Your H&F Council Christmas information booklet

We say thanks 

to the NHS 

Stay safe and 

well this winter 

Free fun events 

• 

for children 

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Help for families 

in need 

PLUS 

What’s on 

this winter 

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INSIDE: 

Your Christmas & New Year 

bin and recycling collections 

PAGES 14-19 

Winter 2021

should to Nobody Nobody have should spend be 

left behind at Christmas. alone. 

Day Christmas 

That is why we’re working to ensure our Big 

H&F Christmas Lunch reaches 700 isolated 

older people in our local area this year. 

But we need your help. 

You can donate £40 to help pay for a delicious 

hot meal and quality gift bag to be delivered to 

an older neighbour in time for 25 December. 

Give now: unitedhf.org/christmaslunch 

A community winter partnership appeal between local charity UNITED in H&F 

(Reg Charity No: 1187649) and H&F Council.

Season’s Greetings H&F Leader Stephen Cowan 

Because of you, Charing Cross Hospital 

has been there for all of us throughout 

the pandemic. 

This Christmas I want to once again thank our NHS, 

care staff and volunteers. 

The last 21 months have been challenging for all of us. 

Throughout this period, our NHS and our care workers 

have, quite simply, been heroic. 

During those difficult months of lockdown H&F’s 13,000 

NHS hospital workers, our 2,200 care workers and the 

dedicated staff in 30 NHS GP practices stepped forward 

to care for our loved ones round the clock, sometimes 

juggling childcare or having to isolate themselves away 

from their families. And every day that they’ve gone into 

work to look after other people they’ve known that they 

themselves risked serious illness, or worse. 

Local NHS workers like Prof Mohamed Sami Mahmood 

Shousha, a consultant at Charing Cross Hospital, who 

tragically was one of the estimated 883 healthcare workers 

to have lost their lives since March last year. 

NHS care means more than looking after the sick – it can 

also mean dedicated research that puts us ahead of the 

virus, as illustrated by the amazing work of Dr Tom Peacock, 

a virologist at Imperial College. Back in November, he was 

the first to alert the world to a new, more infectious, Covid 

“super variant” emerging in southern Africa within days of 

its mutation. His research will certainly have saved lives. 

With your support, I set up an Independent Healthcare 

Commission, led by Michael Mansfield QC, to review the 

planned demolition of Charing Cross Hospital, together with 

local residents and the Save Our Hospitals (SOS) campaign, 

we could not have anticipated the crucial role that the 

hospital would soon go on to play in a global pandemic. 

Continued on page 4 

On the cover: 

Brackenbury Primary 

School pupils, sisters 

Daisy and Indi, pay 

tribute to the NHS. 

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Season’s Greetings (continued) 

That hospital alone has treated more than 1,150 Covid 

patients since the pandemic began, and many more have 

been treated at Hammersmith Hospital in White City as 

well as local GPs and health centres across H&F. 

And since the end of March 2019, when the 

Government and health chiefs finally gave up on 

their 7-year plan to demolish Charing Cross Hospital, 

1,166,000 patients have been cared for by its 

healthcare staff. Knowing what we do now, it doesn’t 

bear dwelling on how different things could have been if 

the demolition programme had not been stopped. 

For our part, throughout this period we did all we could 

to keep residents safe and ease the pressure on the NHS. 

To reduce the spread of infection, we used the council’s 

powers to stop our local, privately-owned care homes 

from admitting or readmitting any new patients from 

hospitals – then the only council in the country to do that – 

and we launched a pioneering testing regime for residents 

and care staff. We spent £3m on essential personal 

protective equipment (PPE), including facilitating the 

delivery of 12,000 face shields for staff at Charing Cross. 

H&F’s Community Action Network (CAN) volunteers 

supported our local foodbank in delivering 1,000 food 

parcels a week at the height of the pandemic; another 

heroic effort that I have no doubt saved lives. 

Thank you to everyone, every NHS staff member; porters, 

cleaners, nurses, clinicians, researchers, scientists, every care 

worker and volunteer who played a part in keeping us safe. 

With best wishes and please have a safe Christmas. 

Cllr Stephen Cowan 

Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council 

4 Keep in touch: – Hammersmith & Fulham Council

H&F Leader Stephen Cowan joins 

Imperial College London and 

Arborea staff to unveil the world’s 

first ‘biosolar leaf’ technology 

to clean polluted air 

Building a 

ladder of 

opportunity 

Local Year 11 test out 

the Imperial College labs 

Ensuring that all our residents 

have access to the qualifications, 

skills, apprenticeships and career 

opportunities to build successful 

and rewarding lives here in our 

borough is a core mission. 

