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Arts Education Programme and Growing Transferable Skills Through Art

Apothecary Gallery CIC is pleased to invite you to the Opening ofComplexity: Art & Design by EHWLC BTEC L2 Diploma.Private View: Monday 9th March 5-7pm.Exhibition runs: 9th - 14th March.Admission: Free.Exhibition will be open to view by appointment after the private view.You can also follow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apothecarygalleryand twitter: https://twitter.com/ApothecaryPics The Arts Education Programme:Apothecary Gallery Arts Education Programme gives students studying art, art and design, photography and textiles at our local colleges and sixth forms the opportunity to work in a professional environment; exploring curating, event promotion and presentation and developing their social and interactive skills and confidence.The students gain a huge amount of experience and confidence from this programme, so if you have the time please do come to the private views and meet these wonderfully talented young artists. This is a great opportunity for local people to both enjoy the exciting and creative work they are producing and to meet and discuss their work with them.Growing Transferable Skills Through Art: Apothecary Gallery CIC is currently raising funds through Crowdfunder to help support our Arts Education Programme. The project is called Growing Transferable Skills Through Art. By contributing to this you will provide really valuable support to young art students and give them the chance to develop both their artistic and vocational skills and confidence. Please help us keep this programme running and growing.How to Get Involved:Make a donation if you canThis is our crowdfund site: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/growing-transferable-skills-through-art-2/

Rosey Grandage ● 4225d0 Comments ● 4225d

HEALING TOMORROW

Healers will be at the London Buddhist Vihara, The Avenue, tomorrow between 11-1pm.  There is no charge although a donation is welcome - all donations go to the Vihara.

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Rally for the NHS on Tuesday 10th March at the Town Hall

Please come to the "Rally for the NHS" at 7pm on Tuesday 10th March at Hammersmith Town Hall, organised by Keep Our NHS Public and hosted by Save Our Hospitals (www.saveourhospitals.net). If you cut beds, slash budgets, overload GPs, underpay consultants, privatise health services and cut social care - which are all happening throughout the UK - patients suffer. Closing Charing Cross and Ealing hospitals, two major hospitals in NW London, will only make a bad local situation worse.Come to hear doctors (Consultants and GPs) as well as politicians.The NHS is the TOP election issue, and we need to reverse the current direction of travel of change.

Una Hodgkins ● 4228d0 Comments ● 4228d

Lecture on Hammersmith Nudes' Murders.

Forum MessageTopic: Lecture on Hammersmith Nudes' Murders. Posted by: Neil MilkinsDate/Time: 02/03/15 21:10:00Film director/producer Jeff Leahy and myself are giving a lecture on Saturday March 7 dealing with the unsolved murders of eight women in the Hammersmith district of London between 1959 and 1965. Three of the murders took place in Chiswick.The lecture will take place at The Bar Locks public house, 21 White Church Lane, Aldgate, London E1 7QR. Arrive 6.45pm for 7.30pm start.Regards. Neil Milkins. n.milkin@sky.com

Neil Milkins ● 4231d0 Comments ● 4231d

Tow Path Flooding in Hammersmith

Are there any areas by the river in Hammersmith which are prone to flooding when there is an exceptionally high tide?

Paul Corcoran ● 4257d4 Comments ● 4231d

Yard Sale today Sunday off Askew Rd

YARD SALE(like a car boot sale but without the cars!)    Come for bargains, cakes and to support good causes!    This Sunday 1st March    1-4pm    25 Different Stalls!    Refreshments! Cakes!    Activities for Kids!at Kite Studios, 2b Bassein Park Rd, Askew Rd, W129RY Wendell Park/Chiswick borders   A fundraiser for Unique - Understanding Chromosome Disorders - and West London Action for Kids

Sophie Sainty ● 4234d0 Comments ● 4234d

Vinyl for sale

Can anyone suggest where I might be able to sell some old vinyl records – nothing rare but all genres. Have tried the Record & Tape Exchange in Notting Hill but they are incredibly choosy and their prices derisory.

