The feeling’s mutual
Regular film club volunteer Mike talks about the importance of reciprocity in volunteering with NLC...
Legacy
Legacy
Regular film club volunteer Mike talks about the importance of reciprocity in volunteering with NLC...
It's been a brilliant summer at NLC with loads going on in our Summer Sessions. Thank you to the many volunteers for your amazing hard work over the past few weeks -- your efforts have made our photography, cooking, filmmaking, debating and mobile phone shops work really well.
2 years ago today North London Cares launched against the backdrop of rioting. Our vision then, as now, was to connect people who might not normally interact to help bring communities together. Our specific mission was to support older people. But beyond that, we were also concerned about the trouble on our streets, and wanted to try to do something about it...
For many people, 2013 is the first great British summer for a long time. It's hot, it's sunny, and it's (mostly) dry. People are heading for London's parks, bars, or further afield for a day at the beach, and revelling in the sunshine with an ice cream or beer.
In the second of our photography sessions as part of the Summer Sessions we hosted a walking tour of Camden Town today for participants to snap their perspectives of the area with different lenses.
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted in this week's Islington Tribune that North London Cares was recently awarded a major grant to help us develop our work...
Next week marks the beginning of our six-week-long Summer Sessions in partnership with Castlehaven Community Association. This is really exciting opportunity for the community to come together to pass on their skills, learn some new ones and to get to know their neighbours.
In the fifith of his lovely blog posts about his developing relationship with older neighbour Mitzi, Mike Niles tells us about how he first came to get involved with NLC, and how Mitzi has helped him overcome challenges of his own...
Singaporean Shona spent several months volunteering with North London Cares before she returned to Singapore last month. Here she tells of her experience...
Please join us on August 8th for a special volunteer social, summer shindig and little birthday party...