North London Community Fund Summary of Projects

Clapton Common Boys Club run workshops and activities for young people from the Jewish community. They received funding to put on a series of environmental workshops for their attendees. They have been educating young people on waste prevention and it's importance for the environment through activities such as pond dipping.

Bread n Butter are food educators teaching cookery life-skills whilst addressing health and social inequalities and barriers to healthy living. 

They were awarded funding for their 'Waste Warriors' project which has seen them provide demonstrations and educational content for users of foodbanks in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. They have also been into schools to provide free workshops to families on food waste prevention and cookery skills. Their aim is to educate residents about using unfamiliar foods to prevent their waste, as well as raise awareness for waste and provide practical tips and actions for people to enact in their homes. 

For more information on the work they are doing please see their website. 

Arachne is a community-based charity in Islington. Our mission is to empower women and help them reach their full potential. We do this by providing free welfare advice and support, health awareness and information, employment advice and training, accessible groups and classes, and volunteering opportunities. They also work to increase the understanding of and celebrate Greek and Greek Cypriot culture.

Arachne have received funding to put on 3 sewing courses for women in the community. The courses are aimed to upskill residents so they can repair and upcycle their clothes and other textiles therefore preventing waste. 

Please visit their website for more information. 

Age UK Enfield are a charity supporting and enhancing the lives of older people - they're passionate about improving the lives of older people by ensuring they are valued, active, connected and able to live the life they choose.

Their project 'Men in Sheds' received funding this year. The project aims to create a safe, social space for men over 60 to talk to and support each other whilst also learning woodworking skills and staying active by doing so. The project has seen the men making many items out of recycled wood, including garden planters which they donated to an Enfield shopping centre. 

For more information, please see their website. 

Abbey Community Centre is a local charity and community centre supporting people of all ages living in or near Kilburn, North West London, to lead better connected, healthier and happier lives.

They were awarded funding this year for their recycle-art project. They hold weekly classes for Camden residents to come and make beautiful objects for in or out of the home out of normally wasted materials such as plastic bottles and old cardboard. The project has seen attendees make anything from milk bottle planters to bottle-cap jewellery. 

For more information on the Abbey Community Centre and all the activities they put on, please visit their website.