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
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
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
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
Holborn Community Association, in partnership with Central YMCA, Coram’s Field and KCBNA and Camden Council is supporting efforts from Get Active, London Sport and Sport... 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
Holborn Community Centre has been awarded £1000 from Leyland SDM as part of their #GiveLondonaLift campaign. Leyland SDM is a decorating and DIY specialist with... 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
It’s Loneliness Awareness Week, a chance for us to reflect on the impact of loneliness in our communities which took on greater meaning during COVID-19. ... 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 #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
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
Our Doorstep Scheme so far has enabled us to support 50 local older people with food delivery, prescription/medical supplies and help topping up energy metres.... 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
At Holborn Community Association we run lots of art activities for everyone from 0-99+, which over 55’s member David regularly takes part. We had a... 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
Our Befriending Scheme matches a local volunteer with an isolated older person to spend time together on a weekly basis. Back in the Autumn, we... Read More
David is 19 years old and came on a 2-week work placement to Millman Street Community Centre organised by ADC College. Millman Street provides a... Read More
In November HCA’s Taekwondo Club took a trip up to Manchester to compete in the Taekwondo British Champions Competition. Led by HCA’s Taekwondo tutor... Read More
We are delighted to present to you ‘Londoners’, a short documentary film produced by talented young filmmaking team REV0LUTI0N PR0DUCTI0NS on our Summer Film... Read More
Our penultimate Food Explorer saw chef San from Thenga Cafe make Pakoras at Millman Street, turning it into an informal birthday celebration for a special... Read More
Last year at Millman Street local architectural firm Stantec hosted a reminiscence event for local people to attend, as part of their Stantec in the Community Week.... Read More
In October, Hazel our Community Arts Manager was joined by special guest, Adrian Lee. Adrian is the Studio Manager at Cockpit Arts Holborn. Cockpit Arts... Read More
Holborn Community Association has been inviting our local community to cook, eat and share food together as part of our ‘Food Explorers’ workshops, celebrating the... Read More
This September we welcomed a new batch of volunteers to our Befriending Scheme supported by the London freemasons. We asked new recruit Carolina to share her... Read More
We asked our new volunteers from Queen’s College Amber and Eve to tell us about their experience in our pottery class for children aged 6-12... Read More
Our garden plays an important role at Millman Street, giving our members the space to be outside in nature and keep active. With thanks to... Read More
Our Gymnastic classes have been running for over 30 years, helping your child to develop in a welcoming and happy environment. It’s also a great place... Read More
This Autumn Millman Street is hosting Akademi, who are running 24 weeks of dance and movement workshops inspired by South Asian dance forms including Kathak and... Read More
HCA this Autumn is launching our #activeHCA theme, showcasing the brilliant ‘active activities’ we run and celebrating the amazing people who take part in them. ... Read More
On Friday 23 August the sun came out for Millman’s Street Summer BBQ. Over 68 people attended the event, including volunteers from rewardStyle who came... Read More
HCA has a long history of running summer holiday programmes for children, young people and families. This summer we wanted to take advantage of the... Read More
Our new Wednesday morning art group for carers got off to a great start last term. From painting to sketching, and even applying transfers, we... Read More
In July HCA attended the Camden Mela taking place at Coram’s Field. For this annual event staff members, Hanif and Kate headed down to host an... Read More
This summer Millman Street Community Centre has been keeping active and staying cool with a number of social activities for its older-people members. At the... Read More
Just before the break up of term our Holborn Gymnastics Club entered the @ConnectSport Stronger Communities through Sport campaign, part of the Mayor of London’s... Read More
Last week our arts team started the summer holidays by heading outside to run four days of Arts in the Park activities for local families. Part... Read More
Lonely and isolated older people in Holborn, Covent Garden and Bloomsbury will be helped back into community life, thanks to a grant of £77,827 from... Read More
Last week we kicked off the Summer Holidays with an exciting STEM Robot Building event in partnership with Give2Get and Pagerduty. With 50 volunteers in... Read More
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