Since 1980 the North London Muslim Community Centre (NLMCC) (registered charity number 1062409) has been offering grass-roots youth services and childrens facilities that include sporting opportunities, camping trips, holiday playschemes, supplementary classes to name only a few. This is offered within a Borough which is recognised as the fourth poorest in the UK.

Over a thousand users utilise the NLMCC services annually, and we have also achieved national and international media coverage on many occasions. Additionally, a number of highly distinguised guests have attended our centre including HRH Prince Phillip, the High Commissioner of Saudi Arabia, the High Commissioner of India, Sir Iqbal Sacranie, former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, Saqlain Mushtaq, Wasim Akram, Junaid Jamshed and Lord Geoffrey Archer to name only a few. Many more will hopefully attend in the future.

Our previous hall was multi-purpose, and was used mostly by mothers and young children aged under 5. The roof was in extremely poor condition and needed complete replacement. The size and condition of the hall was no longer suitable for the demands of todays Muslim and local community.
With this in mind, the board of trustees decided to embark on an ambitious and exciting new hall construction project that would meet the needs and demands for the contemporary Muslim and local community.

We demolished our old hall and are currently developing a new two-storey hall. The new hall will provide a 285 sq metre sports and youth activity area. It will also include a landscaped 200 sq metre outdoor play area for young children that meets the modern play and learning criteria of outdoor childrens play spaces. In total, around 800 sq metres will be built or refurbished.

The project has been fully costed at £1,000,385k. The Learning Trust, the education department of Hackney Council, has agreed to fund £295,000 under the Children’s Centre scheme, and Team Hackney, Hackney Councils local partnerships department, has contributed a further £120k to the overall project. Additional funds have also been raised, and the total raised now stands at £825k. A deficit of around £175k therefore remains.

Donations of any amount would be happily received and will be an important contribution to ensuring the completion of what is going to be a vital community resource and social landmark for decades to come.