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Cancelled: An Evening with Jung Chang – 26th March 2020

Unfortunately, Jung Chang has had to cancel all her upcoming events and overseas tours due to illness. This event, scheduled for 26th March, will be postponed until further notice. People who have already made a donation have been contacted and we apologise for any disappointment and inconvenience caused. Please keep an eye out for further…

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Postponed: Christina Lamb in Conversation with Victoria Schofield – 17th March 2020

Update 16th March 2020: In view of this weekend’s Covid-19 developments, we understand that a significant proportion of people who had been planning to attend the event with Christina Lamb now, very understandably, no longer wish to come. Christina Lamb and Victoria Schofield have therefore very kindly agreed to postpone until a better date and…

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Services Open During the Festive Period 2019

The ClementJames Centre will be closed from Monday 23rd December 2019 and will reopen on Monday 6th January 2020. Please see below for a list of alternative services open during this period. Citizens Advice Bureau Advice around housing, benefits, debt and money, law and rightsContact: 020 8962 3485 ShelterHousing support including case workers and legal…

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Women’s Self-Care Day November 2019

On Thursday, we invited the women in our community to join us for a day of self-care, including yoga, singing, and biscuit decorating! Among other therapeutic activities, the NHS delivered a sleep workshop, a masseuse gave out massages, and tenovus led a singing workshop. We also had two representatives from SASH giving out free support…

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The M-Word – 20th November 2019

Would you like to know more about the menopause? Whatever your age, here is your chance! We are delighted to welcome Kate Panter, Consultant Gynaecologist, and Toosie Bawden, Specialist Physiotherapist in Womens’ Health, to the ClementJames Centre on November 20th. They will talk about the years before, during and after the menopause: looking at the…

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Carnival Arts 2019

The children attending this year’s Summer Carnival Arts programme spent up to three weeks with us, creating their own costumes, writing their own carnival song and learning a specially choreographed carnival dance. They also immersed themselves in this year’s theme ‘Circus’, learning about its history and the many different performers you can find in a…

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