Organised by Noor Islamic CentreWe aim to create a space for the entirety of the local community - religious and non-religious alike. From within a beautiful garden setting, Whyteleafe Community Centre will provide education, religious services, and health activities for all ages.
Whyteleafe Community Centre aims to serve the local community in a variety of ways, while simultaneously enhancing the surrounding green belt, allowing the centre to be surrounded by a site of natural beauty.
Health and Social Outreach is a big focus of this project, with benefits for a huge range of the local population. Tandridge residents will enjoy beautiful gardens and green spaces that research has proven increases quality of life and improves both mental and physical health. Through regular health walks and engagement with nature, this will benefit the whole population, especially our elderly neighbours. Further, health education and promotion run by qualified local doctors aims to tackle the growing diabetes and heart disease crises. Social outreach via free tutoring, mentoring and work experience for the youth will put much needed focus onto the next generation, alongside targeted interventions and aid for the homeless and other deprived populations.
The climate change emergency has already shown it's head in Tandrige, with 972 species in decline in Surrey, and 626 species already extinct in our county. One of the Centre's biggest aims is to enrich the surrounding land, which currently is lying empty and unused, with very little biodiversity. We are so excited for a truly stunning British garden with an Islamic aesthetic, involving reforestation, hedgerows, keeping bees, adding water features and many more elements that will not only beautify, but also enhance the biodiversity of the surrounding green belt. Combined with this, the small community centre building will take the idea of 'carbon neutral' one step further, and instead be 'carbon negative' - meaning it will generate more energy than it consumes, through totally renewable sources.
The Charity has purchased 14 acres of land in a prime area in South London, situated in Whyteleafe, approximately 10 minutes from Purley, and 5 minutes walk from the closest train and bus stations. This land has ample space for the construction of the community centre, with room for expansive Islamic gardens.
The architect for your project will be world-renowned Marks Barfield. They are the architects that designed the London Eye, the British Airways i360 tower in Brighton, and most recently, the Cambridge Mosque after winning an international design competition. They will design a modern centre, with a focus on eco-friendly construction and renewable energy usage. The centre is specifically designed to replace the current building footprint (currently derelict stables) like-for-like, such that not even an inch is taken away from the surrounding green belt.
The Islamic Gardens will be designed by Emma Clarke, who most recently designed the gardens for Cambridge Mosque. Her impressive Islamic Garden design at the Chelsea Flower Show was later moved to the gardens of Prince Charles personal home, and she has published a book on the art and history of Islamic gardens.
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