Save Kenny!

UPDATE – Kennington Park’s historic skatebowl has been given a cash injection from Lambeth Council worth more than £500,000 to help bring it back to life and make it safer to use again. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Friends of Kennington Park (FoKP) are calling on Lambeth Council to honour its pledge to restore the 1970s skatebowl in Kennington Park, known locally as the ‘Kenny.’ Despite years of planning, surveys, and contracts, the project was abruptly halted this year as part of the Council’s capital spending review. FoKP have launched a petition https://www.change.org/p/save-kennington-skatebowl-from-the-cuts   Calling all skateboarders and fans of Kennington Park The longstanding project to reopen the iconic and popular 1970s skatebowl, known as Kenny, is now at risk of being abandoned. “This is a really positive project for many user groups in the local community … Skateboarding is a growing sport … accessible, and gives a fantastic opportunity to engage with…

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