Inspiring, Encouraging, Motivating
Lazza is Islington Volunteer of the Year 2023
Lazza was Runner Up Islington Volunteer of the Year 2022
HMHB wins Mayor Civic Award in 2022 for its
"Outstanding" Delivery in the Community during the Pandemic.
We are applying for salary and core funding from the Lottery and other funders.
2nd Chance Cafe
St Mary's. Stoke Newington
January 2024
Comedian Alan Davies
Pleasance Theatre
January 2024
The Barber of Seville (20 people)
ENO at London Coliseum
February 2024
58th Floor Viewing Platform
Horizon 22: Bishopsgate
March 2024
The Moonwalkers
Lightroom: Kings Cross
March 2024
Comedian Joe Thomas Show
Pleasance Theatre, Islington
April 2024
Paco Pena Flamenco
Sadlers Wells Theatre
April 2024
St George's Day Party
Sotheby Mews Day Centre
April 2024
Photo Exhibition
Saatchi Gallery
April 2024
Guide Dogs Paw Trail
Canary Wharf and the Quays
May 2024
Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare Globe, Bankside
May 2024
Incredible Group Visit
Natural History Museum
May 2024
"Beyond Fashion" Exhibition
Saatchi Gallery with Eagle
May 2024
Shakespeare's Richard III
Globe Theatre, London
June 2024
Clerkenwell, Islington
Guided Walk
June 2024
Shakespeare Taming Of The Shrew
Globe Theatre: Brilliant Production
July 2024
Shakespeare Taming Of The Shrew
Globe Theatre: Brilliant Production
July 2024
Musical: A Chorus Line
Sadlers Wells: 30 of us.
August 2024
Incredible Second Chance Cafe
Stoke Newington Church Street
August 2024
Social Gathering
At Lazza's Flat and Garden
September 2024
A special Tour for our Group
Globe Theatre, Bankside
September 2024
Giselle
English National Ballet
January 2024
A Tour of the Building
British Library
January 2024
Interesting Afternoon
Victoria and Albert Museum
February 2024
Soup/Crumble/Cake
Second Chance Cafe
March 2024
The Moonwalkers
Lightroom: Kings Cross
March 2024
Outside, ready for some lunch
Second Chance Cafe
April 2024
Paco Pena Flamenco
Sadlers Wells Theatre
April 2024
St George's Day Party
Sotheby Mews Day Centre
April 2024
Photo Exhibition
Saatchi Gallery
April 2024
The Opera Locos
Peacock Theatre (Sadlers Wells)
May 2024
Incredible Group Visit
Natural History Museum
May 2024
Incredible Group Visit
Natural History Museum
May 2024
Filming of two Comedians
Pleasance Theatre, Islington
June 2024
Naughty draped over Henry Moore
Tate Modern (with apologies)
June 2024
Community Event
Sadlers Wells, Islington
July 2024
Magnificent Paintings
National Gallery: Trafalgar Square
July 2024
Shakespeare Taming Of The Shrew
Globe Theatre: Brilliant Production
July 2024
Group Visit of 20 of us.
London Zoo
August 2024
A lovely walk and coffee too
Regents Canal and Regents Park
August 2024
Shakespeare: Comedy Of Errors
Globe Theatre, London
September 2024
English National Ballet Event
Sadlers Wells Community
September 2024
Comedian Ed Gamble
Pleasance Theatre
January 2024
Ice Hockey Match
Alexandra Palace
February 2024
58th Floor Viewing Platform
Horizon 22: Bishopsgate
March 2024
Fascinating History
London Docklands Museum
March 2024
Romeo and Juliet
Globe Theatre, Bankside
April 2024
Trip to see the animals
Hackney City Farm
April 2024
Paco Pena Flamenco
Sadlers Wells Theatre
April 2024
St George's Day Party
Sotheby Mews Day Centre
April 2024
Guide Dogs Paw Trail
Canary Wharf and the Quays
May 2024
58th Floor Viewing Platform
Horizon 22 - Bishopsgate
May 2024
Incredible Group Visit
Natural History Museum
May 2024
New River Walk
Islington Guided Walks
May 2024
Dressing Up Together
V&A: Museum of Childhood
June 2024
Group Comedy Night
Pleasance Theatre, Islington
June 2024
Social Gathering for All
Dor and Ted's - with thanks
July 2024
Boating on the Lake
Finsbury Park, Haringey
July 2024
Shakespeare Taming Of The Shrew
Globe Theatre: Brilliant Production
July 2024
Anthony & Cleopatra.
Globe Theatre: Groundbreaking
August 2024
Seaside Trip with Sotheby Mews
Southend - beach and pier
August 2024
Filming Comedy Central Live
Pleasance Theatre: 8 Comedians
September 2024
Big Party at SMDC
Sotheby Mews Day Centre
September 2024
Their 50th Birthday, plus Closing Down Party
Sotheby Mews Day Centre, Sotheby Road, N5
HMHB were the only group invited to join them.
