Intergenerational harmony is the true magic ingredient to what makes Super Sustainable Saturdays really feel like magic. Imagine all parts of the community actually sharing the same space for different reasons but all co-existing together in perfect blissful harmony. Not only does it run smoother than defies common logic, but it enriches each Yourspace event to another level.
Yesterday (10/01/2026), Cheam and Sutton Rotary members had their monthly coffee morning just metres away from the tables where local teenagers were engaging in community and volunteer activity, and as it was cold outside, a make shift sifting station was set up on the inside of the Cloche garden tunnel right near the Rotary members.
The private 6yrs old Party that had been previously booked for that space were happy to be flexible and as such moved their magic show entertainment into the Thyme Tunnel and then took over Outside-In tearoom space hosting their sit down food part of the party in the middle of our paying customers.
As if that wasn’t communal enough; they opened up their party and food spread to all our volunteer youth helping hands who were more than happy to accept and joined in with them.
In the Cloche Garden Hall the Zero Waste Sutton refill station was busy pumping out new refills to everyone who had brought in their empties and they did that right in the middle of all those stood or sat in the queue for those wanting to access the services of the wonderful Sutton Repair Cafe, and crammed in next to them was the wonderful Community Champions clothes Swapshop which also had more than a few volunteers helping and a whole load of visitors coming and going.
Those who had come for a first time, either to access an invitation to the child’s birthday or to experience the Super Sustainable Saturday fix got a wonderful taste of what it is to be in the middle of community blissful harmony instead of what could easily be madness, and in between all of that frenzy of intergenerational happening, the Duke of Edinburgh kids were weaving in and out of it all, completing their own one hour of weekly community giving and those tasks included the likes of managing all of the things that keep these kind of events always ticking!
Sometimes I am amazed at how we got through days like these, when everything surely should have gone wrong or proven to be very challenging, but somehow without any staff at all and just with the experience of those who are community minded, we sailed through the day making the magic despite the fact of everyone coming Super Sustainable Saturday – not just it seems an event where the community embraces sustainable practices, but a philosophy that embodies the magic of growing long term sustainable communities with it!