We, the undersigned, petition the Council to give Setpoint London East a long, secure lease for Soanes Centre, their home for the last thirty years.

Setpoint London East is a small educational charity, based at the Soanes Centre in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, that has supported local school children since 1997 to discover the environment around them through practical, hands-on science and technology workshops. Each year, over 8,000 primary school children in Tower Hamlets and neighbouring boroughs visit and learn at the Soanes Centre.

In July 2024, Tower Hamlets Council attempted to evict Setpoint London East from the Soanes Centre, their home of the last thirty years. With the support of artists Kin Structures and the volunteers of the Save Soanes Campaign, a coalition of community members, educators, and artists, Setpoint London East resisted the eviction. As a result, Setpoint London East has been able to continue providing pioneering environmental education to local school children. Unfortunately, despite the valuable education offered by Setpoint London East, the Council has still not offered a secure lease for the Soanes Centre. Without this agreed lease, Setpoint London East has no security. It is for this reason that we petition Tower Hamlets Council to grant Setpoint London East a peppercorn lease of the Soanes Centre - a long term contract, but with a negligible rent in recognition of the invaluable services provided by Setpoint London East in the space. 

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