This year we’ve continued to use 

the power of local government to 

support growth, bring partners 

together, regenerate town centres, 

build affordable workspaces and 

teach essential skills. 

In partnership with Imperial College 

London, we’ve created a new, first-ofits-kind 

modern Industrial Strategy to 

transform H&F into a global economic 

hotspot for the careers of the future 

in media, science, technology, 

engineering and maths (STEM). 

At the heart of our strategy is the 

regeneration of White City, now a 

world leading innovation district able 

to compete with the best in the 21st 

century. In the last five years, White 

City Incubator companies have raised 

over £100million and what began as 

start-ups are now thriving businesses, 

generating jobs and wealth. 

Continued on page 6 


H&F’s Industrial Strategy is harnessing the 

power of STEM companies in White City 

Our strategy aligns life-long 

education, infrastructure planning 

and the needs of business, to create 

a clear ladder of opportunity, from 

school into work. It is already bringing 

our residents some of the best jobs 

and start-up opportunities anywhere 

in the world. 

Since 2017, more than 4,000 

jobs have been created in 

our borough with global 

multinationals such as 

Novartis, moving in alongside 

bio-tech pioneers like Synthace 

and Autolus. 

In addition, over 60 life science 

businesses have been created, grown 

or moved into our borough in just 

four years alongside high growth 

anchor businesses and science and 

tech unicorns – making H&F the UK’s 

sixth most competitive economy in 

the country. To accommodate this 

rapid expansion, we are delivering 

over 1.5 million square feet of hightech 

workspace and more than 2,000 

new homes to help local workers live 

locally as part of major regeneration 

totalling over £10bn. 

To make sure our young people can 

seize these opportunities, we’re 

adapting the curricula taught in local 

schools. Through our Founders for 

School collaboration, 25 business 


leaders have volunteered over 270 

hours of time with local schoolaged 

children to coach them about 

the needs and opportunities of our 

growing STEM industries. 

To offer residents a pipeline to future 

employment, we’re working with tech 

employers to develop apprenticeships 

in digital industries resulting in over 

500 new apprenticeships for H&F 

residents each year. 

Our H&F Academy is working with 

some of the borough’s largest 

employers, like L’Oréal, Net-A-Porter, 

Imperial College London, Westfield 

and the BBC to offer ‘earn while you 

learn’ opportunities to get our young 

people on that crucial first rung of 

their career ladder. 

Meanwhile, our online Workzone 

service connects H&F residents with 

employers offering apprenticeships, 

jobs and training and we’re offering 

apprenticeship opportunities at the 

council itself, from civil engineering 

and analytics, to environmental 

health and transport planning. 

Find out more 

H&F Academy 

apprenticeships@lbhf.gov.uk 

Workzone 

info@workzoneonline.co.uk 


Fighting crime 

in H&F 

We’re investing record 

amounts to make H&F a 

no-go area for criminals. 

Although funding policing is the 

responsibility of national and 

regional government, Hammersmith 

& Fulham Council has just deployed 

72 new Law Enforcement Officers 

– the first such team in the country. 

This investment is part of a 

comprehensive multimillion pound 

council programme which includes 

adding to our extensive CCTV 

network, a new specialist Gangs 

Council Leader Stephen Cowan 

with LET officers 

Unit dedicated to safeguarding 

children and young people, and new 

measures to better protect women 

and girls. 

Cllr Sue Fennimore, the Borough’s 

Deputy Leader responsible for 

tackling crime, described how 

“Our number one priority is to 

do everything possible to keep 

our residents safe. It is not usually 

down to a council to fund such 

crime fighting initiatives, but we 

simply won’t tolerate crime and the 

devastation it brings to victims’ lives. 

“With violent crime rising and 

police numbers down, our crime 

fighting teams, working alongside 

the Metropolitan Police, are 

already delivering huge results, 

from smashing criminal County 

Lines drugs gangs to patrolling our 

streets and estates. 

“In London the awful murders of 

Sarah Everard, Sabina Nessa, Bibaa 

Henry and Nicole Smallman brought 

into sharp focus the urgent duty 


we all have to ensure the safety of 

women and girls in both public places 

and at home. That has always been 

a priority for me which is why H&F 

Council is investing record amounts 

on a variety of actions such as 

funding the Angelou Partnership.” 

