Save the World Club has launched an appeal to save the Welsh Hall in Elm Road.  The intention is to refurbish the premises and turn them back into a thriving community arts centre.  Superficial work to make the building usable has been completed, including temporary window repairs, the installation of radiant halogen heaters, and a few coats of paint, and the hall is now being used every week day for the various community mosaic sessions (including class visits by local school children), and the after school homework club.  During the school holidays it becomes the focal point for the holiday clubs run by Save the World Club.  Nevertheless much remains to be done to reverse the years of decay.

The hall's history

Details of the building's history are sparse.  The earliest building plans for a hall on this site date back to over a century ago in 1887 and 1890, but the name "Kingston Welsh Hall" does not appear on record until the 1940s.  It is clear from minutes discovered in the hall itself that it was once the hub of a thriving Welsh church community which was at its peak in the 1930s.

Any donations should be sent to:

The Welsh Hall Renovations Fund
Save the World Club
42B Richmond Road
Kingston upon Thames
KT2 5EE