Bankside Open Spaces Trust
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Bankside Open Spaces Trust
Red Cross Garden,
50 Redcross Way,
SE1 1HA
Bankside Open Spaces Trust is a registered environmental and volunteering charity working to protect, preserve and enhance parks, gardens and other amenities in London’s SE1 and surrounding areas. We aim to improve people’s lives by making where they live and work greener and more beautiful.
We were set up in 2000 by Bankside residents with a drive to transform and protect their open spaces. People and communities are still at the heart of what we do. We welcome volunteers from both the community and the corporate sector. We run regular gardening groups, support park steering groups, organise and take part in public events and educational projects, and offer advice to others. We collaborate closely with local residents and businesses to champion green spaces.
Thousands of people enjoy our open spaces every day. Each of our sites is unique, with its own atmosphere, identity and sense of place. Our spaces include Red Cross Garden, Marlborough Sports Garden, Waterloo Millennium Green and Tate Community Garden. Many are award-winning. We hold more than 32 awards, including the UNESCO Man and Biosphere award, London in Bloom Champion of Champions and the MPGA London Spade for our community gardening partnerships
How you can help
One-off Green Team Workdays for businesses
Our Green Team gardening workdays are a great way to get your team together out of the office in Central London, while doing something great for the community.
Workdays are suited to all skills, fitness levels and weathers. These fun sessions take place in our beautiful urban green spaces and involve activities like planting, pruning, laying compost or looking after a pond or water feature, or maintenance such as repainting railings. All equipment, materials and trained staff are provided, the participants just need to turn up in clothes they don’t mind gardening in.
Our corporate Green Team sessions carry a cost to cover materials and staff time. At present we can host up to around 12 people (group size depends on workday location), though larger groups can be accommodated split over two or more sites or a morning and afternoon - please enquire for an accurate quote via greenteam@bost.org.uk.
For more information please visit https://www.bost.org.uk/greenteam or to explore a booking contact Bankside Open Spaces Trust’ Green Team Coordinator via greenteam@bost.org.uk.
Regular Corporate Green Team
Regular Green Team Corporate Workdays can be arranged for organisations as part of a longer-term partnership. Large numbers of staff from different departments can come together to give back to the local community and environment. To discuss costs and how a partnership could work contact greenteam@bost.org.uk.
Support our community sports programme
Bankside Open Spaces Trust offers free afterschool sports coaching for children and young people, free events and low cost pitch hires at our community sports facility Marlborough Sports Garden. We are redeveloping this accessible site to ensure even more members of our community can stay active. Take a look at our ambitious, award-winning plans and see how your company can get involved here: https://www.bost.org.uk/msgpartnerships
A bespoke guided tour for your colleagues: Marlborough Sports Garden Sustainable Futures Tour
Bankside Open Spaces Trust’s informative local walking tour is ideal for a lunch hour or post work get-together. Designed to demonstrate how the development of Marlborough Sport Garden is informed by previous projects and our community, you’ll also get a bit of local history, discover hidden gems and learn how sustainability is at the heart of this local charity - you’ll leave inspired!
For further information on our Marlborough Sports Garden project, or to organise a tour, please contact Jack at jack@bost.org.uk