The Angelou Partnership offers 

free and confidential support 

to victims of harassment and 

stalking, domestic violence, faithbased 

violence and sexual assault. 

You can call them on 0808 801 

0660 or 020 8741 7008 or email 

angelou@advancecharity.org.uk 

H&F Council is also asking all licensed 

premises in the borough to sign up 

to #AskforAngela which means that, 

if you feel vulnerable in a bar, club or 

restaurant due to unwanted attention 

or unsafe on a date you can discreetly 

ask for the help of any staff member 

by “asking for Angela”. 

These major investments in new 

crime-fighting services are only 

possible because of the ‘ruthless 

financial efficiency’ we take, cutting 

layers of unnecessary management, 

re-negotiating contracts, stripping 

out a record £118m of wasteful 

council spending. 

There is now a dedicated 24/7 

Council Law Enforcement Team (LET) 

in every H&F ward. So far, since our 

scheme launched in the spring, they 

have responded to 4,036 calls and 

played a critical role, along with the 

police, in catching and deterring 

criminals. To contact the Law 

Enforcement Team, you can email 

let.hf@lbhf.gov.uk or call 

020 8748 3020 or 020 8753 1100. 

If you witness a crime happening, 

or there is an emergency, always 

ring 999. 

The new H&F-funded Law 

Enforcement Team with Council 

Leader Cllr Stephen Cowan 


How we’re 

providing 

extra support 

With over 20,000 people in H&F hit by the £20 cut 

in Universal Credit, and with energy and food bills 

rocketing, we’re doing all we can to support residents 

who may be having a tough time. 

No-one should face hunger in this 

day and age in one of the wealthiest 

cities in the world. 

This year, we’ve fed local pupils 

during the school holidays with 

more than 30,000 free school 

meal vouchers. We’ll provide over 

6,000 more vouchers during the 

Christmas holidays. 

We’ve given 300,000 free 

breakfasts to children at primary 

schools and nurseries in the last two 

years, and are running a pioneering 

free school lunch scheme in two 

secondary schools for all pupils. 

This Christmas, as we do every year, 

we’re delivering a Big Christmas 

Lunch to older residents who live 

alone, working with fantastic local 

charities UNITED in Hammersmith & 

Fulham and The Smile Brigade. 

Details here: www.lbhf.gov.uk/ 

christmaslunch 


Hungry, lonely 

or isolated? 

Help with finances 

Struggling with energy bills, rent 

or council tax? We have plenty of 

resources to help. Find out more at 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/ 

financialhardship 

Help from charities 

Find out about support from 

local charities and others at 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/localsupport 

Help for young people 

Our great new Winter Festive 

Fun programme will ensure that 

younger H&F residents get regular, 

free meals over the Christmas 

holidays while enjoying sport, dance, 

cookery, arts and crafts and family 

fun at local venues. The programme 

has something for everyone from 

four- to 18-year-olds – and up to 

age 25 for those with additional 

needs. Find out more at 


winterfestivefun 

Our H&F CAN team is here to 

help. If you need urgent support 

with food, loneliness or isolation, 

or if you’re worried about a 

friend, neighbour or relative, 

please contact H&F CAN. 

Call Freephone 0800 145 6095, 

9am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 

and 10am to 2pm on Saturdays, 

or email: can@lbhf.gov.uk 

Christmas and New 

Year opening times 

December 

Saturday 25 & Sunday 26: 

Closed 

Monday 27 & Tuesday 28: 

Open 10am to 3pm 

Wednesday 29 to Friday 31: 


January 

Saturday 1 & Sunday 2: 

Closed 

Monday 3: 


Tuesday 4: 



Stay safe and 

well this winter 

Don’t go into Christmas and New Year unprotected. 

Please help the NHS. 

Covid cases are still high in H&F and the vast 

majority of patients in intensive care beds with 

Covid in local hospitals are unvaccinated. 

Flu is also more of a danger this year. 

