Time & Talents’ Stroke Club
NSET’s grant has enabled Time & Talents to carry out weekly meetings for stroke survivors. The club offers lunch, activities as well as support for individuals. Time and Talents has been able to create a sense of community among participants, helping them with find fulfilling social connections and engaging activities. In order to help provide for those survivors with physical disabilities, the charity uses a minibus for transporting club members, as well as making home visits to those unable to attend in person.
The Time & Talents team has, in addition to weekly activities, games, and trips, hosted talks from Citizens Advice about Pension Credit and providing “Winter Warm & Well packs” to members.
RJ4ALL
Restorative Justice for All (RJ4ALL) contacted NSET for a grant to expand their Rotherhithe Community Garden. RJ4ALL were able to expand the community garden into an enriching and inviting outdoor green space for residents, and to enlist the support and input of community members in the design. The community garden has been home to gardening workshops, empowering Rotherhithe residents both by teaching the importance of reducing food waste and strategies for tasty low-budget healthy eating, as well as creative activities that allowed community members to help beautify their local spaces. Overall the community garden has become an increasingly central social space for local residents, and RJ4ALL have helped foster a more sustainable local community.
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My First 1000 Days
My First 1000 Days offered yoga sessions for young carers in Southwark, helping particularly those who were from disadvantaged backgrounds or living in poverty. These sessions helped the reduce stress, anxiety, and levels in depression amongst participants. Many of those affected felt less isolated, since they had been able to build connections with other carers and could be part of a larger group. Beyond helping carers with their mental and social wellbeing, My First 1000 Days also used it’s yoga sessions to promote healthy habits and a more active lifestyle.
“Participating in the yoga sessions every week, has been the highlight of my weekends during this year. … I have met really nice people and I feel more energised and in better shape than before” – Leah
“The members of staff, other volunteers and the other participants were so inspiring, that I felt the urge to give more to the community and play a more active role in organising the activities. This project has been life changing.” – George (volunteer)
Bermondsey Community Kitchen SEND Cooking Classes
Bermondsey Community Kitchen used its NSET grant to provide community cooking classes for young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Hosted two times a week, these classes taught the participants safe cooking skills and educated them on healthy eating and nutrition, helping the participants to reduce their intake of unhealthy processed food and takeaways. After cooking, the participants shared their meals and interacted, helping them to develop friendships and social connections. The parents of all the participants involved noted the confidence and improved skills their children had developed.
Bermondsey Community Fair
The Bermondsey Community Fair took place on the 20th of September 2025, bringing together local residents and community groups. The fair was attended by over 100 residents and 14 community organisations. Organisations such as Age UK were able to use the fair to connect to people in need, and attendees could enjoy a vibrant community event. The fair included a talent show, fashion, music and food.
London Bubble : Older Adults Touring Company
London Bubble focuses on encouraging older adults to create and participate in theatre that resonates with them. They provide access to live performances for residents in sheltered housing who are unable to otherwise experience live theatre. These performances are written performed by older non-professional actors, to create a work that resonates between actor play and audience. Their play, Beneath the Papers, toured in 2023 and 2024 in older adults residences, as well as a larger performance at Canada Water Theatre.
Among the actors, the play was able to encourage teamwork and social participation among a grown who are at risk of becoming severely isolated from others. The audience felt that the content of the play and the choice of actors spoke to them personally, and was a genuinely fulfilling and impactful experience.
