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The team are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all our visitors. We strive to make our venue accessible to everyone, including guests with physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities. We hope the following information will support your booking and journey with Roehampton Venues.
Additional Assistance
If you require specific accommodations or have any questions about access, please contact us in advance at conferences@roehampton.ac.uk or call us on 0208 392 3505. We’re happy to help.
Roehampton Venues is delighted to have received a Gold Award for Green Meetings from the Green Tourism association. Green Tourism promotes greener ways for businesses and organisations to operate, as the importance of sustainability issues takes precedence as the “new normal.” Gaining this affiliation was key in moving forward our sustainability strategy and action plans.
Effective waste management is crucial to our sustainability efforts at Roehampton Venues.
Our waste strategy is anchored by an on-site industrial bio-digester, which transforms food waste and compostable “Vegware” into nutrient-rich granules for our gardens. We further close the loop by converting used cooking oil into biofuel via Olleco and eliminating single-use plastics in favour of reusables.
Our waste contractor, Suez, manages the collection of all general waste (refuse). Rather than being sent to landfill, all general waste is directed to energy recovery facilities where it is combusted to generate electricity and heat. This approach significantly reduces the greenhouse gas emissions associated with waste disposal and supports the transition to more sustainable waste management practices.
Most of our event documents sent to clients e.g., menus, quotes, contracts and invoices, are sent via email rather than hard copy in order to save paper. Emails are never printed out unless absolutely necessary and we have tag line on emails to remind the team.
The majority of our marketing is conducted via website, online and email to avoid generating paper.
We own most of our equipment for events – wash and reuse – limiting the need for hiring and extra transportation, people and environmental impact generated from hire and deliveries.
Use of linen for events is minimised where possible and quantities required are kept to a minimum.
We use reusable cups, crockery, and cutlery where possible. We minimise the use of single – use plastics where re-use is not practical and use disposable products made from plant-based, compostable materials.
Our guest accommodation uses the Dukes and Dawes toiletries range. Bottles are made from 100% recycled plastic and can be recycled, the liquids use organic ingredients and are vegan friendly and all packaging can be recycled.
We have mixed recycling bins, general waste, charity recycling banks and battery recycling points. We limit the amount of waste generated and reduce waste going to landfill by recycling – we have embedded recycling processes with all bin areas encouraging recycling where possible. This includes positioning bins in areas to encourage recycling such as near printers.
To ensure that the sustainability of our food is considered, sustainable food standards are outlined during catering contract negotiations and also throughout tender processes.
We encourage locally sourced food on our menus, reducing food miles. Allowing space for sustainable food projects e.g. old orchard, growing spaces.
We focus on providing affordable, healthy, and environmentally-sustainable food offering across our venues with Fairtrade products, free range chicken/eggs and MSC certified fish. Drinking water for all staff, students and visitors is provided at all times.
We carefully specify the correct amount of food we produce for any function to ensure we do not over cater and have unnecessary food wastage.
We are a certified Fairtrade University which shows that we are committed to the Fairtrade ethos and support the use of Fairtrade products. We see Fairtrade certified products in catering outlets and participating in Fairtrade Fortnight.
Working closely with our catering partner ‘Elior’ our event menus are seasonal, therefore the majority of products we source are British and do not involve high air miles. They make a conscious effort to ensure as many ingredients as possible are sourced locally and ethically. They also completed “Food for Life Soil Association” in March 2026.
All used cooking oil is recycled via Olleco – it is collected and processed to be converted into biofuel.
Guests and staff are encouraged to use public transport as Roehampton Venues is well connected to the public transport network. Two rapid EV chargers are available in close proximity. The first is situated at 87 Roehampton Lane, SW15 5NL (close to Southlands pedestrian entrance) and the second is situated at on Roehampton Lane, SW15 5PN near to Queen Mary Hospital i.e. between Froebel entrance and the main university entrance.
Staff are encouraged to cycle to work and car share, There are a total of 504 cycle parking spaces across campus, including storage near Elm Grove at Digby Stuart College. Shower facilities are available at all colleges for staff who cycle or run to work, There are cycle to work schemes in place and a bus provided by the university from the local train station.
Flexible working a couple of days a week with no commute is sustainable business practice. No unnecessary journeys are made, and when possible, video meetings are encouraged to save travel.
Our purpose-built conference centre has achieved BREEAM “Very Good” for its sustainable build with passive design, natural ventilation systems, high performance building fabric and specialist water and heating systems.
The solar panels we’ve installed across our buildings ensures we are using 100% renewable energy. We have installed power Perfector voltage optimisation equipment at all venues. By optimising and lowering supply voltage, electrical equipment operates more efficiently, consumes less energy, and has a longer lifespan. This has led to an average reduction in electricity consumption of approx. 9%, equating to a reduction in our Carbon Footprint of more than 300 tonnes of CO2 and savings on our electricity bill of more than £50,000 per year.
We have replaced all lighting with highly efficient LED (Light-Emitting Diode) and motion sensor activated lighting. Typically, LEDs have ten times the lifespan and use less than half the energy of halogen lighting. Quality long lasting LED Lighting with daylight and movement sensors has been by large the main type of energy saving project in the last 12 years we have invested in total £2.2million to replace over 14,000 luminaires which saves us annually 2,100 MWh i.e., the equivalent of powering 534 UK homes, £280,000 of electricity and just over 1,000 tonnes of CO2 being released into the atmosphere.
We are committed to the protection and conservation of biodiversity and are lucky to have a considerable range of species and habitats across the university campus. Within our 24 hectares of land our habitats include an old and new orchard, three artificial lakes and an acid grassland. We also have a badger set, beehives and a cave-like habitat which supports one of the largest species of spider found in the UK: the European cave spider.
We also have an array of birds, small mammals, reptiles, and amphibians including green woodpecker, nuthatch, whitethroat, and smooth newt. Our proximity to Richmond Park, a National Nature Reserve and Wimbledon Common provides us with the potential to be connected to an array of important species through a network of ecological corridors e.g., hedgerows, roadside verges. We are currently looking to further monitor and understand the species we have on our campus in our Biodiversity Team.
Partner with Our Careers and Placements Team
At University of Roehampton, our Student Futures (Careers and Placements) Team is dedicated to building strategic partnerships with employers to connect them with talented students and graduates from a diverse mix of courses, who are ready to make an impact on the workforce.
Our student body is diverse, reflecting Roehampton’s strong history of engaging with Widening Participation students:
- 58% of our students are the first in their family to attend university
- 75% are from BAME backgrounds
- 52% are mature students
- 54% of the student population are female
- 15% have declared a disability*.
By offering opportunities to these students, you can significantly impact their lives in supporting social mobility.
For more information contact employerconnect@roehampton.ac.uk or see here.
*Data from the Annual Report and Financial Statement 2023 & Annual Equality Report 2023
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