Writing about Stonegrove Community Trust or OneStonegrove? Here’s our media contact, the key facts and our latest news.
Media contact
Gus Alston, CEO
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 07973 501777
About us (for use in articles)
Stonegrove Community Trust is a resident-led charity in Edgware, North London. Local residents set it up in 2014. It runs OneStonegrove, which opened in 2016 and is shared with St Peter’s Church. OneStonegrove welcomes around 72,000 visits a year to activities run by the charity or its partners. Income from private hire helps keep the doors open for everyone. Registered charity 1161812.
Key facts
- Founded: 2014, by local residents
- Building: OneStonegrove, 5 Hayling Way, Edgware HA8 8BN. Opened in summer 2016
- Shared with: St Peter’s Church
- Visits: around 72,000 a year
- Activities: around 30 every week, run by us or our partners
- Income: £406,076 in 2024, about 60% of it earned income, such as room hire
- Solar: 210 panels (86.1 kWp), switched on in October 2024. The largest charity-owned solar installation in London
- Warm and cool space: a registered Warm Welcome Space in winter and a cool space in summer. Part of the Warm Welcome Champions Programme 2026/27
- Recognition: our CEO, Gus Alston, won the Local Leaders award at the London ECO Community Champion Awards 2024, and was a Charity Times “Leader to Watch” in 2024
- Registered charity: 1161812. Company: 09276749
Latest news
- Solar panels. In October 2024 we switched on 210 solar panels, the largest charity-owned solar installation in London. See what they’ve done.
- Warm Welcome Champions. In September 2026 OneStonegrove was chosen from over 270 applicants to join the national Warm Welcome Champions Programme for 2026/27.
- Youth club. Since September 2026 we’ve run a youth club for local young people, funded by John Lyon’s Charity.
- Here in an emergency. OneStonegrove is a British Red Cross London Community Resilience Hub. We work with Barnet Council’s emergency planners, so if something goes wrong locally, people have somewhere to go.
Photos, logos and quotes
We’re happy to send photos of the building, our logos or a quote. Just get in touch with Gus.
For press enquiries, email [email protected] or call 07973 501777.