On Friday 18 October, as part of the Future Clapham project, the thriving Clapham Pottery celebrated its move to the attractive former chapel in Rectory Grove, previously the site of CAVE adult literacy school. The Mayor of Lambeth officially opened the site.
Clapham Pottery is a self-funding not-for-profit community organization that has been operating at Clapham Leisure Centre for many years. The Pottery has gone from strength to strength since the long-established, professional North Street Potters took over its management two years ago. The group is committed to serving the wider community and each week this fine building will now be home to pottery classes and workshops for 150 students of all ages and all abilities.
As part of the Future Clapham scheme, the Leisure Centre is due for demolition and rebuilding. As a local councillor I insisted that the future of the Pottery was made secure and worked with the group and with officers to ensure the pottery would find a new home.
The project is now re-housed at: The Old Chapel, 4A Rectory Grove, SW4 0DZ
‘As councillors we were determined that Clapham Pottery stayed in Clapham to provide its much-valued service to a wide range of local people.’
