The thrill of bug hunting at the Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre
Brent Council has responded to a Wembley Matters request and provided further details on the re-opening of the Wesh Haro Envirinmental Education Centre to primary school goups in April.
The £30k Brent Council found will be split with £10k for refurbishment of the classroom block and £20k towards Thame 21's running costs.
The charge to schools with be £10 per child for a full day and £6.50 per child for the 2 hour half-day session.
Brent Council said:
The new charge balances the need to make this provision affordable with ensuring it’s sustainable.
We will be keeping the finances under review and monitoring demand in case we need to consider any changes.
School bookings are currently on track to reopen on Monday 20th April and schools can book by emailing Thames21 at welshharpcentre@thames21.org.uk.
4 comments:
Great news. Re 'Us and them', maybe WHEEC should twin with another Environmental Centre that gets heavy state support, say the one in Barnes. Labour politicians should enforce a twinning perhaps, so WHEEC can grow and be made secure?
40 data centres to be built in the 6 borough Great West City, WHEEC is a good environmental offset. We can all understand now why government was thinking of varying electricity price costs around the UK with highest prices in London to pay for the massive grid and power upgrade costs data centres require. As if the AI from this won't be accessed and consumed in the Scottish Glens and Shire towns.
Barry Gardiner MP is so concerned about the Grouse Moors of England https://share.google/2ul1hW8i7NJixgbbb but did nothing to fight against the last planning aplication for the site of the two houses in Barham Park which is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest saying the restricted covenant would protect the site - and then he did nothing to stop the restrictive covenant being removed allowing the development to go ahead with huge disruption of wildlife habitat.
What has he done to support Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre???
Key green transition infrastructure WHEEC for the many and not only the few.
London is top in the UK for Child poverty. Developer Dominance Zones being the major cause of. An Environmental Education Centre in each of the Brent 8 Growth zones would combine well with car-free housing.
For example, the woodland area in 2ha South Kilburn Public Open Space is a ready made woodland garden green grow project for all local children to enjoy and engage with. And it doesn't need to be a lock-out/ meanwhile colonial approach either. Something more civic, healthy, lasting and public good focused instead in the zones please Brent! Brent Riverside Park green grow it!
Car free housing? There's no such thing!
People living in new developments with no parking spaces just park their cars on surrounding residential streets causing problems for existing residents.
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