Get your first and second Covid 

vaccines – that’s the single most 

important thing you can do to 

protect yourself and others 

Get a booster jab to top up your 

protection. The NHS has ambitious 

plans to get everyone aged 18+ 

to have a booster by the end 

of December to help tackle the 

Omicron variant 

Get your free flu jab if you’re 

eligible (over-50s and others in 

medical risk groups, or health and 

social care workers) 

Get tested regularly for Covid to 

protect others. Lateral flow tests 

are available free at pharmacies 

and via the NHS website 

Wear a face covering or mask in 

crowded indoor spaces, including 

buses and the tube 

Open windows – good ventilation 

helps stop Covid spreading 

Keep washing your hands or use 

hand sanitiser 

Get the latest Covid guidance: 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/coronavirus 

Book your first, second or booster vaccine 

online at www.nhs.uk/coronavirus or by 

calling free on 119 – or visit a local pharmacy 

(see the next page). 


Get the latest Covid 

guidance: www.lbhf. 

gov.uk/coronavirus 

Book your first, second or 

booster vaccine online at 

www.nhs.uk/coronavirus or 

by calling free on 119 – or visit a 

local pharmacy (see below). 

It’s easy to get 

vaccinated in H&F 

Many H&F pharmacies are 

offering the Covid vaccine and 

booster. And all are offering free 

flu jabs to people aged 50+. 

See here for details: www.lbhf. 

gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19 

Help for local 

businesses 

We’re doing everything we can 

to support our amazing local 

H&F businesses through the 

pandemic with our Shop Local 

Shop Safe campaign. We want 

to keep all staff and customers 

safe, while still protecting our 

local economy. 

If you need business advice 

or support please call the 

H&F Business Helpdesk on 

020 8753 5585 or email: 

business-support@lbhf.gov.uk 

Sign up to our Business 

Connects e-newsletter to stay 

up to date with all the business 

news here www.lbhf.gov.uk/ 

business-connects 


Christmas 

collection days 

Your guide to household recycling 

and rubbish collections this Christmas 

December 2021 

Day Date Status Collection Alternative days 

Monday 20 Collection day Yes - 

Tuesday 21 Collection day Yes - 

Wednesday 22 Collection day Yes - 

Thursday 23 Collection day Yes - 

Friday 24 Christmas Eve Yes - 

Saturday 25 Christmas Day No Moved to Monday 27 Dec 

Sunday 26 Boxing Day No Moved to Monday 27 Dec 



Wednesday 29 Collection day Yes - 

Thursday 30 Collection day Yes - 

Friday 31 New Years Eve Yes - 

January 2022 

Saturday 1 New Years Day No Moved to Monday 3 Jan 

Sunday 2 No collection No - 



Christmas and Boxing Day collections 

move to Monday 27th, while 

New Year’s Day collection moves to 

Monday 3rd January. All collection 

days will be back to normal by 

Monday 3rd January. 

As some collection dates will change, 

please keep this guide handy. 

For more information on rubbish 

collections and recycling, visit 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/rubbish 


Don’t forget to 

recycle your tree! 

REAL 

TREES 

ONLY 

Free Christmas tree 

recycling collection 

If you normally get an on-street 

rubbish collection, simply leave your 

tree where you’d leave your rubbish. 

Please make sure: 

• it is clearly visible 

• it is not obstructing the pavement 

• all decorations and pots 

are removed. 

Please put your tree out for collection 

before 7am on your regular collection 

day between Monday 3 January until 

Friday 21 January. 

For more information: 

Visit: www.lbhf.gov.uk/rubbish 

Email: cleaner.greener@lbhf.gov.uk 

Call: 020 8753 1100 

Designated Christmas 

tree drop-off points 

You can also take your tree to 

one of the designated drop-off 

points below. 

New Kings Road 

On the edge of Eel Brook Common 

Fulham Palace Road Cemetery 

Opposite Queensmill Road 

Normand Park 

Opposite Lillie Road entrance 

Loris Road Community Gardens 

Batoum Gardens 

Ravenscourt Park 

By football pitch, access by foot via 

Ravenscourt Park Road 

Wormwood Scrubs car park 

Off Scrubs Lane 

South Park 

Hard standing next to cricket nets, 

access by foot via Woolneigh Street 

Cathnor Park 

Next to the play area, 

Greenside Road 

Wormholt Park 

Sawley Road entrance 

Bishops Park 

Next to café. Bishops Park Road/ 

Stevenage Road entrance 


Recycle more 

Please put these in 

your recycling sack, 

bin or bank: 

Top Christmas 

Paper, card 

and cardboard 

Plastic bottles, 

pots, tubs 

and trays 

Cartons 

Cans and tins 

Glass bottles 

and jars 

Please ensure 

all items are 

clean and dry 

Christmas cards and 

wrapping paper (not 

metallic wrapping paper) 

in your clear sack or 

smart bank. 

