Transition Town Ilford Newsletter January 2026

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Transition Town Ilford

Happy New Year 2026!

Welcome to our January 2026 newsletter.

The Repair and Energy Cafe are both back this weekend!

For more news, see below...

Repair Cafe

Saturday, 10 & 24 Jan, 7 & 21 Feb 2-3.45pm. Redbridge Central Library, Ilford

Please remember that our pink bin is available for each repair cafe for electrical recycling.

Our volunteers will be there for electrical repairs, sewing repairs (including bags, rucksacks and zips), jewellery and general bits and bobs. First come, first served.

See our website for more info.

ilfordtransition@gmail.com

Find out more

Energy Cafe

Saturday, 10 & 24 January, 7 & 21 Feb 2-3.45pm. Redbridge Central Library, Ilford.

The Energy Cafe is held in Redbridge Central Library on alternate Saturdays 2-3.45 pm. Find out more on how to save energy, grants for energy-saving improvements and combat climate change.

Get a free LED light bulb!

Our thermal camera is available to borrow this winter! Find out where the cold is coming from...

Forest Garden

We had a lovely Winter Solstice 2025 celebration... See pictures below.

The Forest Garden has now gone into hibernation for 6 weeks till February.

Apple Harvest Project

Ilford Community Apple Harvest 2026

Want to join our pilot project - Apple harvest 2026?

We are planning to do a garden fruit tree audit this year to save apples that often go to waste.

The good ones can go to the Community Grocer and Food Banks; the damaged ones will be made into chutneys etcetera.

We are looking for 5-8 people to join the team to pilot the idea. Get in touch if you’re interested!

ilfordtransition@gmail.com

Wanstead Climate Action

OUR TREES
Monday 19 January. 19.30

WCA welcomes Peter Marshall, LB Redbridge Chief Arboriculturalist, to speak at their first event of 2026.

Trees could be a metaphor for the climate and nature emergency. How are they chosen to cope with changing conditions? Why do so many die? What can we do to help nurture them?

Just some of the questions for discussion with Peter.

Wanstead House Community Centre, 21 The Green, E11 2NT. Socialise from 19.00.

Moss Cement

Moss Cement is turning our buildings green and bringing cities back to nature.

Moss cement consists of recycled cement & moss spores, creating this breathtaking building work that’s good for the planet and our wallets!

Yes please!

Meet Just Fact

Their vision is to create an environmentally sustainable and socially just food system in Tower Hamlets.

A food and land system that gives people the right to healthy, culturally appropriate food produced through socially just and ecologically sound methods.

To create a resilient food system designed by and for diverse communities.

To reduce CO2 emissions from food in Tower Hamlets.

To create a stronger local and national movement for a just food and climate transition.

Check them out here

ilfordtransition@gmail.com