Project Final multimedia Exhibition

Project Final multimedia Exhibition

Embrace Cooperation Ltd are holding a free multimedia exhibition to show work done and successes of their Heritage Lottery funded youth project (Natural history exploration of Streatham common). This free exhibition will be on 4pm to 7:30pm Friday 5th June at 3 St Cloud Rd, West Norwood.

The Exhibition will show the achievements of this project, which aimed to raise awareness of the environmental importance of the Streatham Common. Through organising nature activities, researching the common’s history and working with local community groups. The exhibition will showcase videos, photographs, celebrate the natural heritage site and the hard work of our volunteers. Refreshments will be provided and everyone is invited to come along and find out more about this exciting project and it’s achievements.

A booklet and website (which include facts on flora and fauna, and the recreational history of the site) is also being produced. Schools, tourists, & visitors will be able to use this resource for educational visits to the site


To get involved in future projects or find out more information about this project: Phone 02072749450 / 07984662996, check the project’s myspace web page www.myspace.com/streathamcommon or Email john.embrace@gmail.com.

Wildflower Walk a great success

18 people attended the ID plant ID walk on Streatham Common run by Dominic Price from Plantlife International for Embrace Cooperation Ltd. It was a lovely sunny day and there was great feedback form people who attended.

If you wish to be place on a list to be informed of future Embrace nature & environmental conservation events phone 02086701221 or email john.embrace@gmail.com

Poster for wildflower ID walk

Project at local festivals and University volunteer fairs

The project ran information stalls at local festivals including one on Streatham Common during the Streatham festival.

The project also ran information stalls at University volunteer fairs to attract their students to part.

Pratical environmental conservation event on common

The project organised a successful free practical environmental conservation event in October 2008. The event was run by BTCV Clif Osbourne and tools were provided by Lambeth Council Rangers, who also took part and helped organised the event. The day was well attended by almost 20 participants, who all received certificates for taking part.

Participants were shown how to identify trees, prune trees / shrubs, fell small trees, create wildlife habitat piles and how to use/carry tools correctly. The young adults taking part also videoed and took digital photographs during the event with tips from Embrace's professional media staff. Also a team building exercise was also undertaken by some of the young people where they had to make a piece of rope into a square shape while blind folded.

Picnics on Streatham Common

The project has organised picnics on the common for young adults from other Embrace Cooperation Ltd projects.

Events organised for local schools

The project has run various events for local schools including wildflower surveys, insect surveys and wildlife pond design sessions both on the common and at schools.

The project has had over 100 secondary school pupils take part in the project sessions. New environmental projects are being developed with local schools and their pupils are taking a active part in the development of the projects.

Embrace Cooperation Ltd would welcome to hear from other schools who would be interested in developing new projects with us.