HCA News

Holborn Community Association hosted a storytelling workshop with older adults and young people to take part in creative writer Rachel Sambrooks’s Stand by your Nan... Read More

Millman Street Community Centre hosted their very own Mayor of London’s Festival of Ideas this July.  The small gathering was a great opportunity to reconnect... Read More

Holborn Community Association (HCA) has nearly completed its new building; Holborn House, and now we need to furnish it. We are kindly asking you, the... Read More

Over the last few weeks members of our community have been slowly making their way around the Capital Ring walk. We started in Woolwich on... Read More

Throughout the year HCA likes to celebrate cultural events in the calendar through the activities we do and stories we share. This June it’s Pride... Read More

Thank you to everyone who joined in with our room naming competition and public vote. We’re excited to announce that the final selections were (drumroll... Read More

We’re celebrating Carers Week this year with a look back at the fantastic artwork and creativity of our weekly Carers Art Group over the past... Read More

We are wrapping up Volunteers’ Week with a recap. Together over the past year: We have had 67 Volunteers complete 2402 hours of volunteering doing... Read More

Our longstanding Befriending Scheme didn’t stop during lockdown. Many of our matches turned to technology to keep the conversations going.  Volunteer Laura shares with us... Read More

Over the years we’ve had some wonderful University Students at HCA who’ve volunteered with us thanks to UCL Volunteering. Leto is no exception and took... Read More

It’s day four of Volunteers’ Week and today is all about volunteer voices. Volunteer Chris who shared with us how the gardening team (Chris, Lilly... Read More

It’s Volunteers’ Week, a time to say thanks for the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering. Throughout this week we will be... Read More

The COVID-19 community vaccination bus will be on Brunswick Square, opposite UCL’s School of Pharmacy (WC1N 1AZ) on the following dates and times next week:... Read More

Back in April we put it out to our community for suggestions on what to call the main hall space and the new smaller group... Read More

Our near neighbours Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children are having a Play Street on 22nd September at Great Ormond Street from midday onwards.  They... Read More

It’s the final day of Mental Health Awareness Week and we are wrapping up our Weekend Takeover with a story about Doorstep Help. The scheme... Read More

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and we are sharing stories across HCA as part of our Weekend Takeover. Margaret Margaret’s husband sadly passed away just before... Read More

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and we are sharing stories across HCA to mark it as part of our Weekend Takeover: Our walking group has been... Read More

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and this year’s theme is nature.   In a place like Holborn having easy access to nature in an area so... Read More

We are having a bit of a spruce up to our look at Holborn Community Association starting with a logo refresh. We hope it gives... Read More

From January to April 2021, 13 young people aged 13-24 worked with us on our online Spoken Word and filmmaking project to produce a series... Read More

With lockdown restrictions starting to lift and with a brand new building coming soon check out our upcoming dates and plans at HCA.   April: outdoor... Read More

As the building is coming together there’s been lots of work going on to think about what happens there, what stays the same and what... Read More

We are really pleased to share that all the Over 55’s who attend the Millman Street Day Centre have had either their first vaccinations or... Read More

Our Street Engineers are #SmashingStereotypes during British Science Week You can take part in our Science week challenge and build a freestanding structure out of newspaper.... Read More

Our Street Engineers are children aged 7 – 12, the meet weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays (currently on zoom) and each half term work on using... Read More

Holborn Community Association continues to run its arts and media activities with thanks to zoom (and lots of creativity).  This term we are lucky to... Read More

Hazel East is our Community Arts Manager. She shares with us her experience of fundraising for Holborn Community Association: In the run-up to Christmas, I... Read More

Frontline health and social care workers are being offered the COVID-19 vaccine which will help protect you against the COVID-19 disease. HCA staff Ruma is... Read More

Rebecca Pine, known as Betty, has sadly passed away after a suspected infection caught in hospital.  Betty received support from our Doorstep Help scheme and... Read More

We have fantastic news – we have reached the target for our Community Response Appeal, raising £20,274 in just under 8 weeks! We have been... Read More

As England as a whole enters into Lockdown – we are continuing to run our services and activities moving most to digital delivery. We are... Read More

This December many of our usual festive activities hosted in partnership with local organisations have been paused.  However, this didn’t stop us from putting together... Read More

We are now four weeks into our Community Response Appeal and have raised over 60% of our target total! A huge thanks to everyone who... Read More

