Annual Report 2001 (Word doc)
November 2001 Newsletter (Word doc)
August 2001 Newsletter (Word doc)
November 2000 Newsletter (Word doc)
June 2000 Newsletter (Word doc) with much more information
The Time & Talents
Association has been involved in community development and social
action in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey since 1887. It was started
by a group of women who were appalled by the living and working
conditions of women and girls in the dock areas of South London.
They determined to give their time and talents to
change the situation, and they and their successors fostered a
great deal of innovative educational and social work from a
variety of settlement and club premises over the next 100 years
and more.
Today the Association runs a
Multi-Purpose Neighbourhood Centre, open to all who live or work
in the area. It is housed in a fascinating building - a former
Mortuary that celebrated its centenary in 1995. The Centre's
current work focuses particularly on Under-5's and over-50's, as
these were identified as priorities in a market survey of
community needs in 1991. It has also been acknowledged as a
centre of excellence in the areas of reminiscence, local history
and integrated drama involving people with learning difficulties,
and runs a highly successful Table Tennis Club. The involvement
of volunteers is an integral part of all work and projects.
Time & Talents is keen to
develop new activities and projects that fully reflect the area's
changing needs and composition, and to continue its commitment to
individual and community development. It is setting up a Home
Visiting Scheme for housebound elderly frail people, and is
exploring possibilities for young people, in partnership with
other groups. It positively welcomes suggestions, enquiries, and
offers of involvement or partnership from all sectors of the
community.
Time & Talents is a
registered charity, managed by an Executive Committee elected at
the AGM. Application for membership of the Association is open to
all who share its objectives. Please contact the centre.
Time & Talents is supported
by the London Borough of Southwark, the (now former) London
Docklands Development Corporation, and the Home Office Voluntary
Services Unit through the Opportunities for Volunteers scheme,
administered via BASSAC (The British Association of Settlements
& Social Action Centres, of which Time & Talents is a
member). Most of its income, however, comes from grant-making
trusts, businesses, fundraising initiatives, and individual
donations and covenants from the Friends of Time & Talents. An annual report is available.
As well as the activities and
development work run in and beyond the building, Time &
Talents offers other valuable assets to the neighbourhood: a
delightful Environmental Garden within the small park that
surrounds the Centre, tended by volunteers, and a 13 seat Minibus
with tail-lift supporting all the activities and available for
other affiliated charitable groups to use. The Centre is also
used by a number of other community and charitable groups and is
available to hire at very reasonable rates for private and
corporate hire. With a meeting room and hall, each with
distinctive architectural features, and kitchen facilities, it
makes an ideal venue for meetings, rehearsal, receptions small
exhibitions, seminars or parties.
For details of the Time &
Talents publications "A Trail Walk around Old Rotherhithe",
"By Peaceful Means - the History of Time & Talents",
"History of the Old Mortuary", a current programme of activities,
details of the Friends of Time & Talents, or the annual
report, please use the form on page 6 of the June 2000
newsletter or contact:
If you would like
further information, including details of membership or
opportunities for volunteering, or if you would like to visit the
centre, please telephone or write to this address:
Time & Talents Centre
The Old Mortuary
St Marychurch Street
Rotherhithe
London SE16 4JE
Tel: 020-7231 7845 Fax: 020-7252 2288
(+4420- from outside the UK)
Note: this is a page for Time & Talents
produced because of its importance in the local community. If you
have any comments or
suggestions on this page (rather than Time & Talents),
please sent them in. If you want to e-mail
Time and Talents, try
here.
