Month: May 2021

‘Welcome to Vauxhall Crossing’ is a new event in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, that takes inspiration from popular video games and the area’s rich heritage to create a community celebration for Vauxhall’s young people.

During the event on Saturday 26 June, 10:00 – 16:00, a portion of the Garden will become our ‘village’, containing a checkerboard of ‘islands’. Each island will contain a bespoke selection of ‘building blocks’, inviting young people to explore and play with the creation of forms, spaces and architecture on their island.

They will be given a brief to respond to which will reference wider conversations being facilitated by VX1 across Vauxhall with regards to its future objectives and plans. It is a chance to come together in a Covid-secure way and build shared experiences through an exciting and memorable creative activity.

Sign up for ‘Welcome to Vauxhall Crossing’ via eventbrite.

There is also a digital version of the event, utilising an online sandbox to allow young people who cannot attend the event to have the opportunity to participate.

The event is part of the London Festival of Architecture, and is delivered in partnership with New Practice.

‘Welcome to Vauxhall Crossing’

Thursday 24 June, 3pm – 7pm, YouTube Live

Saturday 26 June, 10am – 4pm, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens

In the past year, Vauxhall businesses saved over 110 tonnes of CO2 with Vauxhall One and First Mile‘s recycling scheme.

The recycling scheme is free to all businesses in Vauxhall and is part of Vauxhall One’s commitment to making the area greener and more sustainable.

It was a great year for the scheme, with amazing results:

• 67,150kg mixed recycling collected
• 2,812kg food recycled
• 791 trees saved
• 3,000kg glass recycled
• Over 20,000kwh energy produced
• 8,500kg cardboard recycled

More information on the recycling scheme can be found in this flyer.

If you are a Vauxhall business interested in joining, contact Aaron Groves.

About First Mile

It’s our vision to eradicate waste and make the world a greener place.

We set out in 2004 on a mission to revolutionise business sustainability, starting with waste and recycling. Since then we’ve become famous for shaking up the industry, helping thousands of customers reduce their carbon footprint, and we’ve also launched a green energy service.

We’ve worked hard to ensure that we put sustainability and service at the heart of what we do. And along the way we’ve implemented lots of innovative tech to help us deliver a hassle-free, low impact, reliable service that’s good for our 30,000 customers, as well as the planet.

To make sure none of our customers’ or our own hard work goes to waste, we’re also big on reporting. Because if we’re going to help in the fight against climate change, we believe everyone needs to measure their impact.