£ Nunhead, Peckham and East Dulwich have a fair number of Streetcar car club vehicles. VW Golf’s are available to members of the car club at a rate of £4.95 per hour with petrol free under 30 miles. It costs £25.00 to join and you need to pay a £100 returnable deposit. For details go to http://www.streetcar.co.uk and watch the short film about the car club £ Go to www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/home/ to find out if you could claim £400 towards the installation of solar hot water panels on our roof. In fact, anyone can claim up to £2,500 towards the installation of a maximum of three different low carbon technologies until the end of March 2009.
Keep children stimulated and happy with new toys that won’t involve you buying lots of plastic. Toy libraries throughout Southwark loan toys, much like a traditional library. For locations and dates call the Family Information Service on 0800 013 0639 or look at www.southwark.gov.uk/family £ For birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries etc, instead of presents offer to do jobs or favours for people ie: fix something, tidy the garden, do some decorating, mind the kids, make them a picnic or offer a massage or facial? There’s finally a safer way to dispose of batteries locally – libraries throughout Southwark have collection tubes in their foyers. £ ‘Community Repaint’ is a network of outlets that redistributes thousands of gallons of unwanted paint to people who need it. A tiny donation may be asked for and the paints are mostly available for people receiving benefits and community groups. Our nearest distribution point is in West Norwood 0207 926 8026 or look at www.communityrepaint.org
£ We all know that tumble dryers use alot of energy but drying your wash on the radiators makes them work harder and will push your bills up too. If at all possible dry them outside or on a rack in the warmest room in the house. Want to take some children on a dream trip to Lapland for the whole Santa thing but worried about flying and climate change? Read a review about elves, snow and huskies all to be found at Lapland UK in Kent! www.laplanduk.co.uk/laplanduk-press-reviews-sunday-times.html £ The Wedge card is a new affinity card that can be used in over 500 independent local shops throughout London. It was launched by John Bird, founder of ‘The Big Issue’. Nearly every shop in Nunhead is signed up and offers discounts to Wedge cardholders. The card costs £10, £5 of which goes to a charity if you join on-line. For details go to www.wedgecard.co.uk |