New Charlton Community Association

Who we are

NEW CHARLTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Our Belief: Everyone benefits from belonging to a strong supportive community
 

Our vision is to provide

Regeneration that:

• Increases and improves community facilities and assures their longevity
• Strengthens existing communities and welcomes new cultures and newcomers
• Generates and facilitates positive community activities
• Promotes and enables wellbeing

Our Mission: 
• Offer the people of Greenwich quality community spaces that are: affordable; accessible; neutral and enabling
• Offer local support services the space and facilities that they need to maximise their positive impacts
• Give targeted help to local improvement initiatives
 

Our Aims: 

• run a community centre of quality space for advocacy/therapeutic/developmental/educational/civic and social use
• assist and advise local individuals and groups seeking to organise socially beneficial projects
• help start up, maintain and strengthen local socially beneficial projects
• create and encourage partnerships that help improve and increase the wellbeing of local people
• work with lead organisations to maximise the success of their local improvement plans
 

The Concept: 
A flexible non-political, independent community support organisation that provides our community with affordable space and
encourages people to create/run their own projects/programmes/events; an impartial community hub that facilitates local inward
investment; a space-based facility that works with partner agencies/providers to enable services to be delivered at the heart of the
community; creators of spaces where the whole community can unite for help, advice, support, therapy, education, reflection,
company, kindness, enjoyment, activity, celebrations and fun. A cost neutral productive heart for our widest local community.

The Facilities:
Ours: A set of managed rooms for rent and hire supported by event spaces, catering facilities and external public space
Others: Support in accessing a range of local space-based facilities at reduced and subsidised prices
Products and services:
• Room rent and space hire (office space/meeting rooms/activity and social space)
• Community group mentoring and support
• Local fundraising partnerships and bids
• Community social events
• Age specific activity sessions (parent & toddlers sessions; tea dances etcetera)
• Volunteering and work experience opportunities
• Promotion of local and wellbeing projects/programmes/events and opportunities

Social benefits:
• Improved and increased local community support and local community networks
• A more active, self-starting and resilient local community

Business model, legal structure, and charitable status:
• Financially self-sustaining social enterprise with a socially and environmentally sustainable business plan
• A company limited by guarantee and a registered charity

As an organisation we are: Enterprising, Passionate and Empowering
As people we are: Helpful, Innovative and Diplomatic