Abbey Community Centre

The centre exists to improve the quality of life for local people by offering excellent services which provide a range of educational, recreational, cultural and social opportunities. In addition, it provides informal advice to users on a wide range of matters and signposts them to the appropriate point for further advice. It is a place where people from a wide range of backgrounds come to socialise, learn and enjoy themselves. We work in consultation and partnership with the local community and statutory and voluntary agencies to develop our programme and responding to emerging need and new initiatives.

Bengali Workers’ Association

Since 1990 the Association has been based in a multi purpose building called the Surma Community Centre which has been a focal point of the Bangladeshi community and a venue for a wide range of social, cultural and community events. BWA strongly believes in supporting and empowering all members of the community, building personal, economic and community resilience along the way. This is a key tool that will make a positive and lasting impact on service users to enable them to have enhanced life chances

Calthorpe Community Garden

The Calthorpe Community Garden and centre exists to improve the physical and emotional well-being of those who live, work or study in Camden and surrounding areas.

We achieve our mission through three core objectives and all our activities and services are designed to support these goals.

Managing sustainable green space and community facilities – providing a better local environment for all
Developing people and their skills – delivering services that improve the life chances of local residents
Creating better social conditions – provide opportunities for people to meet and take care of each other and the environment

Castlehaven Community Centre

Castlehaven is a high profile, vibrant community association that continues to develop and respond to the needs of local residents. Castlehaven opened for business in August 1986. Since then it has gone from strength to strength; now the proud lessees of a four acre community campus Castlehaven delivers services to over 10,000 people per annum. Castlehaven Community Association provides a vibrant range of spaces for the young and young at heart.

Dragon Hall Trust

Dragon Hall Trust is a forward thinking charitable organisation supporting young people, residents, business and community groups in Covent Garden and Holborn.

Dragon Hall Tech Hub has been created to ensure children & young people get the chance to play, explore and develop with groundbreaking technologies, 3D printing, Virtual Reality, coding and more. To address the inequalities that exist in access to these innovations and help to Bridge the Digital Divide.

We offer social, educational and recreational activities for the over 50s including pilates, chair yoga, tea dances, talks, art classes – there’s something for everyone!

To support our work we offer a range of commercial services including room hire and business training facilities. We’re inclusive, innovative and passionate about what we do – committed to making a positive difference to people’s lives.

Holborn Community Association

Our overarching vision is for a thriving and vibrant local community in Holborn.
• Our mission is to respond to local needs
• Our aim is for everyone to be able to participate fully in their local community.
• We work to empower the whole community in Holborn, increasing resilience, social cohesion, and fostering community spirit.
What we value: User-led; Needs-responsive; Open to local voices; Relationship-building; Taking time; Understanding of local languages, cultures and histories.

Hopscotch Women’s Centre

Hopscotch’s mission is to enable Black and Minoritised ethnic women to actively participate in society and make informed decisions that enable them to achieve their aspirations.

We do this by providing support services to Black and Minoritised ethnic women and their families, raising their awareness of important issues, enhancing opportunity and influencing mainstream policy and practice.

Hopscotch’s aims

• Improve the physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing of women and their families.

• Increase the economic participation of women through improvements in employability skills to strengthen their life chances and independence with greater resilience

• Reduce the risk of gender-based violence amongst women facing a higher risk of abuse

• Increase the voice and representation of women through advocacy and policy work

• Maintain an effective, fit for purpose and robust organisation that meets the needs of all stakeholders, including voluntary and statutory sectors, to contribute to our aims

Kentish Town City Farm

Kentish Town City Farm is a community charity that helps city people connect with animals, nature and the environment. The farm is situated on a four-acre site, alongside two railway lines in the inner London Borough of Camden. There are over 50 animals, with pasture areas, a riding arena, a wildlife pond and community gardens.

We provide an extensive educational programme to schools, therapeutic riding to people with special needs and farm related activities to local children. This work is supported by the London Borough of Camden and the City of London Corporation’s charity City Bridge Trust. In addition we have a lively core of volunteers who support staff in the day-to-day running of this community project and organise seasonal fundraising events.

