HUG aims to improve the environment and quality of life for the people & our community in Ham and Petersham. We encourage & bring together projects that are working for a sustainable future through building our community & empowering people as well as caring for wildlife, nature & our environment.
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Ham United Group (HUG) is a non-political community interest company aiming to improve the environment and quality of life for the people and our community in Ham and Petersham.
What we do
HUG works as an umbrella organisation for projects and groups that support our aims. We are proud to assist several amazing initiatives with publicity, insurance, administration and accessing funding.
We encourage and bring together projects that are working for a sustainable future through building our community and empowering people as well as caring for wildlife, nature and our environment.
At present, we support several successful groups and projects, namely
Ham library garden
Good Gardens for Everyone
Grey Court allotments
Friends of Ham Lands
Richmond MakerLabs
Ham meditation group
HUG is entirely volunteer run.
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QPF is a group of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds, with a keen interest in gardening and improving public green spaces. Since transforming a piece of derelict land with an old caretaker’s hut into a pocket park in 2019, we have been working in both directions along the promenade by the Thames
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The charity responds to the changing needs of the community. RBKares has a two-fold impact: recipients benefit from knowing that their community cares for them, and volunteers develop positive feelings from doing good. RBKares has been involved in many community projects, especially for the hospital
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Abundance Kingston harvests and redistributes seasonal gluts of local fruit. We offer outdoor harvesting work (equipment provided) in late summer/autumn, and there are also opportunities for admin, co-ordination, distribution, help at local events, and other useful tasks.
