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Bring and Fix event at Toynbee Hall

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Saturday 11th February saw Toynbee Hall hold its first ever Bring and Fix event.

We opened our doors to welcome the community to a fun and informative day. People had the opportunity to get jewellery fixed, repair clothes and bikes and receive money saving suggestions from various members of the Financial Inclusion team.

Line-up for the Proms at St Jude 2012 announced

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BBC stars head line-up for Proms at St Jude 2012!

New evaluation and monitoring tool launched by Toynbee Hall

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The new MAP (money, access and participation) Tool developed by Toynbee Hall in partnership with National Centre for Social Research and funded by the Citi Foundation is now in its first stage of piloting.

Turbo to attend Bring and Fix event

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Local celebrity Turbo from Got To Dance, will be doing a Q and A session followed by a Dance work shop at our Bring and Fix event this Saturday. The event starts at 11am until 4pm. Come early to make the most of the services, workshops and sessions we have lined up for the public

Bring and Fix Event at Toynbee Hall

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Toynbee Hall will be holding a Bring and Fix event on Saturday February 11th 2012 at Toynbee Hall.

The event will promote the excellent services we provide but also to celebrate our staff, service users and volunteer’s hidden skills that can be shared via Time Banking.

Community Knowledge Transfer at Toynbee Hall

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Graham Fisher our Chief Executive shares his thoughts in the first of series of articles on why we are planning to take forward work on community knowledge transfer at Toynbee Hall and what we hope this will achieve. The project is supported by Locality and Creative Co-op.

Tower Hamlets tops Child Poverty Indicators

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A map produced by the End Child Poverty campaign shows that Tower Hamlets has the highest incidence of child poverty in the country and that the Bethnal Green and Bow parliamentary constituency where Toynbee Hall is located has the highest number of children living in poverty at 51%

Toynbee Hall Xmas Opening Hours

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

We would like to wish all our service users and visitors to the website a Happy Christmas and Holiday Season.

Please note that most Toynbee Hall services will not be running between 23rd December and 3rd January.

The exceptions are the City Advice helpline and Older People's Lunch and Day Centre which will be open for limited hours during this period.

For more details about Christmas opening hours please click here.

Internships Programme now open for applications!

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The internship programme at Toynbee Hall offers you the opportunity to develop your skills while gaining valuable work experience in the third sector and making a difference to our services.

Residential Volunteering post available!

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A unique opportunity to be part of a historic programme at Toynbee Hall. One residential volunteering post is now available on the RV programme and if you are interested in research or project management please apply! Our residential volunteers work alongside our experienced staff and other volunteers and become involved in our innovative social action programmes working with the poorest communities to improve conditions in the East End of London.

Toynbee Hall Launches 2011 Impact Report

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Toynbee Hall has launched its second annual report highlighting the significant impact the organisation continues to have through assisting people in need and influencing key decision makers. Over the past year Toynbee Hall helped make a difference to the lives of over 6,000 people through advice services, community learning projects, well being services for older people, financial inclusion projects and the Safe Exit project which works with women involved in street-based prostitution.

Toynbee Hall attends UN youth work conference in Lisbon

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Earlier this Autumn Toynbee Hall’s Aspire project coordinator, Maria Stephens, attended the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC), youth work conference in Lisbon.

Join our Chief Executive at the Watt Gallery next week to discuss Toynbee Hall’s philanthropic heritage

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Toynbee Hall's Chief Executive, Graham Fisher will be speaking at aspecial symposium at the Watt Gallery on 'Arts and Philanthropy: Lessons from the past' on 14 November.

Toynbee Hall hosts leading businesses to address financial exclusion

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Top executives from a number of leading businesses including Barclays, Accenture and Visa Europe visited Toynbee Hall earlier this week to address the issue of financial exclusion amongst young people.

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given today at Toynbee Hall that an Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS on Tuesday, 15th November 2011 starting at 6.00pm for the following purposes: