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In 2015, after a four-year campaign, the East Ilford Betterment Partnership received a £50,000 replica of the renowned Ilford Mammoth (click here), discovered on Ilford Lane 150 years ago, courtesy of the Natural History Museum. In January 2024, the Redbridge Museum finalized an agreement to extend the hosting of the Mammoth skull for an additional […]

Community Action Triumphs Over Unscrupulous Businessman’s Behaviour A business parking bay turned storage space has sparked a community uproar in Ilford, leading to a grassroots initiative by the East Ilford Betterment Partnership. The organization is advocating for the transformation of the business bay into a pay-and-display area, a move aimed at enhancing the local community’s […]

A free youth club for children attending local primary schools in years 2-6 is being held every Friday from 6.30pm – 8.00pm at High Road Baptist Church, 322 High Road, Ilford, IG1 1QP. Children will be provided with light refreshments and will enjoy games, bible stories, arts and crafts and music. The club is already […]

Though members of the public are not being informed of the real reasons for medical centre closures and the deep cleansing of these venues taking place in their communities.  Most of us have already deduced that the reasons for such closures are suspected contamination by Coronavirus.  Today A clinic in Barkingside has not opened its […]

Partnering with a group called Private Tuition Specialists, East Ilford Betterment Partnership is offering a free tuition place to one child at our community centre every Wednesday for a year. We will fully sponsor the child’s training at the centre for a family with a proven level of financial hardship. The offer will be based […]

A campaign to establish a more focused approach to a safer culture towards events being held at Hainault forest and Park has been initiated by local Chigwell Row residents. Concerns have been raised about the increase of crime and antisocial behaviour at both the events and during the spill out into our local community after […]

Amidst torrential rains for the first few days Redbridge Community Fayre continued with a presence despite the empty town centre. On Saturday Community stalls arrived with Redbridge Vision to create a wonderful weekend ambience for local revelleres taking advantage of the windy cool but dry weather. Throughout the week commercial stalls braved the difficult environment […]

Hannah Chowdhry speaking at Redbridge Peace pole. We urge adults and teenagers in the UK to sign our petition calling for stronger knife-crime reforms (click here) Support Hannah Chowdhry’s teen non-alcoholic bar project by donating (here). We know projects like this work as we have had success before: (click here), (here) and (here) Over 30 […]

A peace event will be held in In Ilford Town Centre from the 29th – 31st of March 2019 that will also commemorate Mothers Day. The event will include commercial stalls, community stalls and a workshop for children to make gifts for their mothers for her special day. Community Group E-Gangs and antiknife UK will […]

In the wake of the condemnable terror attack in New Zealand on Friday 15 March, the British Pakistani Christian Association held a peace vigil at Ilford Town Hall to commemorate those who were heartlessly taken too soon. In the early afternoon of Friday peace was disrupted in Christchurch as Brenton Tarrant descended on two mosques […]