This Sunday (14th September), we have the Big Event at Hillside Gardens Park, combining sports activities in the park with a free film screening in the evening. Due to the weather forecast, we had to move the film screening indoors to the wonderful St Margaret the Queen, a three-minute walk from the park. From 5 pm, you can come and listen to live music there, eat Indian street food with a British twist cooked by the lovely people from Lucknow2London, and then at 7 pm, the Streatham Free Film Festival will show "A Complete Unknown". Note that this is a 15 film, so you need to be 15 or older to watch the movie, but everyone can eat the food and enjoy the music beforehand. The programme in the park stays as it is - see below. Throughout the day, the Friends of Hillside will sell drinks and snacks, but there will be no other food available. If it rains too much, we will halt the activities. (fb)

This Sunday (14th September), we have the Big Event at Hillside Gardens Park. The event combines our annual Sports Day - an event packed with free activities for the whole family - with the free screening of a film at Hillside Gardens Park. Below, you can see the just-finalised programme, packed with fun activities, suitable for everyone from 4 years old to 94 years. The day starts at 10 am with Tai Chi, guided by local Tai Chi master Lee Berwick, or with some pilates, led by Lois Whittle. Then, activities all over the park start. If you or your children are interested in the nature in the park, you can make your own seed bombs, explore our pond or start a nature treasure hunt (come to the allotment area). Tennis then kicks off on courts 1 and 2, while the little ones can have fun with the party entertainer. And this year, for the first time, we have a workshop from Elite Korean Kickboxing UK, led by Coach Connor, who has fond memories of the park. If you want to train the brain in between, stop by the wonderful Math Explorers, who will be stimulating brains in the dog free area. As usual, the sports activities will end with the Hillside Olympics, full of races and fun games. If all these activities made you hungry, then you are in luck. The wonderful people from Lucknow2London will be cooking up Indian street food with a British twist, including mutton curry, butter chicken curry, as well as aubergine and potato curry. And the Friends of Hillside will provide refreshments throughout the day, with a bar opening at 3 pm. At 5 pm, the mood in the park will shift. Live music will start, and then at 7 pm, the Streatham Free Film Festival will show "A Complete Unknown" - "Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, the movie follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan's (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts". Note that this is a 15 film, so you need to be 15 or older to watch the movie. We are monitoring the weather situation - the film equipment is not waterproof. St Margaret's Church Hall is booked, should we need to move the screening inside. Keep an eye on future emails and join the WhatsApp group (see QR code below) for the latest developments. (fb)