Save the East London Waterworks Park
Why people should get behind volunteer-led plans for a water park in East London
Dreams of a freely accessible water park in East London are in danger of never being realised.
An ambitious proposal for a disused Thames Water depot on Lea Bridge Road includes wild swimming ponds, conservation volunteering, a forest school, and a community hub.
It is the brainchild of passionate volunteers at the East London Waterworks Park (ELWP) charity, which has so far raised more than £500,000 in an effort to purchase the land and bring the vision to life.
But it is now at risk of being sidelined by a government-backed plan by London’s boroughs to turn the old depot into a secure children’s home.
Read more here, in my article for Hackney Citizen.
If you want to know more about the East London Waterworks Park, or get involved, see here.
A bit of background
During ‘lockdown’, I volunteered on a photographic research project for Four Corners gallery, and wrote more political stuff for Byline Times, and Kent and Surrey Bylines. My personal favourite was ‘finding’ Barbara Beese, one of the last surviving members of the ‘Mangrove Nine’ – a group of black activists falsely accused of inciting a riot, which resulted in the first court judgment accusing the Metropolitan Police of being ‘institutionally racist’.
For more work like this, click here.