Kentish Town Community Centre

Kentish Town Community Centre has been open for over 12 years, providing activities, events, advice and support for the local community. We are an independent non-profit organisation working to improve health inequalities, reduce social isolation and financial insecurity for local residents. KTCC runs three core projects and hosts a range of events and activities with the support of partner organisations. Volunteers support the centre in all areas of work, from being a Trustee to helping in youth football sessions.

Kings Cross Brunswick Neighbourhood Association

KCBNA improves the quality of life for local residents. Staff and volunteers do this through the provision of a wide range of activities which KCBNA delivers from three community centers and on an outreach basis.

The organisation has a ‘cradle to grave’ philosophy and therefore provides services and activities for people of all ages.

These include: supporting local people into education, health promotion activities, an extensive youth work program, activities for older people, regular community events and work with local Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) communities.

Kingsgate Community Centre

Kingsgate Community Association is a registered charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee. It was initially set up in 1982 by a group of local people who wished to establish a community centre in what was then a derelict building, in a common effort to provide low-cost activities to people who would not otherwise be able to access them. We currently offer around forty-five different services and activities and are committed to the delivery of five long-term projects. We are able to do this through the receipt of an annual grant from the London Borough of Camden, fundraising activities through various Trusts and Charities, hiring out of centre spaces for functions and events and through public donations.

Maiden Lane Community Centre

Maiden Lane is a vibrant community centre in Camden. Our users come from Maiden Lane, Agar Grove and St. Pancras Way Estates, Elm Village and Camden Square and some activities attract users from across Camden. The Centre provides services and activities for everyone in our community, catering for a wide range of interests and age groups.

The Centre is well-equipped, particularly with computers that are supplied, managed and maintained by Camden Online. Basic computer courses offer free access to the World Wide Web and e-mail. Maiden Lane also provides accredited training and help with job search.

N1C Centre

The N1C Centre is a new centre in Kings Cross, it is managed by the Somali Youth Development Resource Centre (SYDRC), a youth community based organisation that has been working with Somali young people and other young people in Camden since 2000.

SYDRC are partnered with Dragon Hall Trust and the two organisations provide activities and services for the whole community

SHAK

South Hampstead & Kilburn Community Partnership enables young people and adults living on and around Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate to discover their talents, passion, skills and confidence to overcome the barriers they fact to social and economic inclusion

Queen’s Crescent Community Association

QCCA Mission – “To work in partnership to foster social cohesion, challenge disadvantage, improve quality of life and the standard of living for all our members”

QCCA Vision – “QCCA is recognised as a quality services provider, responsive to local needs, empowering local people and uniting communities”

Queen’s Crescent Community Association provides services and activities for the local community from birth to old age.

Sidings Community Centre

Sidings Community Centre, which opened in May 1983, celebrates 30 years of providing services primarily for the local community in the wider area around West Hampstead and North Kilburn. We are proud to be one of Camden’s funded community centres, and offer a range of services which include: early years Children’s Centre, play and youth projects, UK Online Computer and Learning Centre, health & fitness activities, and premises which offer a venue for local groups, consultation events, training and meeting rooms

Somers Town Community Centre

Community Cafe offering freshly cooked food at affordable prices 8.30am to 3.30pm. Youth Club Wed evenings 3.30-9pm for 11-19yrs, 18 place community nursery (on site), extensive under fives Sure Start funded programme of activities, 6 ESOL classes, non-contact boxing class Mon 4-5pm for 5-11 yrs, Pascal Theatre Group Tue 4-6pm, yoga, NVQ2 Childcare course, healthy eating courses, older persons luncheon club.

St Pancras Community Association

St Pancras Community Association (SPCA) is a local charity that promotes community activity in London’s busy St Pancras and Somers Town area. SPCA bring local community groups together and coordinate shared activities, sports facilities and premises that can be used for meeting rooms and offices. They run activities ranging from childcare for children to soup groups and singing for people over 60. Facilities can be hired commercially or at well below commercial rates for activities that serve the local community.

Swiss Cottage Community Centre

Community centre with activities and support for the over 60s including social club and exercise, a dedicated play area for under 5’s, language classes including ESOL, a range of holistic therapies, room hire, from small meeting rooms to our main hall and a community cafe with outdoor terrace.