ABBEY COMMUNITY CENTRE

Abbey's Community Choir: Singing for Wellbeing

To support local families and older people who are struggling by offering food parcels via our community fridge, cooking groups and shared meals to help reduce loneliness and isolation.

towards the provision of an expanded programme of physical activity sessions for marginalised older people in Camden

Cost-of-Living Uplift

The funding will be used to cover the cost of tutor fees. The project aims to provide a fully accessible timetable of activities for vulnerable people in the community.

This funding is to sustain and expand our existing work around food redistribution, promoting nutrition and community building with local residents experiencing food poverty, including older people and single-parent families.

Creche and Outreach service for disadvantaged children aged 0-2

Our Kilburn Good Neighbours and Tech Buddies befriending schemes support people aged 60+ to stay happy, healthy, independent and connected in their own homes.

This project supports 35 disabled people to travel to the community centre to participate in activities

The project is using funding to continue supporting people in the Kilburn area over the next three years through a range of community projects. Programmes include Community Time Camden a time interests and skills exchange an older men’s ....more

The project is using funding to continue supporting people in the Kilburn area over the next three years through a range of community projects. Programmes include Community Time Camden a time interests and skills exchange an older men’s activities and adventures group a home befriending scheme their Neighbours 2 Friends project which brings people of later years together with younger residents through shared activities as well as general health and well-being self-help information services social groups weekly; and volunteer activities and opportunities. The project ensures people feel less isolated and lonely are more actively involved in their communities and improve their social connections.

The funding will be used to recruit a part-time assistant to deliver and develop the intergenerational Tech Buddies project. The project aims to develop the remote learning possibilities of this IT project that links older people with IT literate ....more

The funding will be used to recruit a part-time assistant to deliver and develop the intergenerational Tech Buddies project. The project aims to develop the remote learning possibilities of this IT project that links older people with IT literate volunteers to support their learning reduce isolation and improve well-being during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

This funding is for sustaining, expanding and maximising the potential of our online activity offer for older and vulnerable members of the Abbey Community Centre, Kilburn, throughout the Covid-19 crisis.

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

£250,000 over 5 years (5 x £50,000) to support the salary costs of the Project Coordinator and Community Projects Development Manager and associated project costs to deliver a range of activities for older people in Camden.

The primary beneficiaries of the Fitness for Friendship programme will be older Londoners who are isolated, lonely and disconnected from community life. In particular, people aged 60+ living near the community centre located in Kilburn. Through the ....more

The primary beneficiaries of the Fitness for Friendship programme will be older Londoners who are isolated, lonely and disconnected from community life. In particular, people aged 60+ living near the community centre located in Kilburn. Through the project?s ongoing targeted and tailored sports/physical activities programme and 1:1 support, participants will develop friendships, community belonging, confidence, better access to other care, and will improve their physical and mental health.

Grant to Abbey Community Centre to support the organisation through COVID19

The funding will be used to support vulnerable older people through their Kilburn Good Neighbours befriending scheme.

Tech Buddies: Supporting over 70s to get online and get confident with technology.

The funding is for helping our centre to continue providing 600+ already vulnerable local older and elderly people with our social and practical community support services but in new and appropriate ways. To tackle increases in isolation, ....more

The funding is for helping our centre to continue providing 600+ already vulnerable local older and elderly people with our social and practical community support services but in new and appropriate ways. To tackle increases in isolation, loneliness, and deceases in independence due to social distancing during the Covid-19 crisis.

Moving services online, including: Telephone outreach, postal services of infromation for people who are not online, virtual activities. Continue to serve isolated people, keep people safe from scams and work in partnership with other organisations. ....more

Moving services online, including: Telephone outreach, postal services of infromation for people who are not online, virtual activities. Continue to serve isolated people, keep people safe from scams and work in partnership with other organisations. Will support loss of income and additional costs such as new telephones etc. Focussing on supporting elderly and isolated groups first and then supporting the most vulnerable families over time.

This project will enable 20 local elderly people affected by physical disabilities and impairments to participate in the centre's daily community activities wellbeing programme.

The project aims to enable older people to create new social relationships and improve their mental wellbeing.

Team London small grant 2018-19 - social integration

Volunteers will cook and share dishes from their countries. The project will bring in new younger colunteers and older people whose mother tongue is not English

This project will run a befriending service, where young people visit older people in their homes and offer assistance with IT issues, such as accessing the internet or using smartphones. This will encourage people to improve their IT skills and ....more

This project will run a befriending service, where young people visit older people in their homes and offer assistance with IT issues, such as accessing the internet or using smartphones. This will encourage people to improve their IT skills and develop positive relationships with other local residents.

This two-year project was the continuation and development of an established Saturday Café which used food surplus to provide affordable, healthy and delicious meals to local people as an alternative to high street chains. Activities including arts ....more

This two-year project was the continuation and development of an established Saturday Café which used food surplus to provide affordable, healthy and delicious meals to local people as an alternative to high street chains. Activities including arts and crafts and Tech Buddies IT support sessions for over-65s were run in tandem with the café. The funding supported the running of the café sessions and the establishment of a committee of volunteers to steer developments. All participants were able to shape the project via this committee and other feedback mechanisms. The cafe aimed to address financial disadvantage and social isolation, increase employment prospects and build social connections, amongst both older people and families. Participants came from Kilburn, West Hampstead and the surrounding area.

Towards core costs of two skills, knowledge and activity sharing networks for older people, one of which specifically targets older men.

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The project aims to engage with vulnerable older people and create a time and skills exchange exclusively for people over 50 within the borough of Camden. By sharing their time and skills with each other, a self-sustaining community network will be ....more

The project aims to engage with vulnerable older people and create a time and skills exchange exclusively for people over 50 within the borough of Camden. By sharing their time and skills with each other, a self-sustaining community network will be established, enabling older people to receive support and cope better, particularly in times of increased need and vulnerability. Volunteers will provide services to older people who are housebound.