Celebrating our
135th anniversary year

Our fundraising goal

Our goal is to raise £135,000 – 135 for 135  

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Help us serve the community

St. Hilda’s East has been serving the Tower Hamlets community for 135 years, and 2024 marks this incredible milestone. We invite you to join us in celebrating our rich history and supporting our 135th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign.

Your support makes a huge difference. To become a valued Friend of St. Hilda’s East, you can choose to make a regular or one-off donation. No amount is too small!

If you would like to donate via cheque or other method, please email: [email protected] or call us on 020 7739 8066.

St. Hilda’s East uses the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Bank as a cost effective and secure way to process donations. You will be transferred to a secure CAF page to complete your bank details.

Supporting our 135th anniversary
fundraising campaign

This year, we are celebrating 135 years of service with various events and activities. In April, we launched our Friends of St. Hilda’s East scheme as part of our 135th celebration event, which was attended by our service users, supporters, funders, staff, trustees, and volunteers.

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135th anniversary of St Hilda's East community centre night
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Stay Connected

Stay up to date on all our anniversary activities and events through our website and social media channels.

We encourage you to share our news with your friends, as word of mouth is a powerful tool to spread the excitement and engage more people in our celebrations.

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Looking Back

We celebrated our 120th and 130th milestone anniversaries with street parties, a sponsored walk, inter-generational games, a football tournament, and a memorable gala dinner.

We were thrilled to raise over £130,000 for 130th anniversary in 2019.

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How you can help support the 135th anniversary of
St. Hilda’s East

If you would like to be part of the journey towards our goal, you can support our work in several ways:

Make a donation

Find out more about how your donations support the community on our Donate page 

Host fundraising events

This can be initiated by you individually or with friends, family or work colleagues.

Below are some ideas to get you started, or you can download our fundraising information pack here.

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for lots more ideas

A-Z of Fundraising Ideas

A

abseiling

auction

art

B

bake sale

bingo

birthday

C

cycling

coffee morning

D

danceathon

darts

E

Eighties Night

Exhibition

F

film night

football

fete

G

games night

give it up

H

head shave

hula hoop

I

international food stall

J

Jumble sale

jazz night

K

karaoke night

knitting

L

line dancing

lego

M

marathon

magic show

N

night time walk

nail art

o

open mic night

odd jobs

P

push ups

planks

party

Q

quiz night

quilt making

R

raffle

rowing machine

S

skipping

spelling bee

T

table tennis

tea party

U

upcyling

uniform-free

V

variety show

video games

W

walkathon

waffle party

X

xbox

xmas fair

Y

yogathon

yes day

Z

zipling

zumbathon

Help fundraise for St. Hilda’s East

Thank you for partnering with us to raise funds for the next 135 years! Please answer the following few questions so we understand more about your fundraising endeavour.

Volunteer your time

To support the work we do at St. Hilda’s East you could offer your time to support our various programmes and initiatives. We offer varied volunteering opportunities for both individuals and corporate teams.
volunteer group outside St Hilda's East

Find out more about
St. Hilda’s East

volunteer

We offer varied volunteering opportunities for both individuals and corporate teams.

donate

Become a Friend of St. Hilda’s East by making a regular or one-off donation towards the running costs of our centres and services.

what's on

Find out more about what’s on for the local community in East London.