Eid Mubarak Celebration 2022

To Celebrate the end of the Ramadan with the community, Pimlico Million is organizing Eid al-Fitr Celebration this Saturday 7th of May 2022.

You are welcome to join us this Saturday on the free event. Feel free to bring family and friends with you as everyone else would do so.

Activities

  • Face painting
  • Henna design
  • Traditional Halal Food will be served
  • Music will be played
  • Art stalls

Time and Location

The event will take place on Churchill Garden this Saturday 7th of May 2022.

This is a free event and everyone is welcome

Eid Cake Competition

We’re looking for five superstar bakers to enter our Eid cake competition on Saturday 7 May 2022.

Whether you’re a professional or self-taught master baker, it’s time to get your creations seen by the community and be in with a chance of winning £50.

How it works

  • Register your interest before 3rd of May by calling Keith on 07554025721
  • You must be a resident in the Pimlico Million area
  • Five bakers will take part – our resident panel will decide
  • We’re contributing £30 towards ingredients for each baker
  • All ingredients need to be sent in before the registration deadline

The prize

The cakes will be judged by local Pimlico residents at our Eid celebration on Saturday 7 May, 2-5pm, at Churchill Gardens.

The winner will receive a prize of £50.

Apply for a small grant

Please note that Our small grant round is closed .

Up to £2000 available for your community project

The Pimlico Million small community grant applications are now closed, giving funding to local community groups and organisations, for grassroots projects and ideas with a particular focus on older people, young people, children, and families.

To know more about Pimlico Million and our grant programme, visit our application page. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the project manager, Nawal Lakhdar on info@thepimlicomillion.org.uk

Apply here >

Funded projects

This round of grant funding we saw some amazing applications! These are all projects for you – the local community that will be starting very soon. Please contact the projects directly for more information and to get involved:

  • Abbey Centre, Healthy Baking – a six-week online Healthy Baking Club for families and children from the Pimlico Million areas during August 2021 – Feb 2022
  • Citizens Advice Westminster – Digital Skills – will bring together advice agencies such as Trailblazer, Z2K, Shelter and local Councillors, and will introduce a new feature to the Advice Shop in the form of Get Advice on line workshops, to be delivered on a monthly basis over the period of a year
  • Health4Sport – to re-engage young people again with physical activity and social sessions at St. Gabriel’s Parish House and deliver a programme of indoor sports (badminton, softball) and socialisation for young people – for 2 hours per week for 20 weeks
  • Health and Social care – to support the safeguarding of elderly residents within Pimlico and Churchill Garden Estate
  • Make it Happen – parenting course – new program of training to parents over 12 weeks, offering them the right tools to support their children through positive behaviour. This training is specialised and focused on children and young people who are neurodiverse
  • Open Age – ‘New Beginnings’: – Open Age will invite members to tell their story and reconnect with their peers and the local community by joining you for a 2-hour craft session where they will be able to tell you a piece of their pandemic story through an artistic medium. ‘Food for Thought’: – These activities will be an opportunity to join Open Age’s food expert in learning how to cook nutritious food on a budget
  • Peabody Avenue and Close – COVID-19 Memorial Garden to create a living testament to residents impacted by the pandemic – those who became ill, their careers, those who died, and their loved ones. It will be a place to reflect, grieve, and gain solace
  • St Andrew’s Club – this project will deliver a Basketball programme which gives a weekly time slot for members and young people in the area to play basketball in a fun and safe environment
  • St Gabriel’s Church – The Scouting Ahead project is a direct response to fifteen months of online meetings and missed activities for new and existing members of the 16th Westminster Scout Group. It aims to create a second chance for all the missed opportunities of the past year and to lover the barrier for participation for anyone that needs it
  • St Vincent’s Family Group – This project will run two programmes on oral health between September 2021- March 2022 to promote good dental hygiene in children from 0-5
  • Thamesbank – the project will open its doors to friends from early July and create a new ‘normal’ at ETAT (Encouragement Through The Arts and Talking Sessions)
  • Thamesbank pottery project – offering free workshops to the residents in Peabody Avenue young and old. The project will train the groups who use the hall in how to use a kiln so that they will be able to offer pottery activities to their group
  • The Magic of Thinking Big – This project will be delivered over a 6-week period to build confidence, improve wellbeing, raise aspirations and the young people will be supported to deliver their own small project that benefits the local community
  • ‘Translations’ – local artist, Julie Bloom, will translate emotions and experiences people have had during the pandemic into a piece of abstract art

Visit us during SouthWestFest 2021

If you have some time during the SouthWestFest please pop along to Studio 1, 43 Ebury Bridge Road, SW1W 8DX for a cuppa and a chat on Wednesday 7th, 14th and 21st July between 11am – 3pm (COVID restrictions apply, we are therefore limiting numbers into the office).

Translations art project: On Saturday 10th July Julie Bloom, a local artist, will be opening the doors to all local residents as part of the SouthWestFest and displaying some of her artwork and offering ‘Translations’ which is her own unique exciting project, that we featured in our spring edition. Julie will be at the Pimlico Million office from 11am – 4pm (due to current restrictions, this is an appointment only ‘experience’). Please contact Info@juliebloomart.com

https://www.juliebloomart.com/translations

COVID-19

Following the government announcement that restrictions will not be lifted on 21st June, Pimlico Million is continuing to work for our community to ensure that we are adhering to the current guidelines in place.

We are working remotely to ensure residents and community groups are supported. There is a gradual return to the office and Claire Smith travels in on a Thursday, most weeks – please make an appointment for any meetings, to avoid turning up and the office is closed or there is another meeting taking place.

For wider information about COVID19 support in our community please see the Council’s webpage here.

Please let us know if there is any support or assistance you need in the coming days and weeks: info@thepimlicomillion.org.uk

We have moved!

On 25th March, Claire Smith (Strategic Manager), collected the keys to our new office. We are delighted to announce that our new address will be Studio 1, 43 Ebury Bridge Road, SW1W 8DX. As soon as COVID restrictions allow and we are up and running, we would love for as many local residents and Community groups to pop along and have a cuppa and see the space. As part of our vision, we plan on opening this small space up to the Community to enable training to take place and for local residents to learn new skills such as digital workshops and arts / crafts.