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  Thornton's Budgens

  22nd May 2018
  The Winch is pleased to announce that we will be working with Thornton's Budgens Community Supermarket in Belsize Park to raise money for our Belsize Community Library. Our library provides an important service to the local community, where people of all ages and backgrounds can access the facilities, information and support. We hold events and clubs that bring together families and children from the local community. With your support this fantastic work can continue. Shoppers at the store can opt to have 1% of the value of their shop to go to Belsize Communtiy Library and the fantastic work that they do! Please note that it is only at Thornton's Budgens Belsize Park that this scheme is valid. Friends and supporters can pop into Thornton's Budgens, Belsize Community Library or The Winchester Project Swiss Cottage to pick up their own keyfob donation card. Please support this fantastic opportunity to give back to your community while you shop!
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  Five-a-Side Fundraiser!

  2nd May 2018
  On Saturday 12th May The Winch will be hosting a Five-a-Side Football Fundraiser, combining our love of the great game with our love of introducing new people to the work that we do for children and young people in Camden (and bringing out our competitive side to boot!). There is still space for a team or two so get in touch if you and some pals would like to join us. Teams must be between 5-7 people and players must be aged 16 or over. Have a look at the poster below for further details or get in touch with lydia@thewinch.org for any further questions or to sign up your team! We are also looking for some volunteers for the event- if you're a budding photographer, keen communicator or a robust referee we would love to hear from you.  
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  England’s Lane Hack

  26th April 2018
  On March 19th, the North Camden Zone brought residents and professionals together for the England’s Lane Hack. They came up with brilliant ideas for changes to improve the residents’ lives. The Hack showed how important it is for people with lived experience to be part of ideas for change. Read the full blog on the event on the North Camden Zone website 
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  Exploring The Rainforest In Our Spring Playscheme

  26th April 2018
  We were joined by 75 different children for a very busy and fun rainforest themed Playscheme! Children went crazy for slime making, making lots of different varieties including sparkly glitter slime. We created lots of arts and crafts adventures, trying out some wax art on canvases and making binoculars, a giant snake and a monkey for our rainforest display. Children and staff embraced their inner chefs and their healthy eating theme, making new dishes such as fish cakes and fish pie and participating in a blindfolded rainforest taste test where they tastes different tropical fruits and guessed each one, with coconuts, avocados, mangoes, oranges, apples, grapes, bananas and much more. We discovered some little scientists and artists in other activities, including potion making and artistic (and very messy!) ‘eggsplosions’ where staff and children filled hollowed out egg shells with paint and created their own outdoor art piece. Trips outside of The Winch included a visit to 360 indoor play in Milton Keynes, Laser Quest Enfield, Gullivers theme park Milton Keynes and Three Acres Community Play Project.
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  Half Term Youth Adventures

  26th April 2018
  During the Easter half term we put on lots of activities for local young people, who were ecstatic to learn new skills such as how to create tie dye t-shirts. Using cool new designs and colours, the young people each made their own tie dye creations and were thrilled to see how their t-shirts turned out. In their time in the kitchen, the young people baked, decorated, and feasted on batches of chocolatey brownies and healthy banana bread. They expanded their baking skills by incorporating vegan friendly ingredients into one of the brownie recipes, which was a first for most, who had never tried a vegan brownie before! They were surprised at their delicious taste. Our youth activities continued outside of The Winch building, with a residential trip and a football tournament. Fifteen young people from across all our secondary years programmes represented their groups at a 2 day trip to Brighton where they took the opportunity to help design how they and their peers would like to be involved in the work of The Winch. Their ideas ranged from small scale fundraising ideas to international volunteering exchanges. These will form the basis of a new session on a Monday evening where all secondary staff will be working up their ideas with them in order to take them forward.  Eight young men aged 11-19 took part in a pan London football tournament at Coram's Fields, a positive activity mixing young men from all over the capital giving time to show their football talents as well as to socialise and have fun in between games. We are very proud to say that The Winch team reached the semi finals against some very tough competition!
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