Friday 26th November 2010

We enjoyed a lovely evening at the Hampton Hill Lighting Up Parade. This year the Traders invited us to participate and with the theme being cars, we dressed up two Morris Minors for Christmas!

Keeping to the main theme of "Lighting Up", volunteers at The Greenwood Centre constructed lanterns and they were carried in the parade by Teddington Rugby Club's youth team, while dads and supporters helped to marshal the event. Students from Esher College spontaneously joined our part of the procession, carrying more lanterns and wielding collecting buckets. Grateful thanks to Kirsty, Hannah, Jess, Imani, Jake, Megan, Ciara, Lucy and all the others who helped us! Videos featuring The Greenwood Centre are available to see at www.teddingtonandhampton2010.com.

It was a joyous occasion and we managed to raise £500 from the tombola and the collections, so thank you to everyone who participated.

To see more pictures of the parade please click here.

August Bank Holiday Event Raises £253.76 for The Greenwood Centre

Mel Sullivan and John Veitch who run The Dukes Head, Hampton pulled out all the stops over the Bank Holiday weekend and put on all sorts of family fun. The well known TinTin themed pub became the setting for pony rides, face painting, a ceilidh, a charity raffle and TinTin Trivia quiz. Everything kicked on Saturday with Belgian Grand Prix on the big screens. Sunday saw the early return of Mel's renowned roasts.

To read more about the event please click here.

Hampton Hill Summer Festival

Hampton Hill Summer Festival was held on Saturday 17th July. This was Hampton Hill's first ever Summer festival and it was a roaring success. The festival was held in conjunction with the Hampton Hill Traders and three local charities Shooting Star, African Revival and the Greenwood Centre with all proceeds going to these 3 charities. The Greenwood Centre raised in total £750 from events such as the Dog and Pet Show, the Car Wash, Plant and Produce, Farmers Market Activities like Belly Dancing, Street Jazz and Singing.

We wish to thank all volunteers who participated and all those who supported us on the day, here is to the next one. For a list of all the performers on our stage at the Hampton Hill Summer Festival please click here.

To see more photos from the festival please click here.

Hampton Carnival 2010

Hampton Carnival was held on Saturday 12th June and was a great success. The Greenwood Centre raised £300.45 from the sale of Bric-a-Brac and the tombola which was organised by Pat Alboni. We are grateful to all those who helped and those who donated items or purchased items for our stall. Thank you all once again.

Chestnut Sunday 2010

Once again the Greenwood Centre took part in the Chestnut Sunday celebrations in Bushy Park which took place on Sunday 9th May this year. The parade was bigger than ever with brass bands, military vehicles, pikemen and musketeers, veteran cyclists and disabled cyclists, St John Ambulance, a youth jazz band plus the iconic Routemaster buses. You can see More pictures from the event if you click here.