Sumac Centre

The Sumac Centre is an independent community and social centre in Nottingham, UK. It is a secondary co-operative and a member of Radical Routes. It provides resources, meeting spaces and workshops for groups and individuals. It supports campaigning for human rights, animal rights, the environment, peace and co-operation world-wide. It is part of the UK Social Centre Network. Veggies is based at the centre.

The centre is being bought via a mortgage. It receives no regular funding, the core groups each pay rent that goes toward the mortgage and running costs. Some of the groups are run by volunteers.

Its origins can to traced to the Rainbow Centre, which was established in 1984.

In April 1984, a group of people based in Nottingham associated with the Environmental Fact Shop, Friends of the Earth (FoE) and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) founded the Rainbow Centre Co-operative. The following year in September the co-operative rented premises at 180 Mansfield Road, next door to the new FoE shop Earthwise. It was situated between the Victoria Shopping Centre and Forest Recreation Ground, on the junction with Huntingdon Street. The Rainbow Centre became an autonomous entity, free to expand its activities.

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