Last Friday Betty, the star of our Community Response Appeal video had a visit from Keir Starmer outside her home. The visit was part of... Read More

Our Carers Art group meet weekly on Wednesday mornings and create a wide range of beautiful paintings and drawings. The group have donated some of... Read More

Holborn Community Association has got its Community Response Appeal off to a great start with thanks to Epoch Capital’s £6K donation.   We have just launched... Read More

Amongst everything that’s been going on this 2020, we are glad to share the Bedford House construction work carries on! We are still on course... Read More

WIN Gym day guest passes for GLL Leisure Centres Pancras Square, Oasis and YMCAs Central Club To celebrate the launch of Holborn Community Association’s six-week... Read More

We bring to you a day in the life with Naomi Nehemen, our new Community Care Link Worker.  Naomi studied at Middlesex University in Fine Art... Read More

At the end of March, we took the difficult decision to close buildings, activities and sessions due to the Covid-19 pandemic and quickly had to... Read More

Our Operations Manager Andy Bater shares with us news about the Millman Street day centre reopening alongside some pictures of the space:  “After weeks of... Read More

Befriender Lizzie is no stranger to HCA news having been featured last year with her befriendee Eileen.  The Befriending Programme matches a local volunteer with... Read More

We are delighted Holborn Community Association has been recognised as part of the government’s #GREATInspiration campaign – for having gone above and beyond and done... Read More

Volunteer Wendy joined Holborn Community Association in June 2019 helping out with our Thursday Creative Communication group. She shares with us how it’s been helping to... Read More

How things will be different  As we all try to work out what the new normal is we can say for certain lots of things... Read More

We’re working with artist Caragh Thuring on a new artwork for Bedford House. Caragh would like your input into what HCA means to you to... Read More

As lockdown eases we’re working to bring activities back to you.  At the moment our plans are as follows:  Arts on Tour will bring our... Read More

Since the impact of COVID-19 began, the last couple of months have been very different for everyone.  As an organisation rooted in bringing people together... Read More

It’s Carers Week this week, and we want to take the opportunity to share the beautiful work done by our Carers Art Group. The group... Read More

It’s #VolunteersWeek and we wanted to shine a spotlight on some of our wonderful HCA volunteers! Our Befriending Scheme matches a local volunteer with an... Read More

Since the impact of COVID-19 began, the last couple of months have been very different for everyone.  As an organisation rooted in bringing people together... Read More

We might be apart at the moment, but that hasn’t stopped our brilliant team of volunteers stepping up and joining in with our online apArt... Read More

ApArt club – creativity for positive mental health  Throughout the last few months, the need to support our community has become more important than ever.... Read More

As part of Mental Health Awareness week we want to encourage you to make a card to reconnect with someone. On Tuesday we set the... Read More

We know mental health is a huge issue for everyone in our community right now.  For mental health awareness week, we caught up with Media... Read More

We have continued our Befriending scheme during Covid-19, adapting it to regular phone calls and working in partnership with Doorstep Help.  We caught up with... Read More

Holborn Gymnastics Club has been busy creating a series of gymnastics videos for children to access for free, called Holborn GymFlex.  The range of videos... Read More

Holborn Community Association is here to help during Covid-19:  Doorstep Help Do you need: – Help with food shopping? – Prescription pickups? Email:admin@holborncommunity.co.uk or call... Read More

Today we’re launching new project to help bring a smile to the faces of older people, or other vulnerable people who are self isolating due... Read More

Lots of you have been making the best of being at home over the last two weeks by taking part in the #CreatetoConnect daily challenges... Read More

6th April 2020 Hello everyone, As we start the Easter Holidays we hope that you are able to find some time over the next couple... Read More

Our Carers Art Group got busy in the studio on Wednesday morning experimenting with a range of mediums, from oil paints to watercolour.     ... Read More

Hazel East is our Community Arts Manager at Holborn Community Association, this year she led on hosting our second Fun Palace at Conway Hall.  Here... Read More

Holborn Community Association this Christmas hosted a community festive lunch with the help of Waitrose & Partners and John Lewis & Partners.   Throughout the UK... Read More

We present to you the Food Explorers recipe book! Over six weeks we invited local foodies to share their favourite recipes with a very welcoming... Read More

Last week we got festive and joined in with the fun at the Tybalds Estate Winter Fayre. The fayre was a double celebration of both... Read More