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Kingston Environment Centre
Kingston Environment Centre is currently run on a voluntary basis and informal callers are welcome to the centre on Mondays 10am to 4pm (However it is best to ring ahead of making your journey because staff cover isn’t guaranteed).
We offer meeting and workshop space, kitchen facilities, office resources and a large garden to all kinds of environmental groups based in Kingston. Leaflets and notices about environmental work are on display and there is a growing resource of environmental information of all kinds.
Save the World Club runs Mosaic Workshops here three time a week. We are also making our first steps as a skill sharing centre. We have introduced a Permaculture support group, Art Club runs every Thursday and we have gardening sessions, KUTLETS trading days, and several other ongoing events.
We recently added a small reference library from donated books, which we hope will grow and which adds to the homely and welcoming appeal of our meeting room.
The Centre is currently run as a partnership between Save the World Club and Kingston Environment Centre group with the kind support of the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames. Its aims are broadly to support the development of a sustainable Kingston. It is acting as a resource centre for organisations and individuals who are actively working for a sustainable environment.
Our first AGM in November 2011 will agree the constitution for a charitable company.
Our Governing document can be dowloaded as a PDF here.
Membership of the new charity can be downloaded here.
The Kingston Environment Centre currently occupies the former Fairfield Nursery School site and is adjacent to the Kingfisher Swimming Pool, and the Fairfield Bus Station. This is a short life property for us and we are expecting that in 2012 we will be moving into a more permanent location.
Charitable Aims and Objectives |
| We welcome comments on our new charitable aims and objectives which will be included in the constitution we are developing : |
CHARITABLE AIMS 1) Promoting environmental action and self-empowerment through education, skill sharing, community work and mass media. The Charity aims to increase public knowledge and understanding of the natural environment including how human beings can learn to live without compromising the ability of the planet to sustain future human generations. 2) Facilitating the growth of ethical awareness in our selves, our community and communities linked with our own; valuing fairness, diversity, responsibility, honesty, freedom, dignity, peace, justice, knowledge, health and humour. OBJECTIVES 1) Provision of meeting rooms, library, knowledge base, catering facilities, office amenities and other resources as appropriate to help meet the needs of environmental charities and voluntary organisations of the borough of Kingston upon Thames. 2) Organising a range of events both within and outside the Environment Centre to educate the public and to encourage participation in the processes leading to a sustainable Kingston. 3) Forging links nationally and internationally to understand and bring to attention initiatives in environmental management. Thereby helping to ensure best practices are adopted within the sphere of influence of the Kingston Environment Centre. |
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