ABOUT US
Based in the Coronation Recreation Ground, Hersham, Surrey, UK, we provide our community with access to a multi functional, safe space. With us people can reduce waste and access many beneficial initiatives such as the Library of Things, Community Fridge, Studio Room Hire, Hygiene Bank, Refill Point, Skill Share, Small item recycling, Community Garden, Seed Bank, Jigsaw swap, Book Swap to name but a few – all under ONE roof!
Upcoming Bookings at The Studio
Below is a chronological list of the various events running at The Studio at the Eco Hub. If you are interested in learning more about any event, just click on it. Thanks
LATEST NEWS
January 3rd 2026
Eco Hub reopens after Christmas break
The Eco Hub will reopen on Monday 5th January 2026 at our usual time of 9am
Warm Hub opening
From 9am Friday 16th January, the Eco Hub will welcome anyone wishing to come in from the cold, meet new people and relax in a comfortable environment. The Warm Hub will be open 9-11am on Friday mornings until the beginning of April. Visitors will be able to help themselves to free tea and coffee, read a book, play a board game, or have a chat with others. We may even be able to put a movie on to keep you entertained for a couple of hours, all for free!
Winter Warmers closed for 2025
Thank you to everyone who donated warm winter clothing to the Eco Hub. Please rest assured your donations have been put to good use with 0ver 100 coats finding new homes this winter. The initiative is now closed, but will reopen again in autumn this year.
Suspension of monthly community litter picks
Sadly due to poor uptake, we have decided to suspend all monthly community litter picks until March. Hopefully as the weather improves engagement with the initiative will increase and we can reinstate this valuable events to our monthly calendar.
December 5th 2025
New items added to Library of Things
350w Band saw, Evolution 200w 255mm sliding mitre saw, Evolution 1500w 210mm sliding mitre saw, Vax Steam Glide – multi surface steam cleaner, Antex Soldering iron 25w, electric tile cutter & Ninja 6 in 1 foodi.
December 3rd 2025
Winter Warmers initiative
Our winter warmers initiative goes from strength to strength. Ovre the past 3 years we have accepted donations of and rehomed over 600 warm coats, hats, scarves and pairs of gloves for free. The initiative will run until December 22nd, so if you know anyone who needs a new warm coat – especially children, please send them our way.
November 28th 2025
New solar panels installed
If you have been to the new hub in Hersham in the last few weeks you will have noticed our new array of solar panels. We would like to thanks Surrey County Councillor Ashley Tilling for supporting our application to Your Fund Surrey. This grant allowed us to make essential roof repairs prior to the installation of 28x 530w panels and inverter. Even at this time of year we are seeing huge benefits with almost 50% of our energy needs being provided via the panels during our opening hours. We cannot wait to see the benefits some spring and summer time!
September 17th 2025
Our new Studio is available to hire!
After a lot of work, The Studio is now looking amazing and is available to hire via the booking system. The standard flat rate is £15 per hour. If you are a charity or not for profit please have a chat with us. The Studio is perfect for Yoga, Pilates, art clubs, antenatal classes, photography shoots etc etc. The Studio is not suitable and therefore not available for private parties children’s or otherwise. Please follow this link to book the Studio Studio Room Booking
September 1st 2025
And we’re in!
After a long hot summer of frantic activity, the Eco Hub reopened today at our new home in Hersham. Believe me when I say the amount of time, effort and indeed money needed to make this move happen and to get to this stage is astonishing. Our volunteers have given up so many hours, and showed such commitment to the project and the community, its truly humbling. A team of true heroes.
We would like to thank the officers at Elmbridge Borough Council for working with us over the last year. Councillors Ashley Tilling and John O’Reilly for support from their Your Fund Surrey and councillors discretionary funds, The Climate Action team at Elmbridge Borough Council, Bentley motors, Hersham Squires Garden Centre, The National Lottery, Elmbridge Borough Council Community Fund and Elmbridge Borough Council CIL fund. Without their very generous support, this move would not have happened.
The excitement doesn’t stop there though. Herbert (our affectionate name for the new building) has additional space – a room we have called The Studio. The Studio is setup with high speed WiFi, a desktop pc, 65″ Samsung interactive screen, LED colour changing lighting and storage space for personal items.
The Studio is available for small groups to hire at very reasonable hourly rates. It is suitable for E.G. yoga/pilates classes of up to 6 + instructor, mum and toddler groups (~20 people), groups supporting those with sensory needs, afternoon coffee meetups, office days out, boardgame club, cinema club, Lego club, (we have 20,000 Lego pieces to play with!) etc etc etc. If you’re interested please do get in touch at info@elmbridgeecohub.org.uk
Hope to see you at the New Eco Hub (Herbert), very soon.
August 2025
Eco Hub to reopen Monday 1st September 2025 at Herbert Crook Pavilion, Rydens Grove, Hersham
As you know, we have been working really hard throughout August preparing to reopen at our new permanent home in Hersham. Our volunteers have worked really hard cleaning, repairing, decorating and fitting out the building. As such we are delighted to say we will reopen on Monday 1st September at 9am. All of our usual initiatives will return – The Community Fridge, Refill, Library of Things, Book, boardgame and jigsaw swap to name but a few. You will notice the new community garden is in rather a “raw” state. We would ask people to refrain from exploring too much around the grounds as this area is a work in progress so there may be tools etc left out. We are also finding a lot of broken glass and sharp metal on the surface of the ground so if you are going to walk around, please no children and absolutely no open toe shoes/sandles. See you soon in Hersham!
Everything we do is centred around THREE things:
We exist exclusively for the benefit of the people in our community. We want to ensure every member of our community has access to food, skills and equipment either free or at very low cost.
We want to provide people with the opportunity to learn and share their knowledge with others. We strive to encourage and facilitate people to reach their potential, improve confidence and their understanding of the world we live in.
We believe in the circular economy and trying to improve our environment. We aim to recycle, upcycle, reuse what we can, reduce waste and teach others to do the same.
Do you want to get involved?
If you would like to get involved with The Hub, have a look at the different initiatives we run, and decide which you would prefer to be part of. It may be that there is more than one initiative that interests you, and that’s great. Simply pop into the Hub and have a chat with one of the volunteers or management team.
We want to provide people with the opportunity to learn and share their knowledge with others. We strive to encourage and facilitate people to reach their potential, improve confidence and their understanding of the world we live in.
If you are a business, looking to improve your CSR, then look no further.
We have a multitude of options to offer from corporate litter pick days, supporting the Community Fridge, spending a day in the community garden, conducting a skill share session or helping with the Library of Things.
We kindly ask for a financial contribution of £10 per volunteer, which helps us to cover our costs, and keep the Hub running.