Deputy Mayor of Hackney, Councillor Karen Alcock, officially opened The Redmond Community Centre on 6 February at Manor House Development Trust’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). Councillor Alcock has been incredibly supportive of the work of the Trust since its we started and we were delighted to have her present to do us the honour of [...]
We’re holding our 2013 AGM on Monday 4 March 2013, from 6-8pm at The Redmond Community Centre, Kayani Avenue, London N4 2HF. Come along and find out more about our work as we look back over the last year and discover how you can get involved [...]
MHDT is working with Be Safety and Young Hackney on the Get High Working at Heights accredited training. Participants will learn about and gain experience of: Powered access equipment Mobile access towers Ladder use Window cleaning techniques Abseiling Fall protection The training can lead to employment opportunities [...]
Background A few months ago Manor House Development Trust and Hackney Council chose the design practice Something & Son to create a piece of community artwork for The Redmond Community Centre. Hackney Council has funded this from a budget allocated for the public realm. The project has involved a number of community and schools workshops, [...]
A consortium led by Manor House Development Trust (MHDT) is one of 12 UK projects awarded a total of £12million Communities Living Sustainably funding by the Big Lottery Fund, announced on 3 September. The Big Lottery Fund is giving the Manor House PACT project just under £1million over the next three years. It’s the sole [...]
Thursdays, 10am – 12noon starts 6 September 2012 Cost £2 per session Do you have a chronic, long-term health condition like arthritis, high blood pressure, stress or have you had a stroke? Or would you just like to do some regular gentle exercise with others? Come along to our new weekly Tai Chi and Chi [...]
London Wildlife Trust (LWT) runs Practical Conservation days every Wednesday at the East Reservoir Community Garden at Newnton Close, N4 from 10am until 4pm. They offer all sorts of practical work and during the summer they will be doing mainly construction work: building a new shed, fixing the PV panels on the roof and keeping [...]
Residents at Woodberry Down showed off their moves on Sunday 17 July when the Big Dance 2012 bus arrived at the estate. Around 500 people attended the event which was hosted by Manor House Development Trust, Genesis Housing, and London Borough of Hackney. The event started with a carnival procession – including a Chinese dragon, a [...]
Twenty one Woodberry Down residents of all ages enjoyed a week’s holiday in Westgate-on-Sea at the start of June via a relationship with The Coombe Trust established by Manor House Development Trust. The holidaymakers stayed in holiday homes generously provided by The Coombe Trust which also supplied a minibus to transport them there and back. [...]
The Community Artwork Project recently attracted the attention of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport who passed on their thanks and well wishes for the project. Their spokesperson stated, “It is through the hard work of organisations like Manor House Development Trust, and through projects such as these, that diversity and talent is encouraged [...]
Every Wednesday of the month 4pm – 8pm Venue The Redmond Community Centre, Kayani Avenue, London N4 2HF The event is an open session and you can drop in at any time within these hours. It is open to all people living and/or working in Woodberry Down. This will be the first steering group event [...]
MHDT is partnering with My Social Innovation, Young Hackney and Be Safe to create a new cleaning company, Woodberry Down Cleaning Group. This will provide training and support to young Hackney residents aged 16-19 in running a business and/or carrying out cleaning work. Once the company has built a track record in delivering cleaning contracts [...]
Building Lives is an award winning Community Interest Company social enterprise that provides construction training, engaging, motivating and supporting people of all ages and backgrounds, male and female, to overcome barriers during their journey to work in construction. The brand new Building Lives Training Academy in Hackney offers a three tier accredited training model and [...]
The Well London Alliance Partnership has won a Health Promotion and Community Well Being award from the Royal Society for Public Health. This award recognises the Well London Alliance’s achievements and innovative approach to promoting community health and well being in 20 of London’s most disadvantaged areas over the past three and a half years. [...]
Eastside Community Heritage is seeking an enthusiastic individual to work on the Woodberry Down Estate oral history project “Who Was Robin Redmond?”. The successful person will assist with delivering reminiscence sessions, oral history interviews, assisting with developing sound editing and transcribing oral history interviews. The project will take 10 days for which the Project Officer [...]
Transition Finsbury Park have announced details of the Edible Landscapes London (ELL) courses they’re running in 2012: Saturday 25 February, 11am-3pm Tree grafting and hardwood cuttings Thursday 1 March, 10am-2pm Tree grafting and hardwood cuttings Saturday 31 March, 11am-2pm Plant identification and eating Thursday 5 April, 11am-2pm Plant identification and eating Saturday 26 May, 11am-2pm [...]
Manor House Development Trust and Hackney Council launched a community artwork project at the Woodberry Down Community Feast on 7 December after putting out a call for tenders from Hackney artists. The artwork is being made for the reception area of the Redmond Community Centre and is funded by Hackney Council which allocated a budget [...]
Date & time 10 January 2012, 6.30 – 8pm Venue Lea View Community Hall, Springfield E5 9EJ Voice of Youth (VOY) is a fresh new youth work organisation based in and around Hackney. We aim to work with young people age 8-19 on a variety of projects including arts and drama, sports, trips, detached (street-based) [...]
You are invited to come along to the Woodberry Down Community Feast at your new community centre. There will be FREE food and entertainment for all ages with attractions on the day including: Choir Turkish Dance Performances Health Checks African storytelling and dance Face painting and magic Games Activities And you can even win an [...]
Kate Pierpoint, Social Enterprise Manager of Manor House Development Trust has been announced as one of the Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneurs of the Year for her work in establishing Local Labour Hire CIC. The company is a Social Enterprise Mark holder, committed to help communities gain access to local employment opportunities. The awards were [...]
