Raven’s Ait

Fantastic new video!

watch?v=JrabajgfjNA <-Click link to watch video!

Map from 1745 showing Ravens Ait close to Hampton Court Grounds

1745 map

We are searching through history books looking for connections between the island and Hampton Court, if anyone can find anything out that would be a great help, thanks!

Press Cuttings

Some of the cuttings from the media, the electricity bill was so high because the industrial refrigerators, lights and other appliances were left on by the previous owners since December.. no wonder they went bankrupt! The island is for sale for £1.5-2m as quoted by CB Richard Ellis, so the £7m newspaper article is totally false. Please bare these inaccuracies in mind while reading the articles.

Press Cuttings

New campaign flyer, please save and distribute. Thanks!

Sunday Times Article

http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article6734067.ece

Regular Tues Island Campaign Meetings

Operation Reclaim the Island.

We need your help!

Bring your skills, this month we are really going to push the campaign to reclaim the Island for the community at this critical time for the environment, all sorts of help needed such as admin, organising, video editing, tech, flyering, covering stall, graphic design, photography networking fundraising, PR and Media, Direct action.

Every Tues in august, there will be a steering commitee / campaign meeting 7pm at the Clattern lecture theatre Kingston University Penrhyn Rd Campus. (Drinks after)

Proposal PDF

2 Proposal New

Estate Agents Brochure and link to accompanying CD files.

Link to CD files:

http://www.esnips.com/web/Estate-Agent-CD  (copy and paste link into browser)

Brochure

Slideshow 2/9

Kingston Council Commitment to House of Lords

In 1989 Kingston council commited before the House of Lords (as recorded in Hansard) to keep the Island for Education AND Recreation. Is the current sale of the Island for Private Development Legal.
Lord Pesten said
” My Lords, following yesterday’s disaster on the playing fields of Headingley, will the Government take seriously the need to keep playing fields in existence as playing fields? Am I not right that, given the new Education Reform Act, the Secretary of State cannot prevent the London boroughs getting rid of playing fields? Following 1422 that, and in the hope that the noble Viscount has some good news, can he tell us whether the water sports facilities at Raven’s Ait, which is an example of what I have in mind, will be preserved?

§ Viscount Davidson
My Lords, I am not sure whether that comes under the heading of “cricket” or “rowing”. The water sports centre at Raven’s Ait to which I think the noble Lord is referring will no longer be used by ILEA and it applied to my right honourable friend for consent to dispose of it. It was given consent and has sold it to the Royal Borough of Kingston, which I understand is committed to retaining the site for educational and recreational use.”

The Ravens Island Community Centre project was and is providing urgently needed Environmental Education.At this critical time for the Environment.We are contacting Lord Pesten to see if he can become the peoples Champion.
We are also emailing all of the Lords and MPs to see if they will do anything about the selling down the River of the “birthplace of British Parliamentary Democracy” ref. Treaty of Kingston 1217 (which helped to ratify the Magna Carta )
the Island should be saved for all ages of the community to enjoy.