This evening, the Great Hall of the Guildhall was packed full of the army of volunteers that help support the City of London’s operations across London and the Home Counties. From our volunteer police specials and cadets, to volunteer carers,…
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Job Vacancy: Epping Forest Keeper (Countryside Ranger)
Job reference: OENV0302 Date posted: 10/06/2024 Application closing date: 08/07/2024Location: Epping Forest Salary: £35,663 – £39,805 per annum inclusive of all allowances Contractual hours: 35 Job DescriptionAre you a people person who is passionate about the outdoors? Want your office…
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Epping Forest Calendar 2025 – Photography Competition
As some of you know, local volunteer and keen photographer, Don Taylor pulled together a wonder calendar populated with photographs of Epping Forest last year to raised money for local charities which support the Forest. This year he has kindly…
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Epping Forest Welcomes Institute of Chartered Foresters
Today, I was delighted to join Tanith Cook, in welcoming the Institute of Chartered Foresters to Epping Forest today for their conference, which happened to also fall on the United Nation’s World Environment Day.Epping Forest is designated a European Site…
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Committee Visit to Kenley Common, Farthing Downs & Riddlesdown
This week the Epping Forest and the Commons Committee have been delighted to visit a collection of our open spaces known as part of the ‘City Commons‘ or the Coulsdon and Other Commons charity. We started our visit in Kenley…
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Epping Forest: Chairman’s Column – May 2024
We find ourselves at the start of a new civic year, with lots of new Councillors recently elected to serve their local communities. I was delighted to host representatives from the London Boroughs of Newham, Waltham Forest and Redbridge, as…
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Epping Forest Welcomes the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
Exploring strategic partnerships and leveraging the skills and experience of as wide an audience as possible is critical for the future success of a charity like Epping Forest. Indeed, ‘Connect to Proper’ is The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of…
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Epping Town Council – Annual Civic Reception
This week, I was honoured to attend the Mayor of Epping’s Civic Reception at Epping Hall. The purpose of the event is to draw together key community stakeholders and build community cohesion and collaboration. It is also an opportunity to…
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Epping Forest Welcomes Muslim Hikers
This weekend, I was delighted to welcome around 200 Muslim Hikers to Epping Forest, many of whom live in the area, but have never taken the opportunity to visit “the Green Lungs of London” before. Muslim Hikers was set up…
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Wanstead Parklands Visit
Today, I’ve had the pleasure of getting out in the sunshine and making the most of the natural beauty that is Wanstead Park, in Epping Forest. It was a joy to stop and chat with visitors at the Tea Hut,…
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