Recycle small electrical 

items, such as mobile 

phones and hair dryers, 

by organising a free 

collection from Traid. 

To book, call 020 8733 

2595, or visit our website 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/traid 

Traid also offers a 

free collection for 

clothing and textiles. 

Call 020 8733 2595 to 

book. Alternatively, you 

can find your nearest 

textile recycling bank at 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/traid 

You can leave 

the lid on 

Don’t forget, lids 

can be left on plastic 

bottles and cartons 

and metal lids placed 

loose on glass jars. 

Run out of clear 

recycling sacks? 

To order more, 

call 020 8753 1100 


this Christmas 

recycling tips 

Recycle your old 

batteries at one of our 

libraries or at many 

supermarkets and stores. 

For tips to help 

reduce your food 

waste this Christmas, 

check out www. 

lovefoodhatewaste.com. 

If you have a garden why 

not get a composter from 

www.getcomposting. 

com and recycle your 

leftover sprouts. 

Need a bulky 

waste collection? 

For large items, like 

furniture or appliances, 

call 020 8753 1100 to 

book a bulky waste 

collection. Charges apply. 

Please don’t put these 

in your recycling sack, 

bin or bank: 

Shredded 

paper 

Hard plastics 

and soft 

plastics 

Food waste 

Clothes 

and textiles 

(see left) 

Aerosols 

Any items not 

ticked on the 

previous page: 

• Nappies 

• Electricals 

and cables 

• Wood 

• Metal items 

• DIY materials 

• Polystyrene 

• Foil 

Aerosols? No can do 

For safety reasons, we’re no longer 

recycling aerosol cans. If you’ve got 

cans to dispose of, please now put 

them in your general waste. 


Small electrical items recycling 

Did you know? 

On average, each person in 

• 

the UK buys 2.8 new electrical 

items a year. 

Over 27 million mobile phones 

• 

were sold in the UK over the past 

year which is equal to nearly 

3,500 tonnes of electrical waste. 

In the past year, nearly 173 

• 

million electrical items were 

sold in the UK. 

You can help us save money by 

recycling your electrical appliances! 

Electrical appliances are mostly 

made of plastic and metal, with 

small amounts of many other 

substances, some of which may 

harm the environment. Reusing 

and recycling is the best way to 

reduce the environmental impact 

of these products. 

Reuse your 

electrical goods 

If your electrical appliance is still in 

working order, pass it on to someone 

else who could use it. Try advertising 

your appliance on the H&F group 

of Freecycle or give it away to a 

neighbour using Street Bank. 

Recycle your 

electrical goods 

Bring your small electrical items to be 

recycled at one of the 17 recycling 

sites across the borough. These are 

known as WEEE banks. 

A recycling centre 

with a WEEE bank 


Outdoor bin 

locations: 

Peterborough Road junction 

with Sulivan Court, SW6 3DL 

Eel Brook Common, 

New King’s Road, SW6 4SG 

Entrance to Waitrose Car Park, 

Heckfield Place, SW6 5BE 

Durrell Road junction with 

Fulham Park Road, SW6 5LQ 

Dawes Road/Junction of 

Aintree Street, SW6 7QZ 

Outside Clem Attlee Estate, 

opposite Norman Croft Primary 

School, Lillie Road, SW6 7RZ 

Brackenbury Road junction with 

Goldhawk Road, W6 0BQ 

Beside Premier Inn, 

King Street, W6 9LU 

Opposite Askew Crescent, 

Uxbridge Road, W12 0NE 

Outside the Egyptian House, 

95 Bloemfontein Road, W12 7DA 

North End Road, Near Lytton 

Estate (Bus stop R), Hammersmith 

and Fulham, W14 0SJ 

Indoor bin 

locations: 

Fulham Library 

598 Fulham Road, SW6 5NX 

Hammersmith Library 

Shepherds Bush Road, W6 7AT 

Old Oak Housing Association 

43-45 Erconwald Street, W12 0BP 

Shepherds Bush Library 

6 Wood Lane, W12 7BF 

Askew Road Library 

87/91 Askew Road, W12 9AS 

Avonmore Library 

and Community Centre 

North End Crescent, W14 8TG 

The banks accept unwanted 

(working or broken) small, portable 

electrical items, for example, electrical 

tools, radios, hair dryers, kettles, 

computer keyboards, small laptops 

and mobile phones. 