Neil McKelvie ● 4236d0 Comments ● 4236d

Miss NaySmith Hurricane Lamps

The community around Miss NaySmith's  garden would like to keep the floral and candle tributes for as long as possible or until after the funeral.Does anyone have any Hurricane Lamps we could borrow to put some if the candles in so the rain does not put them out at night, these would be returned some have been donated and when it has rained they have been very usefulSome people are planting flowers and bulbs just to inform you that Miss NaySmith also has bulbs planted herself please be respectful of those as some are just coming into life. Please try not to walk on her garden as to disturb the lovely tributes that are being left.If you are leaving cards, pictures etc please if possibly could they be laminated so the rain does not destroy them especially the drawings left by the childrenAll lanterns can be left there and any candle donations have  been gratefully receivedIt has been very humble to see how many lives Miss NaySmith has touched over her time in ChiswickThank you

Hazel Hardy ● 4242d0 Comments ● 4242d

Hammersmith Chronicle to close

Tragic news that the Hammersmith Chronicle will close abruptly at the end of April.http://www.nuj.org.uk/news/three-london-weeklies-to-shut/The Council is nowadays the only major advertiser in the paper, paying over £80,000 a year in a six year agreement to place all its planning and legal notices in a weekly supplement. However, the owners, Trinity Mirror, failed to attract enough other advertising from local estate agents etc. We seem to be getting a lot of regular glossy magazines these days that carry all this advertising which the newspaper plainly could not attract. It may be something to do with its slightly downmarket editorial image compared to the "lifestyle" glossy magazines.The sad decline of local newspapers continues as people move to the internet for their information and use websites and blogs like this one. Sad for all those enthusiastic young journalists to lose their jobs.

Mark Loveday ● 4557d32 Comments ● 4249d

Eddy Redmayne's Hammersmith Connections

I heard last night on the news a mention that Eddy Redmayne was born in Hammersmith. That could just mean he was a Queen Charlotte's baby but does he have other connections with the area?

Ellen Kearney ● 4267d1 Comments ● 4249d

Energy Healing therapy

This is to let you know that the monthly Healing centre at the London Buddhist Vihara, The Avenue, Chiswick, will be open tomorrow, Monday, 12th January between 11am and 1pm. (last healing at 12.45)  The centre is open on the second Monday of each month.Energy Healing helps any condition, from stress right through to physical illness.There is no charge made for the healing (all the healers are working on a voluntary basis), although a donation would be welcome.  All donations are given to the Vihara.You don't need to make an appointment, or to book but if you want further information, please visit www.kiha.co.uk

Chris Edwards ● 4282d1 Comments ● 4251d

ENERGY BOOST TOMORROW

Energy boost?Energy Therapists will be at the London Buddhist Vihara, The Avenue, W4 1UD on tomorrowl, between 11am and 1pm (last session 12.45).  The session takes about 15-20 minutes and I am sure that you will feel really good at the end of that time, with lots of vital energy to enable you to enjoy the day.A number of therapists come in each month and give their services free.  The Vihara kindly allow us to use the hall at no charge so a donation is most welcome  -  all donations are given to the Vihara.These sessions are not related to any religion, everyone is welcome.

Pat Smith ● 4254d1 Comments ● 4251d

Upholstery

Can anyone recommend a good local upholsterer? Many thanks.

Neil McKelvie ● 4252d2 Comments ● 4251d

Spring Yard Sale on Sunday 1 March, nr Askew Rd

New!    Spring Yard Sale on Sunday 1 March (1-4pm) at Kite Studios, 2b Bassein Park Rd, W12 9RY off Askew Rd, Shepherd's Bush/Chiswick borders.Book a table and declutter or just come to browse and shop! There will be 20ish stalls of children's clothes and toys, books, bric-a-brac, kitchenalia, housey things, etc. Children are welcome to take a stall and do major toy and book culls to bolster their pocket money.  We will also have a charity cake stall.    There will be art activities organised by Kite Studios to entertain the kids and food and drink stalls too.For more information or if you would like to book a table, please email me.  Tables are £15 to hire which includes space for a clothes rail.   The table hire proceeds are going to be shared between Unique - Understanding Chromosome Disorders, West London Action for Kids and The Kite Art Sponsorship Fund.Please do share this with anyone else who might be interested.Hope to see you there as sellers or as buyers! Sophie.Sainty@btinternet.com 07801233207

Sophie Sainty ● 4252d0 Comments ● 4252d

Runners?

I'm a UCL student looking for runners in the local area to interview for a project.It won't take more than 15 minutes of your time.

