Golborne community group directory
African Peoples Link
383 Ladbroke Grove, W10 5AA020 8968 3508
Charity working for disadvantaged women and children of African origin and other black and ethnic minorities. Aiming to relieve poverty by promoting good health, education and providing social and cultural activities.
Al Hasaniya
Bays 4 and 5, Trellick Towe, 5 Golborne Road, W10 5PA020 8969 2292
The Centre works with Moroccan and Arabic-speaking women to help them get access to mainstream services of all kinds like health, benefits and education.
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Al-Noor Youth Association
2a Wornington Road, W10 5QW020 8964 9126
Supplementary school teaching English, maths, Arabic and sports. They also run parents classes and regular social events.
Blenheim Project
321 Portobello Road, W10 5PA020 8960 5599
The Blenheim Project provides practical and immediate help to people with drug problems. Services include counselling, legal and welfare advice, life skills training, housing advice and information on education and job seeking.
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CALM (Confidential & Local Mediation)
51B Philbeach Gardens, SW5 9EB020 7341 7300
CALM helps to resolve neighbour disputes using mediation. They can help with conflicts caused by things like noise, damage to property and problems over children and animals.
CASH (Community Accountancy Self Help)
1 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL020 8969 0747
CASH helps community groups to gain the basic financial skills needed to run successful organisations: writing budgets, bookkeeping, bank reconciliation, cash flows and producing finance reports.
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Ebony Steel Band Trust
Unit 39, Baseline Studios, Whitchurch Road, W11 4AS020 7792 1418
Centred around the Ebony Steel Band, the project runs classes for children with disabilities, works with young offenders and offers employment training for young people.
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Golborne Family Support Group
Canalside House, 383 Ladbroke Grove, W10 5AA020 8968 5539
The Family Support Group provides one-to-one befriending and practical help to families who are going through stressful times. Support is available to families with children up to 16 years old. The Family Support Group also runs a ten-week course in parent education for families with children under four.
Hornimans Adventure Playground
Southern Row, W10020 8969 5740
The Playground offers an extensive play area with climbing frames, swings and dens and an aerial walkway. There is also a secret garden with nature pond, sand pit, pet rabbits and there is also the much-loved Playground goat with its own compound. Activities include arts and crafts like mosaic making, costume making, cooking, and short and residential trips. Sporting activities include football, badminton, volleyball table tennis. Children aged from 5 to 15 years enjoy open access after free registration.
HISTORYtalk
240B Lancaster Road, W11 4AH020 7792 2282
HISTORYtalk works with people, communities and organisations to bring their history to life. The project provides advice and information, training courses and learning opportunities. They also organise exhibitions, walks and talks as well as reminiscence sessions and intergenerational activities.
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Kensington and Chelsea Social Council
Lighthouse West London, 111-117 Lancaster Road, W11 1QT020 7243 9800
The Social Council supports voluntary and community groups in improving the quality of life in Kensington & Chelsea.
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Kensington and Chelsea Volunteer Centre
Canalside House, 383 Ladbroke Grove, W10 5AA020 7243 9800
The Volunteer Centre works as a broker between volunteers and the organisations they are going to volunteer for - community groups who need volunteers register with us and so do potential volunteers. This means we have enough information about both parties to match them up correctly. We give would-be volunteers individual care and attention to make sure that they take a volunteer position that will suit them.
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Meanwhile Gardens
156 - 158 Kensal Road, W10 5BN020 8960 4600
Community-run four-acre garden including an under-5's drop-in playhut and a wildlife garden. Activities include festivals, carnival weekend, family entertainment, free skatebowl.
Moroccan Community Welfare Group
7 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL020 8964 9926
MCWG works to improve the social and educational position of the local Moroccan and Muslim communities. They offer a variety of services including computer training to 14-21 year olds, homework support sessions and a supplementary school.
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Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre
244 Acklam Road, W10 5YG020 8964 1496
Offering a variety of services to the Muslim community.
