We’re usually more ‘class’ than ‘climate’
Defenders of the Earth Centre | 26.10.2009 14:40 | Sheffield
We’re usually more ‘class’ than ‘climate’, but we remember Doncaster Earth Centre before it became corrupted by outside funding.
23rd october at 1pm we met at the earth centre, there to greet us were two local bobbies and a council representative, we think they were fairly convinced it was going to be squatted 23rd october.
There is alot of business interest in the earth centre site and it is now more important than ever that people come together to stop this amazing resource from been sold and lost we propose that the site be handed to the community as an asset transfer and that the space be used for education, training an skillshare centre, low impact dwelling spaces, cafe and organic food shop, youth club, mums and toddler group, community allotment and gardens, bushcraft, solar cinema, cider brewery, nature reserve, bee keeping, alternative therapies, conference/meeting facilities and spaces, music events, recycling centre and much much more 100% of the locals we have spoke with so far are supportive of our aims to reclaim it as a community space and we are encouraging as much involvement as possible from the people that live in the surrounding areas
A lot of people from Denaby’s ex-mining community were involved with the site and it had a real DIY vibe to it. As soon as the money started rolling in it was business as usual for Doncaster’s grant monsters and dodgy council types.; Doncaster is an EU ‘assisted’ region that has received a lot of funding over the years, but the usual suspects have made sure that Doncaster residents do not benefit from the millions injected into the region. The closure of the Earth Centre was just one more kick in the teeth for Doncaster residents.
A group of people are meeting at the Earth Centre every Fri at 1pm with the intention of brining it back into the hands of local people. We have spoken with the council and it looks like they are going to let us in next friday for a fruit picking session, just goes to show what a little people power can do
More information about the group and the Earth Centre in general can be found here or email thereismore2lifefolks [at] yahoo.co.uk
Our New Blog
http://welovetheearthcentre.blogspot.com/ and of course
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=reclaim+earthcentre&init=quick#/group.php?gid=173722251504&ref=search&sid=1485396590.3308089913..1
There is alot of business interest in the earth centre site and it is now more important than ever that people come together to stop this amazing resource from been sold and lost we propose that the site be handed to the community as an asset transfer and that the space be used for education, training an skillshare centre, low impact dwelling spaces, cafe and organic food shop, youth club, mums and toddler group, community allotment and gardens, bushcraft, solar cinema, cider brewery, nature reserve, bee keeping, alternative therapies, conference/meeting facilities and spaces, music events, recycling centre and much much more 100% of the locals we have spoke with so far are supportive of our aims to reclaim it as a community space and we are encouraging as much involvement as possible from the people that live in the surrounding areas
A lot of people from Denaby’s ex-mining community were involved with the site and it had a real DIY vibe to it. As soon as the money started rolling in it was business as usual for Doncaster’s grant monsters and dodgy council types.; Doncaster is an EU ‘assisted’ region that has received a lot of funding over the years, but the usual suspects have made sure that Doncaster residents do not benefit from the millions injected into the region. The closure of the Earth Centre was just one more kick in the teeth for Doncaster residents.
A group of people are meeting at the Earth Centre every Fri at 1pm with the intention of brining it back into the hands of local people. We have spoken with the council and it looks like they are going to let us in next friday for a fruit picking session, just goes to show what a little people power can do
More information about the group and the Earth Centre in general can be found here or email thereismore2lifefolks [at] yahoo.co.uk
Our New Blog
http://welovetheearthcentre.blogspot.com/ and of course http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=reclaim+earthcentre&init=quick#/group.php?gid=173722251504&ref=search&sid=1485396590.3308089913..1
Defenders of the Earth Centre