September 2024
National Canada Ballet Rehearsal
Sadlers Wells Community
October 2024
Chicos Tutu Samba (Dance)
Peacock Theatre (20 of us)
October 2024
HMHB really enjoys our amazing outings and trips. We have visited a multitude of museums, galleries, theatres, and venues.
All the events above are from 2024, and scroll right down for some older excursions from before 2021.
In 2023 we organised over 60 outings:
more than any other project in Islington.
We have to thank all the funders that have helped contribute to our visits, enabling us to pay some tickets, as well as refreshments.
Islington Museum
HMHB were given a tour with
our Ajani group.
Islington Museum opened in May 2008, funded by a £1million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.[1] The museum, which replaced a previous museum at Islington Town Hall and is owned and operated by Islington Council It is located in the basement of Finsbury Library
This museum tells the history of the borough of Islington and its residents, through artefacts including books stolen from Islington libraries by Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell, a bust of Lenin which had to be removed from Finsbury Town Hall because it was repeatedly defaced, plus letters and recordings from immigrants and residents caught in the world wars. Other local heroes associated with the borough are honoured in the museum's exploration of the political and ethical credentials of the area, including women's health pioneer Marie Stopes and eminent feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft.
Emirates Stadium (Arsenal)
Thanks to Jack at Arsenal, we were lucky to get a couple of free tours for our Ajani groups.
The Emirates Stadium (known as Ashburton Grove prior to sponsorship, and as Arsenal Stadium for UEFA competitions) is a football stadium in Holloway, Islington, London, England, and the home of Arsenal FC. With a capacity of 60,704 it is currently the fourth largest stadium in England, after Wembley Stadium, Old Trafford, and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
We had access to the Directors Entrance, Directors Box, Diamond Club, Players Entrance, Home and Away Dressing Room, Head Coach’s Office, Players Tunnel, Pitch side and Home Dugout, Flash Interview Rooms, Press Conference Room and Media Lounge
British Library
Both our Ajani group, and our Izzwalkers (pictured) have enjoyed a free tour of this fantastic building
An old rail goods yard in St Pancras would become the home of the British Library. Opening its doors to the public in November 1997 and receiving an official inauguration by HM Queen Elizabeth II the following June, the Library became the largest public building constructed in Britain in the last 100 years.
Although its modernist design by architect Sir Colin St. John Wilson originally divided critics, the building achieved Grade 1 listed status in 2015.
According to the British Library
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Our collections include over 170 million items from almost every language and faith group.
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Together, they occupy over 746km of total shelving – equivalent to the distance from London to Aberdeen, and this is growing an extra 8km every year. Meanwhile our digital collections amount to over 1 petabyte – equivalent to almost 3.5 years of non-stop HD-quality video footage.
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We receive a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland through legal deposit. Last year we received over 500,000 printed and digital items and over 100 terabytes from the UK web domain.
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If you see five items each day, it would take you over 80,000 years to see the whole of the collection.
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Since it launched in 2004, the Endangered Archives Programme has preserved over a million manuscripts, documents, photographs, recordings and other at-risk materia
The Sky Garden
20 Fenchurch St.
Our Izzwalkers had a terrific time at the top of the "Walkie-Talkie" building in November 2019.
It's a whopping 155m up! It is located on floors 34 to 37 of the Walkie Talkie building offering you one of the best unobstructed views of London's top sites. Provided the skies are clear you should be able to see everything from Canary Wharf to Tower Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral, the Shard, the London Eye and more.
20 Fenchurch Streethas been nicknamed "The Walkie Talkie" because of its distinctive shape. Construction was completed in spring 2014, and the three-floor 'sky garden' was opened in January 2015.
The Old Church
Stoke Newington
Our Izzwalkers loved our look at this incredible church
The Old Church is the only remaining Elizabethan church in London and one of the oldest in the country to have been built as an Anglican church. It owes its origins to Stoke Newington’s sixteenth century Lord of the Manor, William Patten. In 1563 he decided to rebuild the old parish church, which had become almost derelict. You can see the date, and the motto ‘ab alto’ (‘from above’), above the main door.
The Old Church was heavily bombed during the London Blitz of October 1940 but repairs were quickly carried out and services were held there from Christmas of that year. Further post-war repairs included the removal of most of the nineteenth century box pews. A few remain to this day, so you can experience how uncomfortable they were to sit in!
Picnics
HMHB, together with Change Grow Live on Highbury Fields.
Luke, Lazza, and our service user Wayne are pictured.
Healthy Minds, Healthy Bods ran their first ever social event, in partnership with Change Grow Live, an organisation that helps people recovering from, and coping with addiction issues.
It was a fantastic afternoon on Highbury Fields, the largest outdoor area in Islington.
Community Get Togethers
In 2018 we enjoyed a fantastic Great Get Together event in Islington. We got our Ajani people and Izzwalksers together, and even invited the local Islington Mayor along.
It was funded by a grant from Islington Council, and was important for us and community. You can see from the photograph the diversity of our users.
We love these events. We wish we could do more.