North London Community Fund - Summary of projects

London DJ & MC Academy empower people from marginalised backgrounds through music, creative arts and community engagement. The organisation will deliver pop‑up repair sessions using an existing DJ van as a mobile base across Enfield, to provide free repairs for small electricals, textiles, bikes and furniture. In addition, the group will collect additional items for off‑site repair and run jewellery‑making workshops using reclaimed metals. 

Edmonton Community Partnership is a network of local schools in Edmonton and Ponders End, Enfield, that works closely with the community to provide children and young people with additional opportunities beyond the classroom. The group will deliver sessions which teach participants how to turn everyday household waste into useful or creative items, while encouraging long‑term habits around repurposing, reducing waste, understanding correct disposal, and recognising the financial benefits of reuse. 

Eat Club’s mission is to tackle food access inequalities, promote wellbeing, and create employment opportunities for disadvantaged young Londoners. Eat Club will deliver workshops led by professional chefs, built around sustainable cooking, using whole ingredients, proper storage, and low‑waste food preparation. 

Holborn Community Association create the spaces and opportunities for individuals, groups and the wider community in Holborn to thrive. Their mission is to bring people together and improve the health and well-being of the community through arts, care, movement and play. Holborn Community Association received funding to deliver Community Repair Hub sessions to give your broken items some TLC. 

EC UK aims to share practical tips and knowledge around introducing babies to a potty or toilet during their first year, while helping parents apply these methods confidently and effectively. The project will offer a mix of in‑person and online guidance for parents, provide specialist equipment, and include free access to the EC Babies app. 

Clitterhouse Farm is a vibrant and creative community hub based in north London, offering a space for residents to meet, share, enjoy, and learn - bringing people together through arts, culture, horticulture, food, sustainability, wellbeing, and educational activities. Clitterhouse Farm is receiving funding to deliver a series of workshops which focus on preventing food waste, building residents’ confidence and skills.

Creating Sensemaking engages, informs and educates the community in ways that promote social cohesion with a focus on environmental protection. The group will create a circular economy themed board game to encourage residents in a fun way to adopt behaviours which reduce waste and make more sustainable choices.  

Targeting marginalised young people the project will combine environmental awareness with repair and entrepreneurship skills. The attendees will upcycle and repair furniture using donated wood and then selling the items on to create a self-sustaining project. 

Yad Voezer Day Centre, based in Hackney, supports Jewish disabled adults. The organisations initiative, ‘Second Helping,’ aims to tackle food waste and combat food poverty within the community. The project will empower participants to collect surplus food from local businesses, transform it into nutritious meals, and serve these dishes to residents with limited access to fresh, wholesome food.