North Kensington Opportunities Centre
336A Ladbroke Grove, W10 5AH0208 964 1224
Free service offering advice and guidance on job search, further education and other training opportunities. Free computers, phones, fax and stationery available.
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NOVA
383 Ladbroke Grove (by Sainsburys roundabout), W10 5AA020 8960 2488
NOVA offers computer training and help with finding work or places in higher education at their dedicated training centre and in the community.
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Partnership for Supplementary Schools in Kensington and Chelsea
Westway Development Trust, 1 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL020 8992 5720
The Partnership provides information for parents and teachers about supplementary schools in Kensington and Chelsea. It also offers support, training and advice for supplementary schools, shared sports, arts, cultural and educational activities and centrally run classes in IT and GCSE revision.
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Pepper Pot Day Centre
1a Thorpe Close, W10 5XL020 8968 6940
Providing cheap, good quality African-Caribbean meals, a home meals service for older, frail people and information and advice on social and health issues and welfare benefits. Also offering recreational and leisure activities, crafts, keep fit, dominos, bingo, carpet bowls and outings.
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Pimento Youth Association
28 Powis Gardens, W11 1JG020 7243 3066
Supplementary School for young people aged 5 to 16, teaching a wide variety of subjects and sports.
Portobello Business Centre
2 Acklam Road, W10 5QZ020 8968 6940
Offering free advice and assistance to those wishing to set up their own business as well as to existing businesses. The Centre also runs training courses for small businesses and those about to launch a new enterprise.
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Portobello Film Festival
Unit 11, ACAVA' 54 Blechynden Street, W10 6RJ020 8960 0996
As well as their annual festival around North Kensington every August, the Film Festival runs regular screenings throughout the year and offers free training in event management.
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Rugby Portobello Trust
221 Walmer Road, W11 4EY020 7229 2928
Provides training and education, housing and activities for young people up to the age of 25. Also runs a parent and toddler drop-in.
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Sixty Plus
1 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL020 8969 9105
Sixty Plus works with volunteers to provide services supporting older people to maintain their independence. These include befriending, practical help, escorting to appointments or to get out and about, Garden Guardians, escorted group shopping trips, health promotion and ‘Well-Being Supporters’ and a range of intergenerational projects.
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Space KC
51 Golborne Road, W10 5NR020 8960 5510
Space KC offers a telephone helpline, drop-in and advice, information and counselling for young people under 25 who may be experiencing problems with issues around drugs and sexual health.
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Venture Community Centre
103a Wornington Road, W10 5YB020 8960 3234
The Venture Centre offers a wide variety of services including an adventure playground, care schemes for young children, a youth arts group, the Young Parents Support Network, computer access, keep-fit classes and much more. They have a hall with a stage available for hire with a maximum capacity of 180 and kitchen and music system if required. Special community group rates are available.
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The Video College
1 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL020 8964 9208
The Video College provides free, high-quality, production-based video training with a strong drama element. The organisation works with those traditionally under-represented in the media with a focus on young people, adults who are unemployed or on low incomes and all local communities, particularly minority communities.
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West London Moroccan Widadia
2 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL020 8964 5953
WLMW is a voluntary self-help group which provides information and advice to Moroccans living in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It also provides classes in Arabic language, religious studies, the British political system, French, mathematics, physics and chemistry for 5 to 18 year olds.
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Westway Community Transport
240 Acklam Road, W10 5YG020 8964 4928
Westway Community Transport have a large fleet of minibuses for local group transport and run a community car scheme for local people who find public transport difficult to use. Their popular Shopper services offer regular trips to shops in Kensington & Chelsea and their scooter loan scheme lets people with mobility problems get out and about.
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Wornington Green Detached Youth Project
8c Chiltern House, 15 Telford Road, W10 5RL020 8964 4608
The project provides activities for local young people including a drop-in café. It also runs the Community rewards scheme which offers residential weekends and other leisure activities in return for voluntary work within the community.
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