COMMUNITY

 

 

Partnering with the Harlequins Foundation

The Bentall Centre is proud to support the Harlequins Foundation, a trusted charity delivering vital, lasting change across our local borough of Kingston upon Thames. Focusing on education, employability, wellbeing, and inclusion, the Foundation empowers underserved young people with the essential skills, confidence, and resilience needed to succeed.

Building on the success of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, we are championing SWITCH, their premier girl’s rugby programme. Your support helps expand the initiative into more Kingston schools, enabling an additional 500 girls to participate this year. It funds vital wellbeing workshops and provides pathways for young women to gain RFU qualifications, inspiring the next generation of coaches.

 

 

Richmond Park FC Girls Sponsorship

The Bentall Centre is proud to sponsor Richmond Park Girls Football Club for the 2025/2026 seasons.

 

Dedicated to increasing girls’ participation in football, Richmond Park FC Girls helps players develop their skills, grow in confidence and, most importantly, enjoy the game.

 

With over 275 playing members, the club is rooted in the Kingston and Richmond community and places a strong emphasis on inclusion, teamwork and local support.

 

Through this partnership, The Bentall Centre is giving back to the community while reinforcing its commitment to supporting purposeful local organisations. The sponsorship will provide the club with essential equipment, including match balls, first aid kits and goal nets, ensuring players have the tools they need both on and off the pitch.

Here at the Bentall Centre we take our environmental footprint seriously and are taking positive actions to reduce our waste and improve our efficiencies to keep Kingston greener.

We are proud of the movements we have made to be more sustainable.

  • Our 2024 Achievements:
  • 76 tonnes of cardboard recycled
  • 2,255 trees saved
  • 10.8 tonnes of food waste digested
  • o% of waste sent to landfill
  • 2,691,409 litres of water saved
  • 728,913 kw of energy saved
  • 100% renewable energy used
  • Donated 9,226 Liters of clean water via Made Blue Foundation
  • 240.29 MWh of power generated
  • 143,910 CO2 Saved

These savings across the centre were due partly to the Covid-19 lockdown, but also to new initiatives the centre has put in place.  These included;

The introduction of an on-site Eco-Safe food digester which has eradicated food waste from the centre.  The digester breaks down all food and drink waste into a liquid which can be drained down the sewer line.  Treatment on-site means no trucks are required to collect and transport the food waste, saving on CO2 emissions and reducing our environmental impact.

The installation of an energy-efficient pump which has reduced our energy output substantially.

But we are constantly trying to improve this and work tirelessly on our four key pillars in the ultimate goal to be green…

Use and create clean energy supplies
Delivering an environment which focuses good health and well-being for our community
Help to create a sustainable and clean city
Do our bit to fight against climate change

Keep an eye out on What’s On for updates on our hard work to start to change the tide on sustainability in Kingston.