Plans for the future of Kennington Park Community Centre

Hyde Housing circulated a letter to all residents at the end of July saying that they are planning to redevelop the Community Centre and Oval Arts Depot site. The letter said that they plan to demolish and then rebuild the Centre and Depot buildings, and to build new flats on the site. This letter can be seen below.   Many residents will remember that Hyde made similar proposals nearly a decade ago. When those plans fell through, Hyde handed management of the Centre over to volunteers from the Tenants’ & Residents’ Association and supported us in forming a charitable Community Benefit Society to run it democratically. Despite having to close during Covid-19 lockdowns, the Community Centre has flourished. It is financially viable, and provides space for many groups, including a drama school and historical fencers, faith groups, a youth club, several after-school clubs, Zumba exercise for older people, and a…

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KPCC’s Summer of Fun and Food 2022

Summer holiday fun and food for local kids at our Community Centre We are so pleased to be once more working with Shannon and her team to provide loads of fun and food during the summer holidays. Thanks to Tom and Vicki and everyone at Lambeth Council for providing support and funding so that we can do this. Registration is now closed and there is a waiting list. But we hope to do it all again during future school holidays!  

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Holiday Fun and Food 2022 @ KPCC

WATCH OUT FOR DETAILS OF OUR SUMMER SCHEME ON OUR WEBSITE kpccoval.org! Our popular free Holiday Food and Activities are back at our Community Centre this Spring school holidays. Check out http://kpccoval.org/spring-food-and-fun-scheme/ for more information and a link to the registration form.          

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Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a much, much better 2021 from Kennington Park Estate Tenants’ & Residents’ Association and our brilliant friends and next door neighbours at Oval Arts Depot   Thanks to Shannon and Simply Smiley Productions for the photo.

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Christmas Under the Sea @ KPCC Oval – 7 December!

Come to our Magical Family Pantomime on Saturday 7 December. Everyone is welcome, including Santa!   If you can help with fundraising for this brilliant and fun event, visit our Crowdfunder here https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/christmas-panto-and-visit-from-santa#start    

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