Louise Potter ● 4259d0 Comments ● 4259d

Please can you take the Big Advice Survey

Hi can you help with the Big Advice Survey? I work at a Citizens Advice Bureaux and we are trying to understand how we deal with problems in our daily lives and where advice fits in. We're doing this through the "Big Advice Survey"It's straightforward and takes about 5 mins - basically, it's just multiple choice unless you want to add further info. We want to use the results to make decisions on how the local advice sector can improve the services we offer to the general publicIf you can help by taking the survey that would be really appreciated. You can take the survey directly from this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BigAdviceSurveyThere's a dedicated site with lots more info, here:http://bigadvicesurvey.org.ukAnd a one-minute video explaining what we're trying to do: http://youtu.be/WvjFyMvUnOMOnce again, I hope I've not broken any rules by posting this and if you can spare a few minutes to take the survey it would be really appreciated!Many thanksPatrick

Patrick Torsney ● 4261d2 Comments ● 4260d

Is Hammersmith Safe for Labour?

Would be interested to see what people who live in the constituency think. On the face of it Andy Slaughter should be re-elected with an increased majority - Labour won at the local elections, he has been a decent constituency MP from what I hear, the Tories locally have taken an inexplicable stance on hospital closures and, of course, there is a national swing to Labour.On the other hand demographic change in the constituency with more privately owned flats been built and reduced provision of social housing and Labour's honeymoon period at the local Council apparently over with the new administration continuing many of the policies they had previously criticised could mean to an increase in the Conservative vote. Unlike nationally I don't believe UKIP will make much of an impact on their vote. Also, some people think that the Tories bungled the last campaign by taking the seat for granted.

Paul Corcoran ● 4277d4 Comments ● 4267d

Annual Arts Education Programme 2015 at Apothecary Gallery CIC

Apothecary Gallery CIC is pleased to invite you to the Private View ofTBAP Trust Schools Student ExhibitionPrivate View: Tuesday 27th Jan 4-6pmExhibition runs: Tuesday 27th Jan – Saturday 31st JanTBAP Trust Schools:Beachcroft AP AcademyBridge AP AcademyCourtyard AP AcademyOctagon AP AcademyLatimer AP AcademyAs part of the gallerys Arts Education Programme, TBAP Trust Schools will be leading the first student exhibition this year. The programme gives students the opportunity to work in a professional environment; exploring curating, event promotion and presentation and developing their social and interactive skills and confidence.This is a great opportunity for talented young people to work with a gallery and for local people to both enjoy the exciting and creative work these young artists are producing and to meet and discuss their work with them. Entry: FreeFor further information please visit our website: www.apothecarygallery.orgcall: 0207 3815725email: info@londonapothecary.co.uk

Rosey Grandage ● 4267d0 Comments ● 4267d

Residents encouraged to use the Brent Urgent Care Centre

With Christmas around the corner health professionals are urging patients to use the Brent Urgent Care Centre (UCC) if they or a loved one experience an illness or injury that is urgent, but not life-threatening. The urgent care centre located at Central Middlesex Hospital is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and no appointments are needed. Adults and children can be seen for a range of minor illnesses and injuries including: sprains and strains of ankles, wrists and knees; minor burns of small areas; cuts including those that may need stitches; ear infections; and minor broken bones such as toes, finger and collarbone.Dr Altin Hoxha, lead GP at Brent UCC, said: “Our experienced GPs and nurse practitioners can treat a broad range of minor injuries and illness.“Since we opened in March 2011 we have helped to reduce pressures at local A&E departments. Patients with urgent, but not life-threatening conditions will be assessed and treated promptly.“We can also help when your GP surgery is closed or if you cannot get a same day appointment. “We’re passionate about giving you the best possible care and helping you to feel better, faster. That’s why we’re open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”The centre has access to x-ray facilities on site that allows it to deal with a wide range of health problems. Clinicians are well trained and if there is a need for urgent medication then this can be dispensed. Pay and display parking is available at the urgent care centre and the following buses stop outside: 187, 224, 226, 228, 260, 440 and 487. Dr Ethie Kong, a local GP and chair of Brent Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “Around this time of the year it’s vital that residents are aware of their services and understand the best treatment options available for them. “The centre at Central Middlesex Hospital is an important service that everyone should know about.”Further information about Brent UCC can be found here: www.brenturgentcarecentre.nhs.uk.

Louisa Elliott ● 4302d1 Comments ● 4277d

Art project - painting wall

(I have had to start a new post rather than respond to an earlier request as I get an error message otherwise.) If you are thinking of painting an exterior wall you might want to consult officers at the Council to see if planning permission is required.

Rosemary Pettit ● 4284d0 Comments ● 4284d