Latest Covid test info from @hfcouncil :
Get a free Covid test to protect those around you .
 
We can all help stop Covid by getting a test. 
 
1 in 3 people with the virus have no symptoms, so getting a test is the best way to protect those around us. Testing helps identify cases and shows us where the virus is spreading. If we know who has the virus, we know where we need to take action to help stop it.  
 
We've opened a new local walk-in Covid testing centre to make it easier for you to get a rapid test:

Where: Holy Innocents Church in Paddenswick Road, Hammersmith, W6.
When: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:30am-6pm

You can also get a rapid test at our main testing centres at Shepherds Bush Library, 145 King Street in Hammersmith and the Sands Ends Arts & Community Centre.

These rapid tests are for people with NO symptoms (such as a cough or high temperature).  Your results will be available within an hour.

You can walk into these sites to get a test, but please book a time if you can to speed up the process. To book a test online for you and your family, please visit the H&F Council website: www.lbhf.gov.uk/gettested.  If you are unable to book online, please call the H&F CAN helpline for assistance: 0800 145 6095, open 8am to 6pm seven days a week 

If you have any Coronavirus symptoms you need to book a different NHS test here: Get a free NHS test to check if you have coronavirus - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) ...

A very warm welcome to Michelle, our new manager at #PhoenixFarminWhiteCity ! We all look forward to working with you more at the farm once restrictions ease, at least you have the gorgeous animals to keep you company for now!
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Hello everyone! 👋 We are delighted to announce we are moving our annual charity pub quiz online! 💡 Be prepared to be thoroughly entertained with rounds to test your general knowledge, some gardening/plant questions (of course!), a picture round and two activity rounds!

🌿Friday 22nd January, 7:30pm-9pm

🌿We will be broadcasting the quiz live on Zoom. All instructions will be sent to you in a confirmation email.

🌿Only 1 ticket is needed per team but we suggest a minimum donation of £5 per person. Book tickets via link in bio or via HCGA.org.uk/events

🌿Teams of up to 6 people, across multiple (virtual) households if you’d like!

🌿All proceeds will go directly towards keeping our electric van on the road and thus keeping HCGA moving in 2021!
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This year at HCGA we have had another fantastic horticulture trainee working with us, thank you for all your hard work Ita, we have really enjoyed working with you! The traineeship was through Women’s Farm and Garden Association @wfga_uk and was part funded by @nationalgardenscheme
HCGA are proud to say we are a London Living Wage Employer.
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A Year on the Farm, by Ita:
I have been based at Phoenix Farm in White City for the duration of my 12 month WRAGS Traineeship where the working environment consists of three Polytunnels, a glass house and a large outdoor plot. So the joy of this is that as trainee I get to experience working in both the protected environment and the outdoor environment and to develop the gardening skills specific to both.

I not only attained skills and experience in the art of crop rotation, propagation, square metre planting, soil cultivation, maintenance of vegetable plots, hedge trimming, pruning, pest and disease management and net mending. But I had the additional treat of learning how to make willow fences and willow obelisks.
It has been a great opportunity to propagate,maintain and observe plants from seed to maturity throughout the seasons and for a whole year.

I do feel privileged to have undertaken my training in this teeming-with-wildlife, gem of a green space. I am very grateful to the head gardener, the volunteers and the HCGA team for their support and for sharing their knowledge and skills so generously. With the knowledge and skills gained I now feel much more prepared and confident to seek employment in horticulture.
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