April 1, 2025
Biodiversity Funday at Willow Brook
Join us on Wednesday 9th April for a Biodiversity Funday in partnership with Tesco!
March 6, 2025
International Women’s Day
To acknowledge International Women’s Day 2025, I wanted to sit down and interview someone from Willow Brook who embodies exactly what International Women’s Day is supposed to represent, that is, a global movement powered by the collective efforts of all.
September 14, 2024
Tenant talk with Children’s Hospice South West
Centre manager Simon Whiting met with Glynnis, Store manager for Children’s Hospice South West to have a chat about the organisation, the store and how Glynnis found herself working for such a great cause.
It struck me when I first walked into Willow Brooks Children’s Hospice Southwest. An air of sophistication and enterprise, it feels like a shop, not a charity shop, it feels like an all-for-profit business. In a sense it is.
All profits from this shop, and over thirty others across the Southwest go directly to the Children’s Hospice.
March 7, 2024
IWD Tenant Talk with Libby Bell
When I first met Libby, I saw the happy go lucky gym manager, someone with a bright smile and
bundles of enthusiasm for health and wellbeing. A very committed individual who ran a sharp
gym operation. There was something else though I noted early on, the way she spoke and
moved about the gym as manager was first nature to her. She speaks freely with everyone she
meets and actively seeks out conversation with her gym members. She always wants to help, be
it a personal fitness journey, or a shared community project. She pushes, she pulls, she drives,
she leads.
February 27, 2024
Easter Egg Appeal
This year we are collecting chocolate Easter eggs to donate to children residing in Children’s Hospice SW’s Charlton Farm Hospice, and also our local charity The Brightwell.
February 6, 2024
Tenant Talks with Willow Brook Clinic
‘Family.’ This is the first word that comes to mind when talking with anyone at Willow Brook Clinic, a multidisciplinary practice where the mantra is “Get Well, Stay Well”. There is an unusual warmth to this health care establishment that has been nurtured over the years. I sat down and discussed the clinic with foot health practitioner Moira de Groot who, along with her husband Craig, owns and manages this independent health enterprise.
October 31, 2023
Tenant Talks with Route 8 Barbers
We sat down with Route 8 Barbers owner Sylvester Okoli. The visionary behind three successful barber shops in the southwest, Sylvester humbly downplays any success and is more excited to talk about his journey and community work.