Issue #2
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Hey, Hammersmith!
As West London welcomes some of the first dry days in what seems like months, there’s lots going on to celebrate.
And our new email – Hey, Hammersmith – is here to help you find it.
If you’re planning anything we might include in a future issue, please let me know.
Thanks, and have a great weekend.
Dom
Local highlights
Petit Miracles, the Shepherd's Bush-based charity that specialises in upcycling furniture, is running a number of upholstery workshops in March, helping you to bring items of furniture such as a footstool or chair back to life.
The lovely Thais Altgott from Unique People Consult is hosting an event to support mums in Hammersmith & Fulham to return to work with confidence. This free workshop and peer support session on 11 March will focus on confidence building, employability skills and community connection. Details here.
Askew Road flower shop and wine bar Stems & Vines is holding the next meeting of its oscar’s bookclub on Tuesday 3 March – find out more here.
Business events
This month sees the launch of the Hammersmith & Fulham Business Awards, celebrating the ambition, innovation and resilience of the local business community. The launch event takes place with an evening of drinks and networking on Wednesday 11 March (RSVP: Linzi.Clark@lbhf.gov.uk).
We’re holding our next breakfast networking event back at Kindred in Hammersmith on Wednesday 18 March – details here.
West London Chambers is holding an Acton Bid Business Breakfast on Friday 13 March – find out more here.
Two local entrepreneurs, Stef and Theana, are launching the Vision & Growth Club – a community for solopreneurs, smalls businesses and self-employed people – with an in-person event on Friday 20 March at Kave Hammersmith. Book your spot and get 10% off using promo code HAMMERSMITH10.
Offers
Sam’s Riverside is introducing a Bring Your Own Wine Club – from Monday, you can enjoy £5 corkage (lunch or dinner), for any size bottle. Full details here.
And finally…
📈 Thanks to the team at Upstream for flagging this new research from Beauhurst and West London Business that shows that Hammersmith & Fulham now ranks number one in London for investment raised per company over the past five years.
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We’ll include a small number of community events and offers in each newsletter (subject to availability). If you have anything to share, please let us know!