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Setpoint London East is a small educational charity, based at the Soanes Centre in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, that has supported local school children since 1997 to discover the environment around them through practical, hands-on science and technology workshops. Each year, over 8,000 primary school children in Tower Hamlets and neighbouring boroughs visit and learn at the Soanes Centre. So why is the Council jeopardising local children’s access to nature and education? Please sign the petition to ask the Council to give Soanes Centre a long-term, secure lease.

In July 2024, Tower Hamlets Council attempted to evict Setpoint London East from the Soanes Centre, their home of the last thirty years. With the support of artists Kin Structures and the volunteers of the Save Soanes Campaign, a coalition of community members, educators, and artists, Setpoint London East resisted the eviction. As a result, Setpoint London East has been able to continue providing pioneering environmental education to local school children. Unfortunately, despite the valuable education offered by Setpoint London East, the Council has still not offered a secure lease for the Soanes Centre. Without this agreed lease, Setpoint London East has no security, and it restricts their access to crucial funding that enhances its educational offer.

How You Can Help

As a result, the Save Soanes campaign has launched a petition with the aim of persuading the Council to grant Setpoint London East a long-term, secure lease. Once the petition has 2,000 signatures, the issue has to be discussed by local councillors at their meeting. Sign here.

Email: savesoanes@gmail.com

Website: www.savesoanes.com