IMPORTANT

PUBLIC

NOTICE

WHCA went into voluntary

liquidation on 19th May 2008.

Liquidation was necessary but removal of service provision was not. Camden could have supported a request for a transfer of undertakings to a newly formed community organisation for seamless continuity of services. They chose to see the end of services and the redundancy of long service professional and committed staff and volunteers.

We leave this website for

the moment so that it can be seen what has been lost to the community and nationally.

Staff & Trustees wish to send a message to the community to say we have been proud to serve you and provide so many needed services. After a major photocopier scam, finally impacting in a devastating way on our finances, we had no chance of survival. Our desire to continue through another organisation and a TUPE (transfer of undertakings) was not supported.

We send you our best wishes for the future and encourage people in the community to come forward and rebuild a community association on the good 36 years experience of WHCA, the commitment and hard work of it's staff, trustees, volunteers and members. On your behalf we thank them all - they did good.

Please Note - all WHCA Email addresses are no longer functional, the telephone numbers are also no longer functional for the purposes of contacting WHCA, and the property addresses are no longer those registered to WHCA. All properties are reverting to the landlord London Borough of Camden.

West Hampstead Community Association along with the three other community centres in West Hampstead and Kilburn established a consortium charity to jointly co-ordinate community anchor activities. The charity is Real Resources.

We have produced a joint brochure and you can download this from the website realresources.org:

www.realresources.org.uk

West Hampstead Community Association is a UK Online Centre with a vibrant selection of services including:

Community Premises

WHCA is a lay volunteer managed local community organisation.

WHCA manages a Community Centre, a Community Hall, a Charity Shop & Mill Lane Open Space.

PUBLIC NOTICE:

Formal Notice is given of Annual General Meeting to be held at 7pm on Tuesday 16th September 2008 at the Community Hall - Broomsleigh Street, West Hampstead.

(For Full Details and download of all documents click the overview tab and then the Board Tab).

PUBLIC NOTICE:

WHCA will be holding the Jester Festival 2008 on the weekend 5th and 6th of July.

Community Life Support

WHCA are pleased to have developed a partnership with University of London Union (ULU) Lifesaving Club. The club is reaching out into the community organising training courses such as Community Life Support. We are pleased to provide a link below giving a Report on the Club's first presentation with volunteers drawn from West Hampstead Community Association and Feltham Community Association.

ULU Lifesaving Club Report (.doc 31.5kb)

Community Life Support Training participants (JPEG 2.15 MB)

Education/Training Services

UK online Cyber Cafe/IT Training/multilingual access to IT/population and age group targeted programme access to IT, Multimedia Studies (sound and vision recording suites), E-government access to Internet studies in democracy & information access, ESOL classes, Language classes, Community/Voluntary Sector volunteer training programmes.

Unemployment Action Services

Provision of Job Club, Advice & Job Search partnership.

Capacity Building & Networking Services

Support to local community organisations & groups – IT/Electronic PO Box services/training volunteers/advice on fundraising, management.

Positive Social Inclusion Targeted Strategy Services

Host to the Bosnian & Kosovan Refugee Charity, host to provisions for Somali Cultural Centre activities, support to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous organisations, support to BME Groups.

Volunteering

Provision of major programme of “Voluntary Action Opportunities.” Currently we have 179 volunteers providing support to WHCA & gaining a variety of social /personal development rewards in voluntary action (unpaid) –voluntary hours donated in 2003 /04 = 9,536.

Youth Development Services

Youth Club – Youth Football Teams & Training – Girls' Night Opportunities – After School “Children and Parents IT Training” opportunities – Summer-schemes – Half Term Play schemes – Residential Youth Development Away Programmes.

Leisure Services

Social Welfare/General Information & Advice Services

Reception general information and service referral information. Public Notices, leaflet, publications – access to Camden Website/Cindex/Internet.

Social Support Service

Parent & Toddler/Creche services.

Environment Protection

Mill Lane open space development – recycling programme/computers, mobile phones, ink jets, clothing. Just some of the diverse services provided by WHCA

VISIT FROM THE OFFICE OF THIRD SECTOR AND CABINET OFFICE - 13th February 2007

WHCA was one of three "Community Anchors" visited by Campbell Robb, Director General,

Office of the Third Sector. This was a great opportunity to talk about major problems facing the community sector i.e., Interpretations of Commissioning, non use by Local Authorities of discretionary powers under General Disposal Consent and other legislation

and implementation of commercial market rents. It was also an opportunity to talk about the positive impact of UK online in community centres. It was also an opportunity to show

the diversity of services provided by a community association community anchor.

Pictured below Cambell Robb together with Annie Cooper (Cabinet Office), Rachel Armstrong (Office of Third Sector), Steve Wyler (Director Development Trusts Association), David Tyler (National Director Community Matters), Bec Clarkson (Community Alliance).