We would like to welcome our newest member of the team, Mark who is a full-time key worker and with him as a new addition, our capacity to offer key work support to participants has increased massively. We had a very busy Easter holiday period, with a variety of activities, such as our usual boxing sessions, cooking and a games day. For our cookery workshop, we were lucky enough to have Folk living lend us their community kitchen where we took a group of 15 young people to learn to prepare and cook meals from all over the world including Italy, America, India, Mexico and France. Congratulations to our Head Coach, Giz, who won coach of the year at Enable’s Active Wandsworth Awards in March.  He beat a number of other strong contenders and was awarded the prize due to the hundreds of boxing fitness sessions he has run in the […]

We were devastated to hear that one of our participants and volunteers, Josh, sadly lost his life in November. He was one of the most kind hearted people we ever met. Always sticking up for people that got bullied; always happy to see you; always keen to help and give support. A family man, with a strong set of morals who would do anything for those close to him. A big motivation and inspiration to why we set up Carney’s and integral to both building and shaping what we do.  Not to mention the amount of volunteering he did with things like our boxing shows, events and clearing out the building when we first got it. Loved by many, he will be missed and will continue to inspire. We would like to say a big thankyou to Maria’s Fish and Kebab shop for supporting Carney’s, who have now provided over 60 meals for […]

Join us for our annual Boxing & Yoga fundraiser with Live Karma Yoga Sunday 3rd December 11am – 12.30pm £10 suggested or contribute as you can all ages / abilities welcomed This year proceeds will be split between Carneys (doubled by the Big Give) and Humanitarian Aid

The Christmas Challenge One donation, twice the impact! Dear Community,Thank you once again for your support with our Summer Big Give, helping us to make the holidays brighter for our young people. It is with your help, that we can expand our programs and keep on providing for free: – Boxing sessions – Mentoring and 1-2-1 keywork support – Freshly made meals for participants – Bike maintenance and repair training We are now looking for a pledger for The Christmas Challenge, the UK’s biggest match-funded campaign. This is where for seven days, the challenge offers supporters of Carney’s the opportunity to double their donations and, in doing so, make an extraordinary difference.  Would you be willing to pledge an amount from £3,000-£5,000 to help us? Big Give ‘Pledge model’ explainer video. Our pledger can be anyone who can commit match funds to Carney’s Christmas Challenge to support our match funding campaign. Could it be you? If so, please […]

Double your donation to Carney’s Community in the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge. Carney’s are taking part in the Christmas Challenge to raise £18,000 in just 1 week! These funds will be used for our youth work and mentoring project, providing young people with a safe space, free hot meals and mentors who understand the challenges the young people are facing. Donations to Carney’s will be generously matched by the Childhood Trust and our pledgers during the campaign, meaning your money can support twice as many young people. Our match funders have offered to fund up to £9,000 in donations, so we need to raise £9,000 in online donations through the big give campaign to access this. We hope that everyone will give generously to help us reach our target and enable us to carry on the work we all feel so passionately about. How can you get involved? ● Visit […]

Dear Community, We’re very excited to let you know that Carney’s Community has again been selected to participate in the Big Give Kind Christmas campaign. We will be raising money for our youth work and mentoring, meaning your donation will help us keep the youth club running, provide mentors for our young people who understand what they’re going through and enable us to keep giving out free hot meals. Donations to this project will be matched for 7 days from 28th November to 5th December.  ‘One donation, twice the impact’.   What happens during the campaign? Donations made to our project via BigGive.org will be doubled during the campaign. If you would like to support our work this year, we highly recommend doing so during the Christmas Campaign Week, when your donation will be doubled and make even more of a difference to us. What do I need to do? Add a calendar […]

The Job Description can be found here: Key worker’s JD PDF. To apply for the position please complete this Application form KW and send your CV to hannah.tulloch[at]carneyscommunity.org. Please contact us if you have any questions at: hannah.tulloch[at]carneyscommunity.org or call us on 0207 228 0506. Job Title: Key Worker Salary: £26,000 per year (If full time) Location: Carney’s Community Centre, 30 Petworth St, Battersea, SW11 4QW, plus some work within the local community of Battersea Responsible to: Senior Key Worker Responsible for: Caseload of participants for Key Work Contract: This is a 1 year contract subject to a 3 month probationary period Hours: Part Time or Full Time (15 – 37.5 hours) available, usually Monday to Friday, with some evening and weekend flexibility required DBS: This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS check To apply: Email your CV and application form to hannah.tulloch@carneyscommunity.org Role Overview Your role will be to provide intensive individual support and mentoring to a caseload […]

We are delighted to announce that the two consortiums we are a part of, Battersea Alliance and Youth Battersea, won awards at the Houses of Parliament yesterday, for the “Collaboration Project” and “Youth Project”. Ahmed was referred over to us by the Youth Justice Service 2.5 years ago following an exclusion from school and an incident with police. There was a slightly rocky start, but he soon focused on personal development, education, and boxing. He went on to complete his GCSE’s, qualify as a gym instructor and has been volunteering for us for the last 12 months. He is currently doing paid work experience with us and last month we celebrated his success with an award of his own pads, a bike to help him get to and from the gym and a list of quotes from staff and participants. We are excited to announce that Carney’s will be hosting […]

Carney’s would like to formerly welcome Hannah Tulloch to the team! Hannah joined Carney’s in June 2023 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this she was CEO of a community charity in East London for over 5 years. Hannah has over 15 years of charity experience in excluded communities in London, including as a youth worker, community worker and manager of a community café.   She has a first-class degree in Human Resource Management, a masters in Voluntary Sector Management from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass Business School) and a diploma in Charity Accounting from the ICAEW. Hannah has extensive experience in grant writing, charity finance, human resources and experience in trustee roles including the largest membership organisation for charities in Newham. She set up and managed several projects including Newham’s Trussell Trust foodbank, two 5 day a week youth provisions, children’s holiday schemes and an advice centre.   Hannah is passionate about tackling inequality […]

Carney’s Community is beyond grateful to those who donated and shared our fundraising appeal, as this has enabled us to successfully reach and surpass our Big Give campaign target, raising an amazing £21,218.75! “It’s a good place to get fit, be more active and sort out any issues you may have, and it’s also a place you can go to if u need help.” It is through such generosity that we can continue our work and bring about positive changes in our community. The funds raised will go towards our core work of supporting disadvantaged and excluded young people through our mentoring and activity programmes. This work helps our participants to: Build self-discipline, self-esteem, and confidence. Improve life skills and employability. Reduce offending, re-offending and anti-social behaviour. “It’s helped me with my confidence and with keeping friendships with my friends. It also helped with my anger and with keeping it too […]