Waltham Forest Disability Resource Centre

26/11/2024

Violet is a regular at our Centre's Tuesday morning Needlecraft classes. Look at the lovely quilt and pillow that she's just made for her much-anticipated grandbaby.

23/09/2024

Check out WF Disablity Resource Centre’s video.

04/09/2024

Another lovely quilt made by Jane at our Tuesday and Thursday morning Needlecrafts sessions for disabled adults. The sessions are led by our wonderful tutor Beryl Streader with fantastic help from volunteers Jean, Alice and Susan.

14/08/2024

Waltham Forest charity offers activity sessions for disabled adults to socialise and stay active. They focus on affordability and integration.

11/04/2024

RIP Margaret Elias

19th October 1950 - 5th April 2024

There has been such deep sadness here at the Centre after the loss of Margaret Elias, who passed away last Friday. Margaret worked at WFDRC for 21 years, making an inestimable contribution as her dedication, leadership abilities and fierce commitment to equality for disabled people took her from the role of Training Officer to Centre Manager. Yet even after her retirement in 2014, Margaret continued to volunteer for our charity, offering invaluable help and advice and becoming a mainstay of the Centre’s very active needlecrafts community. Brainy, wise, kind, always droll and witty, Margaret had a gift for friendship. We will miss her very, very much. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with her family.

Margaret’s funeral will be held on Monday 29th April at 11.30am
At City of London Crematorium South ChapelAldersbrook Road London E12 5DQ

There will also be a reception at 1.30pm
at The Golden Fleece 166 Capel Road London E12 5DB

18/09/2023

Thanks to a grant from Sport England and our partnership with Sportworks Ltd, people are really enjoying our fun new indoor multi-activity sessions for disabled adults on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. With a different focus each week - eg. Body Conditioning, Non-contact Boxing, Yoga - our lovely Sportworks coach Ashley gets people moving and active, adapting activities to their different needs and abilities.
For more information about the sessions, please contact 020 8534 1589 or p.stanley@wfdrc.org.uk

18/09/2023

FUN PATCHWORK AND MAKE A LINED SHOPPER BAG

Our Centre will be hosting a new Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service craft course on Friday afternoons
STARTING THIS FRIDAY, 22nd September 1.30 - 3.00pm.

The course will be about creating fun patchwork and making a lined shopper bag with pocket. The sessions are aimed at:
- Disabled adults
- Adults with long term health conditions
- Adults with learning disabilities or mental health needs.
For people with low support needs or who are coming along with their own carer, the cost is only £3.50 per session.

Waltham Forest Disability Resource Centre is based at 90 Crownfield Road in Leytonstone, but this is a corner building and our actual entrance is in Amethyst Road, E15 2BE.

For more information, contact 020 8534 1589 or p.stanley@wfdrc.org.uk

27/07/2023

27/07/2023

So proud of three artists from Waltham Forest Disability Resource Centre exhibited at the Tate Modern. Funmi, Pedro and Aftab created 3 of the 15 winning artworks on view at the Tate Modern, at yesterday's One Planet One Chance Exhibition. Special congratulations to our incredibly talented Funmi for being awarded the top Judge's Choice prize. Organised by the amazing Uniting Friends in conjunction with Tate Modern, the exhibition gave a view of climate change through the eyes of disabled and older people.

26/07/2023

AN ART EXHIBITION by artists from Waltham Forest Disability Resource Centre
Saturday 29th July 2023 1.30 – 3.00pm
At Filly Brook, 392 Grove Green Road, E11 4AP

Everyone is welcome at our exhibition of mixed media artworks this Saturday afternoon. These works by disabled artists at our Centre were created during a 10-week project on the theme of “Belonging”, led by Lucy Tate of United Arts and funded by a Community Chest grant from Waltham Forest Council.

We are so grateful to the Filly Brook Restaurant at 392 Grove Green Road, Leytonstone for allowing us to hold the exhibition in their lovely venue space.

The Filly Brook restaurant is 5 minutes’ walk from Leytonstone tube station. Buses that stop nearby include 339, 257, W15 and W19.