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Love Norbury Christmas Fayre 2017

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The Love Norbury Christmas Fayre was held on Sunday 26th November.
It was a fun and festive afternoon with lots of local people coming along and joining in the variety of activities that were on offer such as pass the snowman, arts and crafts, gingerbread decorating and face painting to name but a few things,
Santa was very busy again this year, there were fabulous performances from the Norbury Manor Primary School choir and also Betty Wivell Academy and lots of stalls selling food, crafts and Christmas gifts.
As always there was a raffle and special thanks must go to both the Co-op, who donated a giant Christmas hamper, and the Moon Under Water (Wetherspoons) who donated a meal and a drink for two voucher.
There were a few raffle prize winners who were not present at the time of the draw. The Love Norbury team have been making contact with those winners and are arranging to get their prizes to them.
Love Norbury would like to say a big thank you to all the volunteers who helped organise the event, those who helped out on the day and to everyone who came along to support what has now become an annual event.

Vote for Love Norbury to win funding to put on a ‘Norbury by the Sea’ Community Festival in Summer 2018!

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Love Norbury is through to the voting stage of the Aviva Community Fund.

Please vote for Love Norbury and help us win funding to put on a ‘Norbury by the Sea’ Community Festival in Summer 2018 – a fun-filled event for the whole Norbury community to enjoy.

Please share the link widely and ask your friends, family, neighbours and work colleagues to vote for us.

Only projects with the most votes will become finalists so we need lots of support and votes.

You get 10 votes and we’d appreciate it if you could vote for us 10 times. You need to register, but it only takes a couple of minutes.

To vote, please follow the link below…

https://community-fund.aviva.co.uk/voting/project/view/17-3685 

The link is on also our social media:

Twitter: @LoveNorburySW16 (please retweet the link)

Facebook: @LoveNorburyCampaign (please share and like)

Thank You

Love Norbury Wins 2017 Mayor of Croydon Civic Award in the Category Voluntary Group of the Year

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Love Norbury was nominated for a 2017 Mayor of Croydon Civic Award in the category Voluntary Group of the Year. Some of the Love Norbury team attended the awards ceremony on Tuesday 17th October.

We were treated to a wonderful evening at the Hilton hotel and we are absolutely delighted to say that we WON!

We are officially Voluntary Group of the Year and we are literally over the moon.

After the ceremony Brenda presented the Mayor of Croydon with a beautiful bouquet of knitted flowers from the Norbury Knitters

We had an amazing time at the awards ceremony. There really are some inspirational people and groups in Croydon. We’d like to say a huge well done to all winners and finalists.

Here are some photos from a very memorable evening…

Woman’s Group at Cassandra Learning Centre

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Cassandra Learning Centre is starting a woman’s group on Tuesdays and Wednesdays commencing 18 / 19 April – 10am to 3pm.

Activities are card/jewellery making, soft furnishing and workshops: i.e.  universal credit, domestic abuse/violence, gang behaviour.

Cassandra Leaning Centre is at: 1433a London Road, SW16 4AW.

Love Norbury in Bloom – a Community Festival

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Sunday 18 June
It’s all coming together:  we’ve got music, stalls, entertainers and lots more.
But to make it all go with a swing – and safely – we could do with your help.
We need:
  • – One or more qualified 1st Aiders;
  • – Stewards to help with keeping everything going smoothly; and
  • – Volunteers to help set up, take down, staff the residents’ info stall etc.
You don’t need to be there the whole time:  the event is 12-4; people are needed from about 9am til about 5pm.
An hour or two, particularly at the end of the day would be really helpful.
If you can help, please email info@lovenorbury.org.uk

Norbury Bowling Club – New Members Welcome

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Looking for a new challenge, why not try your hand at bowls?

New members are warmly welcome, so come along to our club in Turle Road just off Stanford Road in Norbury and give it a go.

The game is suitable for men and ladies of all ages so whether experienced or a novice pop in and say hello, have a look round, have a cup of tea and a chat and make some new friends.

We also welcome social members and hold quiz nights, bingo, beetle drives and BBQ’s.

Our season starts in April with an open day on 29th starting at 2.30 pm.

Drop in or call either Sheila or Jeff on the following numbers:

  • Ladies Contact Sheila O’Keefe 020 8764 9280
  • Men’s Captain: Jeff Doerr 020 8542 4079

Father Christmas stole the show at the Love Norbury Christmas Fayre.

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Love Norbury and Norbury Mums came together to present the Love Norbury Christmas Fayre on Sunday 27th November 2016 at Norbury Manor Primary School, with Father Christmas stealing the show.

There was no rest for the great man as children queued with their mums and dads to visit Father Christmas in his brightly-lit grotto, taking the opportunity to remind him of their good behaviour and pointing him in the right direction when it came to their Christmas lists! Father Christmas even had an early gift for each of the 80 children he saw throughout the day.

There were a number of activities to keep children occupied, including face painting, temporary tattoos, decorating gingerbread men and the hugely popular ‘Pass the Brussel Sprout’ – festive ‘Pass The Parcel’.

Adults entered into the festive spirit with mince pies and mulled wine. The event ran from 11am-4pm, with the venue packed all day, as locals browsed a number of gift stalls including cakes, jewellery, books, handmade wooden gifts and much, much more.

A good day was had by all, with many stall holders already expressing their interest in 2017’s event. The raffle attracted great interest with a host of fantastic prizes including vouchers for NV hair salon, a food hamper from Co-Op, jewellery and beauty products.