Furzedown Project

Friday afternoons are getting competitive with our ‘International Games Club’ launching at The Furzedown Project!

Starting from 26 June, we’ll be enjoying fun afternoons playing games from across the world such as Carrom — the classic tabletop game of Indian origin in which players flip or flick discs, attempting to knock them to the corners of the board, similar to billiards…
Whether you’re a seasoned player or trying it for the first time, come and have a go!

As our members are of so many different nationalities we hope to share other great games (Jamaican dominoes anyone?) - and of course we’ll also have your favourite classic board games to enjoy like Backgammon, Ludo and Cluedo - bringing people together for laughter, strategy, and great conversation!

Every Friday 1:30pm – 3:30pm, just £3 a session.
We always welcome new members and have lots of other great activities on offer. Come along, meet new people, and enjoy a relaxing social afternoon in a warm and welcoming space!

Please contact the Project if you’d like to join our special Carrom session - let us know if you’ve played before or want to try something new. 

The Furzedown Project’s plant sale is on this Saturday 16th May from 10am to 2pm, outside the Project, weather permitting, inside if wet!

We will have a great variety of plants, including bedding flowers, house plants and veg, all at very reasonable prices. Helpers will be there to share knowledge and advice about the plants.

We also will be selling plant accessories, and by public demand, our wonderful preserves.

Raising money to support our activities and outreach services. Please come along and tell your friends and neighbours

Our plant sale is on this Saturday 16th May from 10am to 2pm, outside the Project, weather permitting, inside if wet!

We will have a great variety of plants, including bedding flowers, house plants and veg, all at very reasonable prices. Helpers will be there to share knowledge and advice about the plants.
We also will be selling plant accessories, and by public demand, our wonderful preserves.

Raising money to support our activities and outreach services. Please come along and tell your friends and neighbours

We are hosting the first BTF (Balham, Tooting & Furzedown) Neighbourhood Carers’ event in The Project on Wednesday 29 April, 10am to 12:30pm.

Meet local teams from the Primary Care Network, Social Services, Age UK, Wandsworth Care Alliance and many more useful contacts - it’s a great chance get advice, share your views and strengthen community bonds!

All carers are welcome. Please tell anyone you know who is a carer and who may not be online, there will be refreshments.

No need to register, just drop in and chat - but if possible let us know so we can cater for numbers: https://forms.office.com/e/YGzpapqGj9

Thank you to everyone who voted for The Furzedown Project in the Balham Waitrose’s wonderful Green Token scheme.

Our Director Sandra was delighted to pick up the impressive cheque from the manager Anthony and his staff!

Fundraising initiatives like this are really important for small independent charities like ours so please pick up tokens to vote for local causes - we rely on donations, grants and memberships fees to keep going!

Wishing a very happy Easter to all our members, supporters and Furzedown friends!

These cute little characters featured in our sale last weekend, hand knitted by one of our wonderful supporters… and they helped us raise an amazing £1,403 towards our activities & outreach.

If you’d like to get our monthly email-news with what’s coming up, please email [email protected]

Best foot forward!
The Project’s Perambulators is our long established walking group who meet every month for walks of between 5 and 10 miles, within easy travelling distance from the Project.

There were 14 Project members on Tuesday, walking to Richmond Park and enjoying the amazing views across King Henry’s Mound.

The next Furzedown Perambulators walk is on Tuesday 28th April. We are walking along the River Wandle from Colliers Wood to it’s mouth where it joins the Thames at Wandsworth. It’s a level walk of about 5 miles on solid paths with an easy bus journey back to Tooting.

Fancy joining us? We welcome new members any time, please contact the Project reception or email Philip [email protected]

We also have shorter, relaxed walks locally with the Furzedown Strollers led by Robert [email protected]

Driver Needed – Join Our Team!

The Furzedown Project is looking for a friendly and reliable driver to support our community services 💜

🕒 3 hours per week (Mondays)
➕ Extra Friday trips (ad hoc)
🔁 Opportunity to cover additional shifts

You’ll be helping transport our members to activities and making a real difference in the local community.

☀️ You must have a full UK driving licence - D1 entitlement preferred

☀️ You are over 21 and happy to have a DBS check and MiDas training

☀️ You must be dependable and people-focused

Perfect for someone looking for flexible, meaningful part-time work.

📩 Interested?
Email: [email protected] or call 0208 677 4283

Closing date 26th April 2026

The Project is holding its Spring Fayre this Saturday 28th March from 10am to 2pm, weather permitting we will be outside!

Our wonderful volunteers and supporters have put together a great array of seasonal goodies - lovely hand-knitted items, cute Easter chicks, bunnies and soft toys and delicious home-made biscuits, preserves, and samosas. There’s lovely jewellery, special occasion hats (ready to buy for your garden party, wedding or Ascot!) and get lucky with our tombola stall, a ‘name your price’ rummage box and a great prize raffle.

Our sales are an important way to raise the money to run the Project’s activities and outreach services. Do come along, bag a bargain and support us!

Today our Carers’ Group loved getting creative, by making Valentine’s cards for their loved ones - and meeting and chatting with other carers at the same time.

Everyone enjoyed the session and judging by their cards, their loved ones will also feel greatly appreciated.

The Project Carers’ group is open every Tuesday morning, for all carers in Wandsworth - with activities and wellness sessions, occasional speakers and friendly peer support, and once every 4 weeks there is an activity for carers to attend with their cared for person.

Share the love. A carer is someone who without payment, provides help and support to a partner, child, relative, friend or neighbour, who could not manage without their help. If you know of anyone like this who would enjoy our sessions tell them to pop in!