Some retailers will also accept 

your small electrical appliances for 

recycling when you buy new ones. 

Visit the Recycle Now website, 

to find out which stores offer a 

take-back service. 

Recycling larger electrical 

appliances and white goods 

For larger items that will that will not fit 

easily into the bins and banks please see: 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/bulky-waste 


Climate Action Together – what 

Building a thriving 

borough together 

Human activity is destroying 

ecosystems and warming 

the planet with devastating 

impacts. That’s why H&F 

Council declared a climate and 

ecological emergency in 2019. 

We’ve pledged to reach net zero 

carbon emissions by 2030 and in 

doing so, build a thriving place for 

current and future generations. 

To do this, we need your help. 

Have a look at what we’re doing 

opposite and then see what you 

can do to help on pages 22-23. 

Let’s take Climate Action Together! 

To find out more, please visit 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/climate 

where you can also sign up for 

our monthly Climate Connects 

e-newsletter. The website has 

our interactive Climate Community 

Map showing 100+ projects 

happening on your doorstep. 

Developing ideas 

with residents 

How H&F Council is 

taking climate action 

With decision-making 

We’ve developed a toolkit to make 

sure all key council decisions are 

judged against their impact on 

climate and ecology. 

With residents 

We’re working with residents on how 

we take climate action through our 

new Resident Advisory Panels. 

With training and jobs 

We’re creating training and job 

opportunities in the green sector 

through our Industrial Strategy. 

With schools 

We’re expanding our 

award-winning Climate 

Education projects to 

bring climate change 

into the curriculum. 

With council homes 

We’re upgrading council 

homes to be carbon 

positive, the largest 

scheme of its kind 

in Europe. 

With solar advice 

We’ve partnered with 

Solar Together and 

we’re providing free 

pre-planning advice 

to lower the cost of 

installing solar panels. 


we’re doing & how you can help 

With energy bills 

We’re helping landlords and residents 

meet minimum energy efficiency 

standards to cut carbon and cut bills. 

With electric vehicles 

We’re building the biggest network 

of electric vehicle charging points in 

Europe with 1,000 planned by the 

end of 2021 and over 2,500 in 2022. 

With cycling 

We’re upgrading cycle lanes and 

offering free cycle training, plus tripling 

the amount of safe cycle storage. 

With parks and open spaces 

Hammersmith Park is home to 

London’s first tiny forest, a haven for 

biodiversity, with more planned. 

Our new Civic Campus 

will be one of the greenest 

listed buildings 

With our new Civic Campus 

The campus will be one of the greenest 

listed buildings, and powered by a 

ground source heat pump. 

With council buildings 

We’re working to reduce emissions 

from our buildings to net zero by 2030. 

With sustainable drainage 

We’re extending our rain gardens and 

sustainable drainage schemes to help 

manage surface water flooding. 

With community engagement 

We’ve engaged with hundreds of 

residents as part of Climate Carnival. 

With our investments 

We’re divesting our pension from fossil 

fuels and have the lowest investment 

in carbon of any council in the UK. 

Our traffic calming parklets 

help reduce pollution 

Resident-led panels will 

shape how we implement 

climate actions 

Our sustainable drainage 

schemes help manage flooding 


Climate Action Together – what 

… and here’s some ideas for 

how you can take climate action 

Homes, buildings and energy 

Did you know that buildings are the 

biggest source of carbon emissions 

in H&F? Leaky homes waste energy 

and cost more to heat. 

What can I do? 

Visit simpleenergyadvice.org.uk 

to find out what grant funding is 

available to make your home greener. 

Travel 

How can we clean our air, cut our 

carbon and enjoy our streets at the 

same time? Walking and cycling are 

the best way to get around, followed 

by public transport, then using a 

shared electric car. 


Try planning your regular journey by 

walking, cycling or public transport. 

Use Citymapper to find a local route 

or Man in Seat 61 to 

plan your next holiday 

by train. 

Try apps like Citymapper 

to plan low carbon travel 

Things we use 

Recycling alone is not enough – 

reducing the amount we buy and 

throw away, and reusing what we 

have has a much greater impact. 


