce great DigFood flyers and promotional information.
Perhaps you have the 'technology' to help us produce a series of information-boards for our DigFood promtional stall, so we can look our best at local fairs etc over the coming months...We hope to hear from you!!

- 2012 OLYMPIC LIASON……..developing contacts in relation to community involvement in the 2012 Olympiad......We want DigFood@VictoriaPark on the map and feeding athletes and visitors in 2012!...we need somebody now to help us tap into the 2012 global party....come forward and take on a great job........the 1st objective will be to come up with ideas and find us a 2012 Olympic Patron.

PLUS!!............A JOB FOR EVERYONE! - Think of local friends and contacts that may not yet be aware of our project and pass this update on to them:

People you know who want to grow food.

Those keen to get involved in what promises to be a great local community hub.

Those who want to teach children about where food comes from; how eating local seasonal food helps the environment and how eating fresh food is a healthy way forward for us all.

People you know who may ultimately be interested in a job at DigFood. We budget in our plans for 4 full-time and 4 part-time posts.

Tony Hart, DigFood@VictoriaPark Steering Group

Contact: email - Digfood1@aol.com tel - 07984 127788

If you love to sing..don't keep it to yourself! No audition, no experience, no need to read music. Singing everything from Muse to Lady Gaga, via Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Abba and Coldplay (plus everything in between!) Come and try a free taster session and see why everyone leaves feeling happy. It's really sociable, fun and a great stress-buster and we have lots of performance opportunities too.

Wednesday 6.30 - 8pm, term time only

Venue: In the CBRE building, St Martin's Court, 10 Paternoster Row, London EC4M 7HP

A new learning and mentoring project based in Highbury N7. Majority of members are Filipinos but everyone is welcome. Other activities include volunteering with a view to employment and/or gaining accredited qualifications, cultural exchange, sharing of interest, socialising, and entrepreneurship. Join in, make a difference and the world will be a better place!

A library and education centre to support the research of family history.

An informal style of networking with the, opportunity to meet other people in business as to individuals who are responsible for making decisions within their organisation. If this is you then come and join us.

Explore business opportunities
Build business relationships
Promote your organisation
Develope new contacts

25th May 2011
Jurys Inn Islington Hotel
60 Pentonville Rd
London 9LA

Brand new to yoga or fancy a refresher? Explore the key principles and postures of yoga in a fun and friendly environment. All abilities welcome - men and women! Some mats will be provided, but please bring your own if you have one, or buy one on the night for just £10.

8-9.15pm Mondays at Islington Arts & Media School
* Starts on Monday 27th Sept

Classes are £8 drop in or £45 for 6 classes *First class is £5 if you email sally@stretchingthecity.com to book your class and use code FIRST

Circle Gym and Spa, the best kept secret in SE1. Discover how this family run gym in se1 can offer you a completely new way to get fit and feel exhilarated.

Swim school in Clerkenwell.

Swimming lessons for toddlers, children, adults and triathletes. Our swimming lessons are guaranteed to get results fast. We offer private swimming lessons in Vie Health Club gym.

Private 1:1 lessons. We also do small group lessons.

Learn to swim at Swimming Class UK.

Traditional Shaolin Kung Fu, Chen style Tai Chi and Qi Gong school in Bromley, near South East London. Shifu Yang is a 34th Generation Shaolin Disciple and Shifu Heng Yi a 35th Generation Shaolin Disciple. Classes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. All abilities welcome, first lesson free. Call, email or check out our website for more details.