How about Parkrun? Parkrun is a weekly friendly social gathering at 9:00 on Saturdays where people decide to either run, walk or volunteer. There are many local parkruns – Tooting, Clapham, Battersea, Herne Hill, Morden, Crystal Palace plus many others…
For members with young children, I thought it would be great to share with you my top picks for keeping the family entertained. Please share your local top picks at svpoa@yahoo.co.uk for inclusion in the next issue! Streatham Common Paddling…
Simon Hooberman stood down from editing Topics earlier this year. It seemed appropriate to say thank you, look back over his long association with both Streatham and the SVPOA. His earliest memories of Streatham are as a nine year old…
Nothing gets cheaper but one way to save money is to take cuttings from your favourite plants. It is not too late to start now for a later summer display.Geraniums and Pelargoniums are easy to propagate. You don’t even need…
Sadly, news reached me that two of our stalwart members of the SVPOA have died recently. Firstly, Mike Braggington died in early May. He and his wife Janette lived in Fieldend Road before they retired to Seaford in East Sussex…
The meeting held at Woodmansterne Primary School on 5th May. PS Lee-Ann Mills and PC Jai Patel from the Common and Vale Met Police were in attendance, and told the meeting that the familiar face of PC Adam Brooks would…
Would you like to help shape the SVPOA and support in making Streatham Vale a safe and welcoming community?We are looking for more volunteers for the Executive Committee to offer any support they can. With only eleven meetings a year, we…
Many of you will have read about the Simpler Recycling scheme launched on 31st March this year. There have been concerns that our bin collection regime has to change and no one has told us about it. Rest assured that…
The next Streatham Common & Vale Safer Neighbourhood Panel meeting is on Tuesday 05 May 2026, at Woodmansterne Primary School, Stockport Road, SW16 5XE. Please come along. There are two Woodmansterne Schools in the area which is confusing, our meetings are always at Woodmansterne Primary School! …
Those of you who were at the AGM will know that Mike Morfey has sadly resigned from the Executive Committee having moved away. Much as we shall miss him he is relocating to Watford to be nearer to his family.…