We are very excited to announce that on Thursday the 28th of July we are holding a movie screening of  ‘Suffragette’ here at St Hilda’s.

We were very proud to have been involved with some of the shooting taking place in and around our local neighbourhood, the Boundary Estate and St Hilda’s itself for several weeks during 2014. This give our users and staff an insight into the work that goes into film production, and we got to experience what it would have been like at St Hilda’s in the early days of the twentieth century, as we were surrounded by set dressing and actors in period costumes!

We were particularly pleased to be one of the filming spots as St Hilda’s has a strong connection to the women’s suffrage movement through our founders, Cheltenham Ladies’ College. Dorothea Beale, CLC’s most famous headmistress and inspiration for St Hilda’s, petitioned Parliament to give women the vote in 1867 along with members of the Kensington Society. Although this was defeated by 196 votes to 73, the Kensington Society was undeterred and went on to form the London Society for Women’s Suffrage. Dorothea Beale continued to be a strong figure in the suffrage movement, eventually becoming vice-president of the   Central Society for Women’s Suffrage.

Please come along to the event to support our community centre – we are not charging for tickets but there is a small suggested donation of £5 -

See you there

*Volunteer needed!*

We’re looking for a volunteer to come and run our IT club for local older people on Thursday mornings – can you help? You do not need to be an IT expert, you just need to be able to make a regular commitment and have patience for helping older people get online. Please email kim@sthildas.org.uk for more info!

On  Tuesday the 31st May as part of their Charity week, Credit Agricole CIB donated a very generous cheque of £6000 to go towards our Older People’s Project. This will fund some fantastic trips as well as brilliant activities for our Older People.

Thank You Credit Agricole!!

Congratulations to all walkers who took part in the London Legal Walk on Monday the 16th May.

Team St Hilda’s which consisted of almost 50 walkers joined 10,500 people all walking 10k through the famous landmarks of central London in order to raise awareness and funds for free legal services available to less fortunate individuals within the community.

So far we have raised £2.2k and this is all thanks to our committed team members and our fantastic supporters – Thank you all!

A special thanks to our colleague, Naz, for raising £299, a fantastic effort and biggest amount raised in the team!

We are still receiving donations which is fantastic, thank you all so much.

If you would like to sponsor the team please follow the following link http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/StHilda

The pensioners went to the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow on Friday 29th April.

They were supported by a large group of 15 volunteers from Credit Agricole CIB.

They toured the gallery, ate packed lunches and then had tea & cake at the gallery bistro. A lovely day was had by all!

On Thursday the 21st of April our prospective Girlguides met up for the very first time!

They were set a hat challenge where they had to create a hat that represents their  personality.

This was followed by a catwalk which encouraged the girls to explain why the hat reflects their interests.

The session was very successful and the girls had a really good time.

This Thursday 28^th April from 6-7pm Girlguiding are holding a FREE taster event at St Hilda’s for guides to experience and find out what guiding is all about!

Join us for an hour of fun, creativity and enjoyment!

On Good Friday the lovely members of our Older People’s Project enjoyed an afternoon of Easter activities and games, followed by our annual Easter Bonnet making competition.

Members from Link age plus at our Sonali gardens site joined us for a creative and fun afternoon

There were all sorts of beautiful hand crafted designsBut there had to be a winner…

which was judged and picked by our Boundary Women’s Coordinator, Sabeha!!

We were very grateful for Canary Wharf Group’s support following a donation of £40,000 which has enabled our organisation to purchase a 16 seat disabled accessible minibus. We are delighted to have given it the name George, in honour of Sir George Iacobescu CBE, Chairman of Canary Wharf Group. This will be a permanent reminder of CWG’s generosity in supporting this much needed service.

The minibus will be make a fantastic difference to the lives of a great many older people in Tower Hamlets, bringing independence and quality of life to some 40 people each week. It will enable us to provide transport and bring service users to our Sonali Gardens Day Centre, many of whom have experienced strokes or suffer from chronic ill health. As a result of CWG’s support, older people will be able to access vital rehabilitative services such as exercises, primary health care including chiropody, intergenerational activities, enjoy outings, and most importantly be part of the community.

Above: Yesterday’s visit to Canary Wharf was organised by Howard Dawber Managing Director, Strategy at Canary Wharf Group plc – involving a tour of CWG office by Sonali Gardens Day Centres users, refreshments, and meeting with Sir George Iacobescu CBE, Chairman of Canary Wharf Group. It was an opportunity for service users and St Hilda’s staff to say a big thank you to Sir George and CWG for its support.

On the 8th of March 2016 St Hilda’s celebrated International Women’s Day highlighting social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

We were lucky enough to have guests from

• USwitch offering advice on affordable energy
• Share-UK collecting data for a heritage project involving women activists from East London
• GirlGuiding  promoting the organisation and signing up volunteers to get involved in the new unit opening this Spring at St Hilda’s

We also enjoyed a delicious Bangladeshi curry for lunch which was followed by a very energetic hula fit class taken by hulafitwithshakira.

Thank you all for your support on the day and thank you to all our volunteers who made it possible to run the event.

To find out more about other events at St Hilda’s and how you can get involved contact maya@sthildas.org.uk

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Last year St Hilda’s East raised a total of £7,205.59 all thanks to the 60 individuals who signed up and walked the 10k as part of the London Legal Walk.

This year we are walking again and are looking for walkers to join Team St Hilda’s.

The event is brilliantly organised by the London Legal Support trust and ends on Carey Lane with a fun street party where you can grab some food, drinks or refreshments whilst watching street performances.

Please contact maya@sthildas.org.uk for details