WHO RUNS QED ALLOTMENTS?
QED Allotments is overseen by the Dartford Allotments Steering Committee (DASC), an informal grouping of local allotment associations established in September 1996 with initial active support from the Dartford Road, Gore Road, Marcet Road and Wilmot Road sites and the West Dartford Allotment and Garden Society. DASC has its own Secretary (Mr Robert Johnson) and Research Officer (Mr Marcus Jaffray), and details of all its activities (including QED Allotments) are regularly circulated to representative organisations or individuals on sites currently or formerly managed by Dartford Borough Council. DASC operates under a single guiding principle: that no specific action can be undertaken without the consent of any and every participating association that may be affected. In this way the autonomy (and accountability) of individual allotment associations is preserved, but all participants (including other sites which are in correspondence) share the benefits of cooperation and mutual assista
