Fresh & Refresh

On 13 April 2013 Mushkil Aaasan in the Upper Tooting Rd hosted "Fresh and Refresh" co-curated by Amee Ramesh and Jeni Walker. This event was designed to be a Spring Festival to inspire people to turn a new leaf and initiate new and positive changes in their lifestyle.

The Tooting Bec Lido & Zumba trainers demonstrated ways that exercise can help, while information was also on hand about stopping smoking, blood pressure monitoring and cholesterol checks. Information on how to eat healthily and grow your own food, alongside the latest from the Friends of Streatham Cemetery bees, rubbed shoulders with delicious free tasters from Tooting Market’s Portuguese Café, Minashop, and Indian delicacies kindly donated by Tooting Pharmacy. Crafty Pint helped people create wonders from discarded plastics, while pop-up kindness and recipe swaps were also on offer. The event was very busy with a diverse audience, some who just wandered in off the street to investigate.

Amee Ramesh was delighted at how the event turned out and said: “The day itself was lovely and everyone came together, generating a really enthusiastic and positive atmosphere. It was lovely to meet new people and foster an 'onwards and upwards' mentality in the local community, especially after such a long winter!”

Once again thanks to Amee, Jeni, Mushkil Aasaan and all who contributed to making the event such a success.

Fresh & Refresh

A diverse and interesting experience was on offer this afternoon at TTT's Fresh & Refresh with quite a few new surprises, such as great Portuguese natas, bhel puri, a wishing tree, seeds, compost, craft, how to stop smoking and even a free Zumba class (see below)!

Fresh and Refresh Spring Festival - Saturday 13th April 11am to 2pm

Come along to Transition Town Tooting's Fresh And Refresh spring celebration from 11am to 2pm at Mushkil Aasaan, 222 Upper Tooting Road.. Fresh ideas to refresh the spirit - lots of fun and free activities for all ages! 

Things to do include:

• the Fresh and Refresh Walk (leaves Tooting Lido at 9am and meanders through places of interest in Tooting), ending at the venue)
• local food tasting
• sowing and growing stall - free seeds to pot up and grow on then bring your produce back to the Foodival in September
• media forum
• zumba taster session
• carbon cutting
• bee keeping with the Friends of Streatham Cemetery
• upcycling workshop by the Crafty Pint
• quitting smoking

Come along and join us - drop in at any time during the day or come early and try everything.  All welcome.