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Welcome to Polmont Community Hub
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Kenneth Alexander (Kenny) previously worked in the petrochemical and gas industry for over 30 years. He left the industry after becoming disillusioned with the environmental damage being done. Kenny also hates waste. As an outdoors enthusiast he has sadly seen too much of the damage that has been done and now wants to give back to mother nature by educating about sustainability, net zero and zero-waste initiatives.Kenny was Involved with Friends of the Earth with their ‘just transition’ movement as a spokesperson offering his health, safety and environmental risk assessment industry knowledge. He has now given that up in order to concentrate on volunteering for PCH.Chairman of Falkirk writers circle and part of Polmont joggers’ group. He not only brings experience of heat and power systems, but he also has the drive and dream of how a just transition from council ownership to community ownership of the hub should be done. On a voluntary basis he is dedicated to drive PCH towards a sustainable future. Kenny is also on the board of trustees for Scotland’s environmental film festival, held annually in Montrose.As a keen cyclist he is actively involved in the promotion of Active Travel via Forth environmental link. He now wishes to help his community transition over for the greater good for all and is seeking to do this by educating on and taking part in rewilding initiatives to tackle biodiversity loss among other actions. He recently qualified as a historical cultural and heritage tour guide for which he got a silver award from architecture Scotland.
Before deciding to leave the corporate world behind for a change in life direction Claire worked for some of the biggest UK banks. With her customer relations background she has become the perfect fit as a volunteer for the hub. She has been a key asset in helping the day to day running of the hub along with pretty much all business related activities such as billing, invoicing and no ends to her involvement in all aspects such as the CAT process. Recently taking over the accounting activities in an acting treasurer role.
Joan is honest and extremely diligent, willing to go the extra mile to achieve a goal and happy to volunteer in whatever way needed to ensure Polmont Community Hub remains open as an asset to the residents of Polmont and beyond.
Monty is our mascot and zero waste icon seeing since he has escaped landfill on three occasions. His permanent residence is in the main office at the hub where is works the room. One of his main passions is to give out love and compassion to all volunteers young and old. He participates in all the hub events and has been a member since the beginning, the place really would not be the same without his happy cheerful presence.