New book captures Waltham Forest community kindness during Covid
Waltham Forest Community Hub (WFCH) came together to create a book featuring stories of local kindness during lockdown. Here,...
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Discover St J’s Deli, an eco-conscious, artisan café in St James Street
Welcome to our Shop St James Street initiative, a project generously supported by St James Street Big Local. We’re...
Where can you get a Covid-19 test in Waltham Forest?
Wondering where our borough’s Covid test sites are? Find out where and when you can get tested for coronavirus...
From Southern Rhodesia to Walthamstow: One RAF pilot’s journey
Royal Air Force welfare case officer James Baillie shares the story of high-flying pilot Norman Enders, now aged 96…...
5 Waltham Forest foodie gems founded during lockdown
Food writer Erica Pilavaki celebrates five of the borough’s newest, constantly-evolving eateries… In theory, I love to cook. What...
We try the council’s bystander intervention training. What’s it really like?
Echo editor Elizabeth Atkin was invited to take part in the No Space For Hate campaign’s ‘bystander intervention training’....
Meet The Head Bloomer – and her headline-worthy hats
Jo Sealy of the Waltham Forest Business Network introduces us to bloomin’ brilliant milliner Victoria Arthur… When E17-based Victoria...
Local trainer Leeza Sullivan wants us to go back to basics
E17 personal trainer Leeza Sullivan overcame scoliosis and two life-changing back surgeries. Now, she’s teaching Waltham Forest residents how...
Kids Kitchen: From family cooking fun to helping the unemployed
Sue Wheat meets Kids Kitchen’s Alice Margaroli to find out about the new initiative helping Waltham Forest’s unemployed parents...
How we put on a virtual charity concert during Covid-19
JJ Khun, founder and lead volunteer of WIILMA, reveals how the charity pulled off their festive end-of-year concert solely online…...