Make second 

hand your first 

choice. Use local 

charity shops 

or apps like 

Make second hand 

Depop, Facebook 

your first choice 

Marketplace and 

eBay. You can borrow items 

from neighbours using websites 

including Streetbank and ShareBee. 

What we eat 

Did you know that food accounts 

for 10% of the average person’s 

carbon footprint? In particular, meat 

and dairy account for almost half 

of London’s food emissions. 


Join half a million 

people eating 

plant-based this 

January and 

enjoy the benefits 

of delicious, 

sustainable food. 

Visit veganuary.com 

for recipe ideas. 

Try switching 

to meat free meals 


we’re doing & how you can help 

Primary pupils learn about 

how they can keep the 

Thames clean as part of 

our Mudlarks project 

Ecology 

If we added up all private gardens in 

the borough, it would equal the size 

of our parks and green spaces. 


Everyone can help enhance 

biodiversity, whether or not you 

have a garden. We encourage 

residents to plant bee-friendly flowers 

in our tree bases. For ideas visit 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/tree-bases. 

Adapting to climate change 

One of the greatest risks of 

climate change in H&F comes 

from surface water flooding, with 

sewers becoming full. 


Reducing paving in your garden 

and providing more space for plants 

has a triple benefit. It helps drain 

floodwater, increases groundwater 

supplies, and provides cooler spaces 

for hotter summers. 

Green economy 

Did you know that organisations – 

businesses, schools and institutions – 

account for 42% of carbon emissions 

in H&F? 


Join the H&F Climate Alliance for a 

free programme of training, events 

and support to measure and reduce 

your organisation’s carbon footprint. 

Find out more at www.lbhf.gov.uk/ 

climate-alliance. 

Climate education 

Did you know we have an awardwinning 

Climate Education Team 

working with schools across H&F? 


Have a look at our Climate Education 

webpage for information and resources 

about how to bring climate change 

into the curriculum: www.lbhf.gov. 

uk/climate-education. 


Planning a 

winter feast? 

Check out these 10 local restaurants and find 

your new festive favourite, at a price to suit you 

LOW (£) 

222 Veggie Vegan 

222vegan.com 

This North End Road restaurant in 

Fulham serves healthy and tasty food 

from around the world. 

Starters: £5.50-£6.50 

Mains: £10.50-£12 

Patri 

patri.co.uk 

Located in Hammersmith Grove, 

this restaurant serves New Delhi 

dishes, including a wide range of 

vegan and vegetarian food. 

Dishes: £6-£22.95 

(Patri’s menu includes a guide on how 

many dishes you should order, depending 

on how hungry you are) 

A tasty thali at the Patri 

Sufi 

sufirestaurant.com 

This Persian 

restaurant in 

Askew Road, 

Shepherds Bush, 

uses quality 

ingredients and 

specialises in fresh 

breads, dips, stews and kebabs. 

Starters: £4.50-£6.30 

Mains: £11-£16.90 

MEDIUM (££) 

Albertine 

albertine.london 

Located in 

Wood Lane, this 

Shepherds Bush 

wine bar and 

restaurant is 

owned by decorated 

Hammersmith chef 

Allegra McEvedy and features smaller 

plates, sharing boards and a wine 

shop for takeaway. 

Small plates: £7.50-£9.50 

Larger plates: £16-£18 


Fenn 

fennrestaurant.co.uk 

This Wandsworth Bridge Road 

restaurant focuses on British food at 

its best. The Fulham restaurant will be 

open New Year’s Eve from 2pm for a 

10-course tasting menu. 

Smaller dishes: £3.50-£9 

Larger dishes: £12-£32 

Gola 

gola.london 

Looking for some of the best Italian 

food in Fulham? Pop into local 

favourite Gola in Fulham Road for 

their superb truffle tagliolini and 

aubergine parmigiana. 

Starters: £3-£28 for two people 

Mains: £16-£26 (sharing style) 

The Carpenter’s Arms 

carpentersarmsw6.co.uk 

Looking for a full Sunday lunch or an 

evening meal to celebrate the festive 

season? The Carpenters Arms in Black 

Lion Lane does it all in style just near 

St Peter’s Square in Hammersmith. 

Set lunch menu: two courses 

for £25 or three courses for £30 

Sunday lunch: £35 per person 

The Crown and Sceptre 

crownandsceptreshepherdsbush. 

co.uk 

This Shepherds Bush pub in Melina 

Road serves a delicious Thai menu, 

perfect for those looking for an 

untraditional Christmas lunch. 

