HCA News

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

  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

  Holborn Gymnastics Club was excited to receive a phone call from the BBC this Autumn, inviting them to film as many forward rolls or... Read More

We had over 100 people come to our second Fun Palace this Sunday at Conway Hall in partnership with a host of organisations. Fun Palaces... Read More

Since August HCA has been hosting Ben Uri Gallery for their Art in Residence class every Friday at Millman Street for the over 65’s.  Our... 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

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

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