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Training & Events
Interfaith Wellbeing Festival
Join us for the first-ever Interfaith Wellbeing Festival.
The Festival will focus on wellbeing as a unifying theme, creating space for meaningful interfaith encounters and shared joy.
The Festival has a limited capacity — be sure to grab your ticket before it fills up!
How you can be involved
Bring your community! Promote this family-friendly event to your networks & sign up for tickets at the interfaith festival website. Tickets are FREE!
Run a free stall on the day! Join our charity zone and show off your organisation and services to diverse groups from all over London.
You will find relevant information for each event, including the festival line-up at the interfaith festival website.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at mimi.lowry@faithbeliefforum.org.
Free Food Growing & Creative Summer Workshops in Cranford!
Free Food Growing Training
Learn how to grow your own fruits and vegetables in a friendly, hands-on workshop environment.
- Dates: Every Saturday from 2nd August to 20th September
- Time: 12 PM – 2 PM
- Location: Sunshine Garden Allotments (Alleyway between houses 155 & 153 Waye Avenue, Cranford, TW5 9SQ)
- Access: Free parking, wheelchair access, and disability-friendly bathrooms
Contact: Sharnjeet Bhalla
Email: sunshineofhounslow@gmail.com
Telephone: 07878 990874
Floristry & Painting Summer Workshops
Create beautiful flower bouquets and paintings with guidance from artist Faustina D’Souza.
- Dates: Mondays – 28 July, 4, 11, 18 August, and 1 September
- Time: 11 AM – 1 PM
- Location: Cranford Library, Bath Road, TW5 9TL
- Cost: Adults £2 | Children (3–12 years) £1 (All materials included). Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Email: sunshineofhounslow@gmail.com
Telephone: 07878 990874
Upcoming Women Into Work sessions & Job Fair – Join us this August!
‘Women Into Work’ programme – Weeks 3 & 4
Location: Cranford Community College, TW5 9PD
Time: Thursdays, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Thursday 14th August
- Volunteering in Hounslow – Digital Champions
- Meet SHEWISE, a community organisation that empowers women through tailored support in employment, wellbeing, and personal development
- Meet Twining-Hestia, who offer mental health and employment support to help individuals build confidence and move towards meaningful work
Thursday 21st August
- Ealing and Hounslow Community Voluntary Service (EHCVS)
- Twining-Hestia
- Work Hounslow ‘Prepare for Success’ drop-in session – support with CVs, job applications, local job search, and more
Job Fair for Women – Tuesday 19th August
Location: Cranford Community College, TW5 9PD
Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm
As part of targeted employment support for women in North Hyde and North Cranford, this job fair offers a chance to:
- Discover job opportunities in healthcare, admin, early years, and more
- Explore career pathways and available support
- Connect with employers and organisations to discuss your goals
- Learn about the Council’s support for employment, volunteering, and flexible work
Light refreshments will be provided.
Register above or simply drop in on the day.
Ealing Inclusive summer Multi-Sport sessions – Register Now!
Who are the Ealing Inclusive Sport & Physical Activity Network?
We are a group of organisations working collectively to ensure that there are more inclusive opportunities for d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people living in Ealing. The network is led by a group of the core organisations: Access Sport, Ealing Council, Mahba Cafe, Mencap, West London Hockey and young Ealing Foundation. Wider steering group members and clubs attend network meetings quarterly to contribute to our collective vision.
About the activity
This free event is for d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent children and young people and their families. We will have community clubs from Ealing delivering taster sessions including athletics, taekwondo, football, tennis, dance and much more. This is a great opportunity to try different sports and get involved in club sessions that take place locally during the week and weekends.
Please find more information below:
Session overview
Sessions are drop in and run with a 15 minute break in between. Sports are adapted to each young person’s needs. We ask for parents/carers/guardians to stay with your child/children during the sessions as we don’t have 1:1 support.
Monday 11th August & Friday 15th August
Activities: Multisport, Hockey, Football and Cricket
Time: 2 – 4 pm
Age: 5 – 25 years old
Monday 18th August & Friday 22nd August
Activities: Multisport, Hockey, Football and Cricket
Time: 2- 4 pm
Age: 5 – 25 years old
Friday 29th August
Activities: Multisport, Hockey, Football and Cricket
Time: 2- 4 pm
Age: 5 – 25 years old
Venue Information
How to get here – free parking onsite. The nearest bus stop is Christopher Avenue (Stops W and L), serving bus routes E8 and 195, and the closest underground station is Boston Manor (Piccadilly Line), which is a 10 minute walk from the venue.
Facilities
All activities will take place in an indoor sports hall. There are male and female toilets and a disabled toilet and accessible changing with ramp access, but no Changing Places facilities.
Age: 5 – 25 years old
Cost: Free
Health in the Park returns on 13 September
All residents are invited to Health in the Park, on Saturday 13 September, 11am – 3pm at Redlees Park, Isleworth. Come and enjoy a FREE celebration of health, wellbeing, movement, and community.
There will be stalls hosted by local health providers, fun family activities, a prize draw and much more. Health in the Park invites you to relax, participate, and connect. Residents are encouraged to bring their picnic and enjoy their lunch in the park while discovering fun and easy ways to support their health.
This exciting event aims to help residents of all ages live healthier lives, prevent long-term health conditions, and connect with the amazing services and spaces our borough has to offer. The day will finish with a free prize draw.
There will be over 40 health and community, food stalls, and free healthy activities throughout the day.
Activities Include:
- An inflatable five-a-side football pitch
- Smoothie bike – make a drink as you pedal!
- Strength and balance, Pilates, HIT, Zumba and Outdoor gym classes
- Live food preparation demonstrations
- Bike checks from Dr. Bike
- Dance and movement workshops
- Nature treasure hunt for children
- African drums and dance classes
- Tennis taster sessions
- Children’s Lagoon Pool Party and much more
Health in the Park Bingo
Complete a bingo competition sheet on the day to be in with a chance of winning:
- A complimentary 1-month membership from Lampton Leisure
- A wellbeing hamper
- Hounslow Urban Farm family pass
- Snakes and Ladders indoor play centre – Two family passes
- Good Time Golfin – One round of footgolf for two people
- Additional prizes on the day include 100 bonus Better Points for attending, and the chance to enter the prize draw for 25,000 points (the equivalent of a £25 shopping voucher)
Chat to health professionals
A range of health professionals will be available on the day to provide helpful prevention advice and guidance, and highlight easy methods to support long-term health. There will also be leads from support groups highlighting the easy ways to access their services in the borough.
The event is being delivered by the Hounslow Borough Based Partnership in collaboration with NHS partners, Hounslow Council, Lampton Lesiure, and voluntary and community partners.
Full details are on Healthy Houndslow.
Join the Job Fair for Women
Join the Job Fair for women
As part of a free programme at Cranford Community College, TW5 9PD, running from 29 July to 26 August, the Council is hosting a job fair at the college on Tuesday, 19 August, 11am – 1pm. Free childcare is provided.
At the event, you can:
- Find out job opportunities, career pathways and available support
- Connect with employers and organisations to discuss your goals
- Explore the Council’s support for employment and learn about opportunities for volunteering, upskilling, reskilling and more
For enquiries, contact Work Hounslow via email at work@hounslow.gov.uk or call 020 8583 6174.