How our Food Club is making a difference

Since it launched in September 2022, our Community Food Club has served 457 residents with discounted food and essentials! It was also recently featured in The Times.

Our Food Club provides an important option for people struggling with the Cost-of-Living crisis even though many of them are working. For £5 fee they receive 20 tokens to buy items they need ranging from fresh fruit and vegetables to cleaning products, which typically are worth over £20.

Festive Events and Closures

The Well Community Centre will be closed in the festive period from Saturday 23^rd December 2023 and will re-open Tuesday 2^nd January 2024. The Well will also be closed on 16th January 2024 for Staff training.

Below are the last dates of our sessions and information on our special events. If unsure of anything, please contact the relevant team listed in our What’s On page.

Can you gift a child joy this Christmas?

The festive season should be a time of joy. But this year, whilst trying to recover from the pandemic and struggling with the rising cost of living, many families in Newham are having to make heartbreaking decisions on whether to put food on the table or warm up their home or watch their child wake up on Christmas morning to no gifts, through no fault of their own.

That’s why we’re inviting you to support our Christmas Joy Appeal and help us gift joy to a child in need!

Vote for us in The Big Vote!

BDCA has been shortlisted as one of the People Powered Place projects that could get up to £20,000 funding – with your help!

Please vote for our project ‘VolunteE6 – Bonny Downs Community Association’ to help us cover costs of our volunteer led activities for children and families.

BDCA Service Users Survey 2003

We are asking all of our service users to please share your experience of BDCA through a short survey here.

This is important to help BDCA improve our services for our community and prove to our funders that our work is making a difference.

You will have the option to enter a prize draw to win a £100 shopping voucher if you submit the survey by 31st October 2023.