What’s New

Panela Bakery

We love how creative Fulham residents are so it was great to hear from local resident Julia Yacaman who told Urban Village LDN about her new venture Panela Bakery. “I set up this business alongside my full time corporate job to pursue something that is aligned with my passion for food and baking and to break the monotony of every day corporate life. The beauty of our pre portioned raw cookie dough is that you can can have warm cookies, using organic, quality and responsibly sourced ingredients whenever you want. Friends and colleagues have been so supportive and I’m excited to have launched officially and be reaching out to local consumers in my neighbourhood”.

Panela Bakery offers pre-portioned frozen cookie dough in three flavours: oatmeal and raisin, chocolate chip and double chocolate chip. Place your online order before 8am on Friday for collection on the corner of Palace Mews, SW6 on Saturday, switch on the oven and hey presto your cookies are ready in 10-12 minutes. Julia told us more about Panela Bakery’s ingredients which also explains where their name comes from. “We only use organic ingredients, locally sourced, except for our chocolate which comes from a Belgian brand, and our hero ingredient panela, an unrefined form of cane sugar native from South America, which comes from Ecuador. We are especially proud to use Wildfarmed flour, which is grown through regenerative farming in the UK”.

Warm cookies on tap with no nasties, sounds good to us and what a bonus a convenient and less messy way of baking with littles!! An ice cream pint sized pot costs £10 and comes with 12 pre-portioned dough balls which produce small/medium sized cookies. Hit the link below to order and support Julia in her new venture. No collection Sat 4 Nov as Julia is away on her hen weekend.

WagWorks unveil new space

We wrote about WagWorks last year when they opened their doors and we meet the founders and heard about future plans to extend the space and their offer. We also got a tour that day of what was then a shell next to their Fulham High Street location. Exciting to hear from the team that they are unveiling their brand new additional 2000 sq ft space this month and wanted to let readers of Urban Village LDN know so dog owners can take a look at their open day which takes place on Sat 18 Nov (10am - 2pm).

The new space includes a luxury grooming suite, an alternative therapy (red laser, physiotherapy) area and an extension of their indoor day care park. With even more Club space, that also means WagWorks has new membership places open, so you can apply for membership; if you’re not already a member and like what you see. Sounds like this event is a great opportunity for people and their four-legged friends to explore the new space, meet the team of dedicated dog-care experts and see what members get up to whilst they're there.

Rhi Hudd, WagWorks Co-Founder told Urban Village LDN “It’s been almost 18 months now since we opened our doors to Fulham’s dogs and their humans and we couldn’t thank our amazing members enough for their continued support and trust in us to care for their four-legged members of the family. It truly is a privilege and we adore each and every one of them! New members are joining all the time and we continue to get so many people popping in to see what we’re all about, so we thought it was time for another open house event for the Fulham neighbourhood!  Every aspect of the space has been designed with dogs’ needs at the forefront - from the interior design to the best quality grooming equipment and bathing products - just like everywhere else at WagWorks. So you won’t find any cold, stainless steel bathtubs here, we’ve installed our very own bespoke bathtubs, thoughtfully designed to create a calming, home-from-home experience. I’ve loved every minute of designing the new grooming suite and watching it come to life. I can’t wait to show our Open Day guests what we’ve been working on these past few months! It's like no other grooming facility and propels us further forward on our journey to pioneer a change in the way dogs are cared for”.

They’ll be enrichment activities for the four-legged guests and refreshments for four and two-legged guests. The team from Pet People, a state-of-the-art, independent veterinary clinic on Upper Richmond Road, will also be there on the day. WagWorks recently announced Pet People as their surgical and specialist veterinary partner so, alongside their inhouse vet, they can offer a fully integrated, holistic and personalised healthcare service.

We love following WagWorks on social media and seeing what all their beloved four legged members get up to from licky mat sessions to farm days! The waggy tails on arrival are a massive testament to the care and fun that is always on offer but don’t take our word for it, check out the new space and see for yourself on 18 Nov 10am - 2pm.

SEACC Director

Sands End Arts & Community Centre (SEACC) have appointed Nina von der Werth as the Centre’s new director. Nina will be taking up her new role this month in the multi-award-winning building, which opened its doors officially in March 2022 (although it was operational from late 2021). Since then, it has hosted all sorts of clubs, weekly sports sessions, children’s classes, launches, meetings, art exhibitions, children’s parties and is steadily building up a reputation as a venue for concerts. SEACC has also hosted BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? and held its own community events including a Coronation party, the Big Weekend in South Park and it was also the venue for our last social. The Walnut Tree Café, SEACC’s not-for-profit café, is open seven days a week and has become a great addition to the neighbourhood serving up coffee for dog walkers, warming bowls of soup and freshly baked after school pre club treats.

Nina von der Werth trained at London Contemporary Dance School and started her career as a freelance choreographer, teacher and producer and worked as a senior usher manager at the Royal Opera House. She then joined The Place in Euston, working initially in artistic development, and then within the in-house production team. More recently, Nina worked at Stanley Arts, Croydon, as dance producer and at Wandsworth Borough Council as the arts and events manager for Nine Elms, delivering a year-round programme of arts activities for residents. 

Nina, as director of SEACC, will be helping the trustees achieve their charitable goals as well as moving the centre towards presenting and producing a full offering of artistic events and community activities. “I am passionate about bringing people together through art and am excited about getting to know the local community and helping them realise their ambitions for Sands End Arts & Community Centre.” Timothy Prager chair of the trustees says: “The trustees of the Sands End Arts & Community Centre are thrilled to welcome Nina into our family. We were extremely impressed by her experience, energy and vision for SEACC’s future and look forward to working with her as she builds on the progress we’ve made over the past 18 months. She’ll be supporting our existing relationships and spreading the word about SEACC to the whole community”.

The SEACC Trust is a charity, with the majority of trustees being Fulham residents, that aims to promote social cohesion within the community. As well as hiring out space and organising its own community-focused events, SEACC is also home to Dance West, Chelsea Children’s Therapy, and Lyceum Fit.

Wolfe Vets

If you’ve been along the Wandsworth Bridge Road recently you surely couldn’t have missed the gorgeous, glass-fronted new addition to the street, Wolfe Vets at number 297. This is their second branch and it’s Fulham location is in the spot where Bensons Beds used to be. They’ve kept the lovely curved window which makes a great feature and the large light filled reception area sure beats the clinical and cold offering of other practices. The green and gold facade, wooden seating, green timber panelling really does make Wolfe Vets look and feel incredibly welcoming. Let’s hope their four legged visitors feel the same way!

Wolfe Vets want to be a local, on your door step practice with the facilities and knowledge to look after almost any illness, so owners do not need to travel far from home to get their pets the care they need. They’ve got your pet covered for routine procedures: vaccinations, neutering, travel advice, dentistry and operations. Wolfe Vets performs complex surgeries and manages challenging medical cases while also being a local friendly vet clinic. They have the latest surgical and diagnostic facilities allowing them to carry out advanced veterinary care, helping with regenerative medicine, early diagnosis, stem cell therapy and platelet rich plasma therapy to help pets recover faster and more comfortably.

To find out more about what they offer, head to the link below.