On Sunday 15th July 2018 – For one afternoon the Redwood Estate became Shakespeare’s Globe for our outdoor performance of Romeo & Juliet. The play was directed by young Heston West Big Local volunteers Juhi Kumra and Huzayma Khamis. We had Emaan Saleem at the delicate but strong-minded Juliet, Hana Sharif as the cool and charismatic Romeo, Callum Wills as the determined and dedicated Tybalt and Layba Nisar as the powerful and persistent Lady Capulet. We were also joined by Iman Jaura as the masterful Mercutio, Brooke Smith as the legendary Lord Montague, Anjali Parmar as the supportive Nurse, Haris Sethi as charming Paris and Mario Zapata as the mischievous Apothecary. 

Romeo & Juliet was a production from Heston West Big Local’s Theatre in Education project in partnership with ZeroPlus Theatre. The project gave the opportunity for young people to take ownership, be creative and to enhance their leadership and communication skills.
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Taz Virdee, Project Manager at HWBL said: “The young people have worked incredibly hard over the past 6 months to put together this amazing performance. It’s not easy coming in every Sunday, although we had our challenges, I am proud of everyone’s effort. It was brilliant seeing the young people perform on the Redwood Estate and hopefully we will see more of these performance in the future. I also would like to thank ZeroPlus Theatre for their support during the programme, it was great to have experienced practitioners from the industry inspire our young people.”

Big thanks to the Arts Council England, Cranford Community College, Local Trust and Make A Difference Entertainment. Photos credit: Haroon Lukka. 

Families from the local traveller’s community enjoyed a fantastic day out at London Zoo on Tuesday 17th July 2018. Around 55 people attended, many visiting the zoo for the first time. Families enjoyed all that London Zoo had to offer, from the Nature Trail, Penguins Beach, Megabugs and meeting the Giraffes! We were supported by Cara Canon from Cranford Community College. 

Big Local Connects was the first gathering of all Big Local areas at a single event (29th & 30th June 2018). From Heston to Hastings to Hartlepool, people travelled to share their experiences of Big Local, learn from other areas and get inspired by the huge range of resident-led projects transforming communities across the country.

Heston West Big Local's Youth Film-making team (Anjali Parmar, Haroon Lukka, Layba Nisar, Rhys Jones and Serena Lola) were invited by Local Trust to capture the event using social media, we even interviewed Local Trust's CEO Matt Leach! We would like to thank everyone involved with the event, it was an amazing experience and great to see all Big Local areas come together. Thank you Local Trust for inviting and supporting our young Big Local ambassadors. 

Event highlights was filmed on Saturday 30th June 2018 at Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD

Our Summer School is BACK! Starting Monday 6th August to Friday 31st August 2018. The project will be held at Cranford Community College and led by Bounce Theatre. The Summer School is FREE but spaces are limited and available for children 7yrs+ living and studying in the Heston West Big Local area. We will have various of fun activities for the children and this years focus is community volunteers and health and well-being. We would like to thank Cranford Community College for kindly donating the space for free. 

​Please click here to sign up your child.

It’s summer time! Time to get out and about, meet new people, learn something interesting, get involved and have lots of fun.

We have a wide rage of activities for everyone to enjoy from:

Family Walking Football, Youth Filmmaking, Healthy Cooking, IT Skills Workshops, Youth Volunteering with NCS, Political Summer School, Yoga and Flower Arranging to name a few. We also have our Summer School with Bounce Theatre—keeping the young ones entertained for 4 weeks!
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If that’s not enough, we also have exciting community events that bring everyone together, including: ‘Cranbury Festival’, 'Romeo & Juliet', '5-a-side Festival Football', 'Community Clean Up Day', ‘Creating a Community Mural’ and our Big Local community trip to Southend-on-Sea.
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So come along and make your summer a summer to remember!

Download our Summer Activities Guide today and get involved.

Come along to the CRANBURY FESTIVAL on SATURDAY 14TH JULY FROM 12 TO 5PM. We will have a range of fun activities for the whole community to enjoy from:

• Bhangra Dance Workshop
• The Magic Box and Macbeth meets Fortnite 
• World Cup football tournament screening
• Family friendly theatre
• London Welsh Touch Rugby Tournament 
• Army Cadets Obstacle course 
  
• Family Fun Fitness 
• MadHatter’s Tea Party
• Film Making Workshop
• UV Dodgeball and Spidernets badminton 
• Soft Archery
• 5 Aside Charity Memorial Football Tournament 
• Healthy Cooking Workshop
• Premier Skills Academy Football
• Hot food Stalls 
• BBQ 
• Popcorn 
• Candyfloss
• Icecream 
• And much more

ONLY £1 AND UNDER 5'S GO FREE! Join the fun at CRANFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE.