AnnieC

The Dulwich Festival is seeking a new Finance Director. The role will suit someone with a relevant professional qualification who is looking to play a key part in a thriving and exciting community organisation. The position involves oversight of a Finance Controller and reporting to the Festival Director. An honorarium is attached to this voluntary role. The Dulwich Festival is an annual arts celebration taking place over 10 days in May. Now in its 30th year, it attracts over 50,000 visitors with 400 artists exhibiting and over 500 performers. It has an annual turnover of £125k and makes an estimated annual contribution to the local economy of around £2 million. The Festival aims to be a catalyst for creative opportunities as a means of nurturing a thriving and inclusive community with a commitment to valuing Dulwich and its environment sustainably over time. If you are interested in applying, please contact info@dulwichfestival.co.uk, attaching a current CV, before 22 September 2023.

Hi there We are a not for profit charity in Herne Hill. We've been offered some furniture that would be ideal for our community users...but we need help to transport it from Croyden. Does anyone own a van or truck, and would be willing to help collect from Croyden and deliver to Heren Hill. We can be really flexible with days/times.

alex_b, maniana, B&G Do local libraries here do rhyme time, or toddler reading sessions or stuff like that? Are there any toddler drop in sessions?

Great idea - thanks

Thanks so much

Looking for suggestions of activities for 18m old, in the Herne Hill / Dulwich Village area. Think Kindergym, music class, playgroups - that kind of thing. Assuming nothing is open just yet, but hoping to get ready for when they re-open (though please let me know if anything is currently running in person)

Hey Redjam + Ginster - thanks for your thoughts. So useful to have local context. Separate (separate outdoor space etc) and very child-focused and play-based sounds very much like our kindergarten year! So that's put my mind at ease! With the flipped seasons/school year and the earlier intake....I was worried she would miss both kindergarten + reception....and go straight into year 1! with no foundation years!!

Thanks everyone - great context and thinking. We?re pretty sure we want to be in SouthEast. The few ppl we do know live in brixton + Emephant&castle + Pekham. The fast train from Sth East to elephant or London bridge looked like it could be an option. Is 45 mins commute realistic? It?s sounding more like $6500+ per month is about right. Going up incrementally pending rent (which sounds like it varies understandably extensively!) It also sounds like childcare/school is a bit of a consideration. I understand kids aged 3+4 get 15 hours for free. Is this offered at all childcare centers? Our daughter will be 5 on aug 20 next year. So here she would be going into kindergarten Jan 2021 (aged 4.5), then starting primary school aged 5.5 in Jan 2022. Some kids are almost 6 before they start their allocated school yeah. Many families hold kids back till they are 6 deliberately. And the beautiful 4yo kindergarten year is viewed as one of the most important preparation years. How do school intake on 1 Sep work for kid?s born in the UK summer? Someone told me some kids start school in the UK at 4!!!! (This cant be right?) surely this is a prep/kindy/pre-school type year? So our August daughter would start school the following September in 2022 aged (just) 6.

Thanks pugwash! So appreciate you time + response. If rental is 2000+ (most we?ve seen are more like 2500+) and childcare is 1200 (50 a day x 3days x 2 kids) Plus 3k for all the other things...that gets us close to 6500/7000 per month. This is still a fair bit lower than the calculations based on online numbers!

Hi everyone We?re an Australian family of 4, looking to relocate internationally to Dulwich or surrounds early in the new year. My husband was offered a job two weeks before covid hit. So after months of waiting, and working through the process, it now looks like it might happen. But, we?re really struggling to approximate the monthly cost of living in London. I?d like to estimate a monthly budget.Would anyone be willing to share (privately?) how much per month you think is needed for a young family of 4 to live a comfortable life in London? I?m also needing some guidance on things like rent, transport, utilities + living costs. - Do you think we?ll need a car? Any tips on best locations to live for shortest commute to Old street? - Childcare prices seem to range incredibly, how does that work? - We?d like 4 bedrooms + garden. Are there any pockets near Dulwich/adjacent areas with good state schools that are slightly less rent than smack bang in the middle of Dulwich Village (assuming this is higher)? I have looked on numbeo.com - but the references for our own home city are quite off...so I?m not assuming it?s accurate for London either! Kids are 1yo + 4yo, and we?d need 2-3 days care. We use Au Pairs in Aus. Husband will be working near Old Street. We?re planning on local primary schools rather than private.