Happy 2019
A very Happy New Year to all the Highgate Newtown community and all our supporters.
We wish you all the very best for 2019 as we work together on our new build program launch.
A very Happy New Year to all the Highgate Newtown community and all our supporters.
We wish you all the very best for 2019 as we work together on our new build program launch.
We are pleased to announce that Designers Guild have agreed to design our ground floor area. This is a new partnership which will result in the creation of a fabulous hotel standard welcome. The space will also be fitted out by the Designers Guild team. Our redevelopment is on track!
Also note that in the spring a brochure will be produced with both halls timetables, along with brand new sessions for under 5s and 60 plus sessions
The following article appeared in the 22nd November 2018 issue of the Camden New Journal
WHAT could be better than a delicious meal washed down with a nice cup of tea while enjoying a natter with friends?
Users and volunteers at the Dementia Café, launched this week at Highgate Newtown Community Centre, agree that such a recipe is a winner. They packed the Bertram Street centre on Tuesday to enjoy £2.50 lunches and a host of activities.
The café is the brainchild of Labour councillor Larraine Revah, who works at the centre. Her 90-year-old mother Sonia Greenwald is a regular visitor, and her experiences prompted Larraine to set up the café.
“My mum has dementia and she was really quite bored being at home all day,” Cllr Revah said. “She felt fed up because she found it hard to get out and about. She comes to the centre, does some art, joins in a quiz, has a sing-song. “We wanted to take this a step further and set up the first dementia café in Camden. We are going to have museums coming in to host memory sessions, and lots of arts and crafts and games – all over a nice cup of tea.”
Older people’s champion, Labour councillor Pat Callaghan, added: “We hope this will be the first of many. We hope people come from right across Camden to join us every week.”
Eddie Caveney brought his mother Jean, 90, to the café after reading about it in the New Journal. “You can just turn up and there is no need to pay anything. It is nice to come out with my mum to a place that feels warm and friendly.”
The Photograph features Highgate Councillor Anna Wright and Celia Mitchell
We will be holding our under 5’s Christmas ????party on Friday 14th December from 10.30am at Highgate Newtown Community centre main hall.
Tickets only (first come basis)
????Children’s entertainer for 1 hour
Each child will receive a small gift from Father Christmas ????
Contact Nadine Reynolds for more details
Children’s Service Manager
Highgate Newtown Community Centre
Mobile: 07415200614
Email: neddylarkin@aol.co.uk
Highgate Newtown Community Centre main hall
25 Bertram Street London N195DQ
Our timetable is now available to download as a pdf in a convenient printable format.
The Highgate Newtown Community Centre Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 29th August at 10am at 25 Bertram Street.
It has been a while since the last Camden consultation exercise considered the redevelopment of the community centre at Bertram Street. Camden have now concluded that the proposal granted planning permission last year is not currently viable.
The board of trustees of HNCC are very disappointed that the redevelopment of our community centre is therefore on hold while options are considered by Camden.
We are still hoping that a suitable proposal can be brought forward by Camden to be considered by the board and discussed with the community which will provide us with a centre of which we can all feel proud.
Robert Aitken (chair)
Hi, I’m Mandy. I am a beekeeper and a member of the British Beekeepers Association. I will be setting up a beehive at Highgate Newtown this summer. Bees are vitally important to the planet. They pollinate plants which ensures their survival and by extension, ours. And of course they make delicious honey!
They are not dangerous and very rarely sting, but wasps give them a bad name. People often mistake wasps for bees but while wasps are aggressive, bees are generally placid.
I am excited to introduce these amazing creatures to the community and will be running bee workshops and events for both children and adults where you can learn all about bees. We will also be having taster days once we get our first batch of our organic, wildflower honey.
Look out for these on our events page in the coming months.
I look forward to spreading the word about bees.
Highgate Newtown Community Centre is hosting the Camden Summer University. Offering a wide range of courses from creative arts to health fitness and beauty and work support there is something for everyone. Visit the CSU website to find out more