Community Partnerships
Community Partnerships
The Community Development programme across the parks in Kingston is well established and will be improved under Glendale.
Our Community Development Manager, Andy Hallett is available to support your amazing projects in parks, open spaces and neighbourhoods throughout the borough.
Andy is the primary contact for individuals and groups interested in community and volunteer activities. He collaborates with the Glendale management team to identify and develop appropriate volunteer opportunities. Furthermore, he provides support to new and emerging groups in developing their organisational structures and constitutions. If your local park is currently unsupported by a community group and you wish to become involved, please contact Andy.
You can also fill out this Form to express your interest and Andy will be in contact.
Following on from the Friends of Forum, we would like all of our groups to help us track the number of wonderful volunteers who help out at the events around the Borough. Please take a brief moment to email andy.hallett@glendale-services.co.uk with the number of volunteers who attended and the timings of your event, please feel free to add pictures of your amazing work.
If any groups require additional support for upcoming events or volunteer days then contact us and we will try our very best to accommodate your needs. We request that you give us as much notice as possible to avoid disappointment!
Andy can be contacted here
Glendale/RBK Community Newsletter
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Newsletter - February 2025
Newsletter - January 2025
Current Active User Groups
Group Name
Barnfield Gardens Pocket Park
HAM
Site/Location
Focus/Tasks
Maintain of roadside shrub beds
Strategic development of the park
Community volunteering - litter picking with a focus on recycling
Strategic development of the park
Community volunteering - litter picking with a focus on recycling
Strategic development of the park
Community volunteering - litter picking with a focus on recycling
CROSS - Cromwell Residential and Open Space Society
NEW MALDEN
Maintenance of roadside planters Development of open spaces
Strategic development of the park Volunteer days and practical tasks throughout the park
NEW MALDEN
Horticultural maintenance and improvements to the beds within the park
Friends of Churchfields Recreation Ground
CHESSINGTON
Volunteer sessions in parks with a focus on scrub clearance and litter picking
SURBITON
Volunteer sessions within the park, maintenance of beds and community orchard
Friends of Kingston Road Rec Ground
NEW MALDEN
Volunteer sessions in parks with a focus on horticultural works, clearance of scrub, wildflower meadow
KINGSTON
Volunteer sessions in the park with a focus on horticultural works
Volunteer sessions in park with a focus on tree planting and the maintenance of shrub beds
New Malden Residents Association
NEW MALDEN
Maintenance of planting and planters at the Mew Malden Station entrance
NEW MALDEN to RAYNES PARK
Maintenance of urban walkway, cycle path and woodlands
SURBITON
Work in Chessington area with a focus on the maintenance of green link/planters along Tolworth Broadway
Work across the Borough with a focus on ecology and biodiversity
WARA - Wolverton Ave Residents Association
NORBITON
Maintenance of roadside planters
Knollmead
A community orchard and group allotment since 1992