- To share news about the charitable works and developments of St Hilda’s East
- To promote
volunteering opportunities and enable other ways of supporting St Hilda’s East.
- To support Guild in
facilitating contact between its members in the London area.
Pictured: the founding document of St Hilda's East
Relationship with Guild and Cheltenham Ladies College
St Hilda’s was founded in 1889 by Guild of the Cheltenham Ladies’ College as a charitable settlement. This meant
CLC alumni could live at St Hilda’s East in order to work with the local community.
Today, this relationship
has evolved, but girls continue to volunteer here. Currently Guild member Sarah Fok is an intern at St Hilda’s.
We are extremely proud of our relationship with CLC and Guild. We hope to hear from you soon and to further strengthen the
ties between our two organisations.
Our Projects
St Hilda’s
East provides a wide range of services and opportunities, including:
Older People’s
Project
This consists of regular lunch club four days a week. Activities on offer include arts and crafts sessions,
internet classes, bingo, healthy living and keep fit sessions, as well as celebrations and outings.
Boundary Women’s Project
This vibrant group of local women meet weekly for regular activities, involving
textile training, cooking, arts and outings. The project also provides regular ESOL (English langauge) classes.
Under 5s Project
The crèche provides childcare to users attending ESOL lessons.
There are also weekly play and family learning sessions for children and parents.
Youth
Projects for Girls and Boys
The HAYA (Helping Achieve Youth Ambitions) Girls Project and PEACE (Participate, Empower,
Activate, Communicate, Equality) Boys Project offers a variety of educational and recreational activities for young people,
including workshops, sports and outings.
Surjamuki (“sunflower”
in Bengali)
This project provides social opportunities for young people with disabilities to develop personal and interpersonal
skills. They are involved in activities from music workshops, crafts, to cinema outings and residential trips.
Bondhon (“togetherness” in Bengali)
This group provides support and activities
for women experiencing mental ill health in the local Bangladeshi community. It meets weekly at St Hilda’s for information
and support.
Food Coop
This project promotes healthy living by providing
local people with fresh, and affordable fruit and vegetables. It is also developing an exciting new food social enterprise
training programme.
Advice Service
Our daytime advice service provides assistance
on welfare benefit, debt and housing issues, while pro-bono volunteers from City law firms run evening Legal Advice sessions.
Sonali Gardens Day Centre
This award-winning day care service for older
people (particularly those in the Bangladeshi community) is open 7 days a week with comprehensive care and stimulating activities
on offer.
Link Age Plus
This community project offers opportunities
and activities for people aged 50+ in the borough of Tower Hamlets, and facilitates access to a wide range of local services
from pensions to health.
Shebadan (“gift of caring” in Bengali)
St Hilda’s provision of culturally appropriate domiciliary care to the Asian community includes personal care services
such as assistance washing, cooking and cleaning.
Short Term Breaks for Carers
We also support carers of older and disabled members of the community by offering short term respite breaks when they need
these.
