Kisharon Langdon secures £155,550 funding for Child’s Hill Library
Four year grant will provide extra staff and vital community activities for London hub
A community hub run by Kisharon Langdon in partnership with Barnet Libraries, has secured a £155,550 grant from the City Bridge Foundation.
Spread over four years, the funding for Childs Hill Library in Cricklewood will enable it to enhance its services, including the addition of a second paid staff member and expanded community activities.
The Library will now open an additional morning each week and increase its popular offerings, such as a toddler group, a Lego club and gardening projects. Beyond books, the Library plays a vital role in the community by offering work placements for adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, allowing them to develop essential job skills and gain experience.
Sarah Sharlott, Kisharon Langdon social enterprise and employment consultant, said: “The partnership Library serves as a welcoming space where people can come together and give back to the community. It’s truly inclusive, offering a sense of belonging to everyone. When individuals we support work in this public setting, it not only highlights the challenges they face but also showcases the significant contributions they make. They are seamlessly integrated into the team and seen as valued members, just like everyone else”.
The City Bridge Foundation, known for its stewardship of London’s Thames crossings, praised the Library’s transformation into a dynamic community centre. Chairman Giles Shilson said: “Kisharon Langdon has done an amazing job of reinventing the concept of the Library and creating a thriving community hub.”
Originally threatened with closure in 2017, the Library’s management was entrusted to Kisharon Langdon. The previously volunteer-led Library is now a vital social enterprise offering diverse services such as IT courses, yoga, cost-of-living support and an English conversation café to support non-native speakers.
- For more information about the Library’s programmes, click here.
Thank you for helping to make Jewish News the leading source of news and opinion for the UK Jewish community. Today we're asking for your invaluable help to continue putting our community first in everything we do.
For as little as £5 a month you can help sustain the vital work we do in celebrating and standing up for Jewish life in Britain.
Jewish News holds our community together and keeps us connected. Like a synagogue, it’s where people turn to feel part of something bigger. It also proudly shows the rest of Britain the vibrancy and rich culture of modern Jewish life.
You can make a quick and easy one-off or monthly contribution of £5, £10, £20 or any other sum you’re comfortable with.
100% of your donation will help us continue celebrating our community, in all its dynamic diversity...
Engaging
Being a community platform means so much more than producing a newspaper and website. One of our proudest roles is media partnering with our invaluable charities to amplify the outstanding work they do to help us all.
Celebrating
There’s no shortage of oys in the world but Jewish News takes every opportunity to celebrate the joys too, through projects like Night of Heroes, 40 Under 40 and other compelling countdowns that make the community kvell with pride.
Pioneering
In the first collaboration between media outlets from different faiths, Jewish News worked with British Muslim TV and Church Times to produce a list of young activists leading the way on interfaith understanding.
Campaigning
Royal Mail issued a stamp honouring Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton after a Jewish News campaign attracted more than 100,000 backers. Jewish Newsalso produces special editions of the paper highlighting pressing issues including mental health and Holocaust remembrance.
Easy access
In an age when news is readily accessible, Jewish News provides high-quality content free online and offline, removing any financial barriers to connecting people.
Voice of our community to wider society
The Jewish News team regularly appears on TV, radio and on the pages of the national press to comment on stories about the Jewish community. Easy access to the paper on the streets of London also means Jewish News provides an invaluable window into the community for the country at large.
We hope you agree all this is worth preserving.
