Enfield Clubhouse

Vedaste started at the Clubhouse as a volunteer and joined the staff part-time in February 2008. We have valued his unflinching support in all facets of the Clubhouse activities and enjoyed his unique sense of humour.

We wish him well in his new full-time role as Social Therapist with NHS Hackney and as a token of our appreciation we presented him with a card designed by Andy and a  gift - one of Chris's fabulous hand-crafted ceramic bowls - at his leaving party in our local pub.

"I wonder how much I can get for this on Ebay?!"*

* If you are interested in buying or commissioning a similar, yet unique, ceramic bowl, vase or pot hand-crafted by our very own master potter Chris, then please give us a call on 020 8360 6660 on a Monday or Friday after 11am.

Our two dedicated volunteers Stephen & Atul attended the Enfield 100 Hours Scheme Volunteering Awards Event at Enfield Civic Centre.

The Certificates & Badges were presented by the Mayor of Enfield Lee Chamberlain & Spurs player Tony Stevens.

Other Voluntary organisations included were Age Concern Enfield, Enfield Disability Action, Enfield Voluntary Action, Home-Start Enfield & One to One Enfield.

This afternoon we had the pleasure of Rashid and Emmanuel, two pupils from Turin Grove School in Edmonton, visiting us.  They wanted to know more about the goings on at Enfield Clubhouse to present their findings as part of their Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) school project.

"The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) is an international programme designed to develop community leaders of the future and to raise awareness of the work of grassroots charities.

"Pupils are given a hands-on experience of philanthropy that highlights the positive impact they can have on their communities and provides them with the tools to lead."

After sharing lunch with us, Rashid and Emmanuel had a tour of the house learning about all the different things we do in the kitchen, house and garden, office and IT, community work and social activities.

Vedaste even showed them how to load our dishwasher!

Then we had a chat on the sofas and comfy chairs about how the organisation works - our aims and achievements, fundraising activities and "good news" stories. (If you're interested in these, you can take a look at our Annual Reports.)

We wish Rashid and Emmanuel good luck with their presentation to their classmates and hope that theirs will be considered the best one! (If you visit the link to the YPI you will know why!!!)

Whatever the outcome it was good to meet two new friends of the Clubhouse and we feel sure they will go on to better things themselves in the future.