Furzedown Project

Hats off to our glorious ‘Ascot Ladies Day’ themed tea party on Friday, in the beautiful gardens of the Streatham Park Bowls Club.

The ladies dressed up for the occasion and enjoyed celebratory bubbles, a delicious cream tea, music, dancing and games, with great sing-a-long performance from

Followed by an exciting horse race featuring guest jockeys Matt on Hurricane Howden, Aimee the Pocket Rocket, Sandra Mrs 3 Legs and the winner - lightening!

A big thank you to the Bowls Club, Howden insurance and all our volunteers who supported us at this fun event!

Howden Insurance

We are hosting the first BTF (Balham, Tooting & Furzedown) Neighbourhood Carers’ event in The Project on Wednesday 29 April, 10am to 12:30pm.

Meet local teams from the Primary Care Network, Social Services, Age UK, Wandsworth Care Alliance and many more useful contacts - it’s a great chance get advice, share your views and strengthen community bonds!

All carers are welcome. Please tell anyone you know who is a carer and who may not be online, there will be refreshments.

No need to register, just drop in and chat - but if possible let us know so we can cater for numbers: https://forms.office.com/e/YGzpapqGj9

Thank you to everyone who voted for The Furzedown Project in the Balham Waitrose’s wonderful Green Token scheme.

Our Director Sandra was delighted to pick up the impressive cheque from the manager Anthony and his staff!

Fundraising initiatives like this are really important for small independent charities like ours so please pick up tokens to vote for local causes - we rely on donations, grants and memberships fees to keep going!