“An inner city oasis – a community garden and centre where people grow and learn together taking care of each other and the environment.”

Families with young children mostly living in flats with no gardens meet and learn together through play.

Holiday, after-school and weekend programmes provide out door, creative and social activities for children

To donate on line click on the link below 

http://www.thebiggive.org.uk/

Or you can donate by sending charity e cards to friends and colleagues by clicking on the link below

www.charitecards.com/calthorpeproject

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What’s New

Be clear about lung cancer and how to spot it – May 30th 1pm

Discussion and advice session on the prevention of lung cancer including advice on how to quit smoking.

June Playscheme – 6, 7 & 8 June 9am-6pm

We are taking advance bookings £10 per day.  Phone 020 7837 8019 and ask for Niki or Louise

Open Garden Festival – Sunday June 10th 1-5 pm

Music, arts & crafts, stalls, food, information and lots of fun.  We will also be carrying out a public consultation about our children’s holiday provision.

Early Years Consultation – Saturday June 16th 2-4pm

We would like to get your opinions about our Early Years drop in.   If you don’t use it, why not?  What kind of activities would you like for the children and for yourself?  Do the hours and days of the week suit you?  What do you think of the facilities.

We will be providing refreshments, entertainment and activities for the children.

New classes -                                           

Learn to Cook – New course starts Monday April 23rd, 10am – 1pm.  Some creche availability, please phone for details.    £25 for 10 week course.

Working with Wool – a Knitting Project – Starts Monday April 23rd, 1 – 3pm.  Come along and learn the craft of knitting and it’s history.  Make jewellery, bags, scarves or anything that takes your fancy.  This course is for Camden residents only, no charge.

Afterschool Environmental Club 5 – 10 years – Friday 4-5.30 £2.  Cooking plus pond dipping, making bird feeders and a whole lot more.

Latin Aerobics for Women – If you think Zumba is good, come and try Latin Aerobics.  Burn calories, stay in shape and have tons of fun (term time only).

Tuesday 6.30 – 8pm £6 per session (no creche)

Saturday 11.30 – 12.30 £5 per session or £40 for 10 classes (no creche)

Latin Aerobics for children 6-13 years - Saturday 10.30 – 11.20 £4 per session or £20 for 6 classes (term time only).

Kings Cross Boot camp outdoor exercises – Saturday 10.30 – 11.30 beginners/general level & 11.30 – 12.30 intermediate level £6 per session. Visit www.kingscrossbootcamp.com for more details.

Meditation for Eveyone – Thursday 7.30 – 9pm £8 per session.  Visit www.meditateinlondon.org.uk for more details.

Textile Bank

Help us turn unwanted clothes into cash.  We now have a textile bank located in the garden near the sports pitch.  Feel free to deposit any reusable clothes such as belts, shoes, hats, boots, dresses, shirts etc.  We will receive 50p per kilo so the more the merrier.

Shopping Creche -

We still have places available each week  for our Saturday Shopping Creche, 10.30am – 1.30pm £5 for a child aged 2, 3 or 4 years.  Our creche is OFSTED registered.  No need to go shopping, you could study, meet friends for coffee or do nothing at all.

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What we do.

People from all cultural and diverse backgrounds participate and enrich our activities.

We were awarded a Growing Schools Garden award for work with local primary schools.

Our volunteer and training programme helps people learn new skills, provides opportunity for social interaction and out door exercise as well as offering horticultural training for adults with learning difficulties.

Environmental and food growing sessions encourage and develop awareness of organic methods and composting.  Bangladeshi women and older people as well as families participate growing their own food.

Our recently refurbished 5-a-side pitch provides programmes to improve health and well-being for young people as well as generating vital revenue from hiring.

Camden Council have announced that we will be receiving transitional funding from the People’s Fund.  This will enable us to pay our Sports Development Worker for 1 year so we can develop an income maximisation strategy from our sports pitch.  There is also funding for a development officer to map out and implement a strategy to develop a new building that can be used as an indoor venue, larger than we currently have, including offices, changing facilities and a cafe.  In the future, this will enable us to generate more funds.

This will go a long way towards ensuring our organisation can survive in this challenging financial climate.   We still need to continue raising funds in order to provide activities and facilities to benefit our local community.