Mix and match plates: five for £20 

Mains: £8.50-£17.50 

The Gate 

thegaterestaurants.com/ 

hammersmith 

Want a plantbased 

break from 

the Christmas 

food or a vegan 

Christmas feast? 

This popular 

Queen Caroline 

Street restaurant 

is a central Hammersmith destination. 

Starters: £9-£10 

Mains: £15-£18 

HIGH (£££) 

The Harwood Arms 

harwoodarms.com 

Opened in 2009, this Michelinstarred 

pub in 

Walham Grove, 

Fulham, serves 

award-winning 

food and drinks, 

with a menu 

focused on game 

and wild food. 

Snacks: £6-£6.50 

Daily menu: three courses for £55 

Welcoming smiles at 

The Crown and Sceptre 

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Live again at last: Jazz fusion 

quintet Groove Razors (left) 

and Barry McCarthy as Father 

Christmas (bottom right) 

What’s on 

this winter 

Here are some of the best local days 

and nights out for the festive season 

Until 24 December 

Raymond Briggs’ Father 

Christmas at the Lyric 

Christmas isn’t Christmas at the Lyric 

without its family favourite, Raymond 

Brigg’s Father Christmas. For the tenth 

year running, kids under six can watch 

Santa as he prepares for his Christmas 

deliveries, feeds his reindeer and finally 

takes flight into the snowy night. 

Tickets from £10 

lyric.co.uk 

18 December 

Hammersmith Safer Cycle 

Pathway Festive Celebration 

Family Ride 

Join W6 Safe Cycling Families to 

welcome the new bike lane between 

Lyric Square and Kew Bridge. This 

ride is supported by H&F Cycling as 

part of London’s Cycling Campaign. 

Easy pace, suitable for children. 

11am-12.30pm, meet 10.45am 

lbhf.gov.uk/christmasbiketour 


17 December 

Reginald D Hunter at Bush Hall 

Bush Hall Presents returns with a 

superb comedy line-up, featuring 

Reginald D Hunter, Sara Barron, 

Felicity Ward and more. 

7pm, 18+, from £18 

bushhallmusic.co.uk 

18 December 

Jazz Café POSK reopening 

Jazz Café POSK reopens with the 

Groove Razors. Hear the jazz fusion 

quintet’s latest album Spacetime 

along with Polish jazz standards 

and Christmas music surprises. 

8.30pm, £10 

lbhf.gov.uk/jazzconcerts 

21 December 

Yoo Hoo Musical Storytelling 

Workshop at Bush Hall 

Visit the Music House for Children for 

festive dancing, singing and jamming 

with Yoo Hoo the hedgehog. 

11am, ages 2-6, £15 (includes 1 adult) 

musichouseforchildren.com 

21 December 

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas 

at Shepherds Bush Library 

Join Cat and Hutch for an interactive 

storytelling session inspired by 

A Visit from St Nicholas. 

2-3pm, free – limited to 20 children 

lbhf.gov.uk/christmasreading 

Until 22 January 

Fair Play at Bush Theatre 

Join runners Ann and Sophie in the 

Bush Theatre’s Fair latest production 

as it explores the murky underworld 

of women’s sports. 

14+, from £10 

bushtheatre.co.uk 

Until 2 January 

Aladdin at the Lyric 

Join Aladdin and the Genie on 

their festive adventure with the 

typical Lyric twist! 

Tickets from £10 

Live and work in H&F? 

Get two free tickets to the first 

night of all main house Lyric 

productions and four free tickets 

for main house family shows. 

lyric.co.uk 

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Activity programme 

of winter food and www.lbhf.gov.uk/ 

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for children and young shoplocalshopsafe 

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18 December - 3 January 


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for children and young people 

18 December - 3 January 


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So many people make 

H&F a fantastic place to 

live, work and socialise 

Help us celebrate our community by 

nominating friends and neighbours 

www.lbhf.gov.uk/civichonours 

Nominations close on 

Sunday 16 January 2022

B ST YOUR 

IMMUNITY 

THIS WINTER 

WITH THE FLU VACCINE 

COVID-19 BOOSTER 

Flu and COVID-19 can both be life-threatening 

and spread more easily in winter. If you’re 

over 50, you are eligible for a free flu vaccine 

and a COVID-19 booster. 

Get vaccinated. Get boosted. Get protected. 

nhs.uk/wintervaccinations 

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