The Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre threatened with closure

 

An important local educational resource for the environment threatened with closure:

The Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre has been operating in Brent for decades. It is now threatened with closure after Thames21 decided not to renew its lease in July.

Learning outside the classroom through hands-on experience is one of the best ways for children to gain a greater understanding of the natural world. The WHEEC’s unique outdoor educational programme allows children to explore and discover their role in creating a healthy environment for people and wildlife. Through interactive sessions children are provided with practical opportunities to get involved in curriculum subjects and deepen their understanding of the environment, all while developing their skills, resilience and confidence.

Programmes are run for Early Years through to Key Stage 2 in the Centre’s 2 classrooms, 5.5 hectares of woodland, 2 ponds and stream.

As David Attenborough has said, children cannot be expected to fight for the natural environment if they have not experienced it at first hand. That is the role of the Centre at a time when the climate crisis threatens children’s very future.

Bidders for Neighbourhood CIL have to show their bid is supported by the local community.To support the consortium bid for Neighbourhood CIL funding to keep the Centre open, email brentparksforum@gmail.com giving your reasons for supporting the bid and stating your name and postcode.

acknowledgements to Brent FoE and https://wembleymatters.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-thames21-to-end-lease-at-welsh.html