Create service users
Create Community Hub marked its 40th anniversary with a celebration event on Friday 18 October at Mile End Ecology Pavilion.
The event brought together past and present service users, families, staff and carers to reflect on the day centre’s impact over the last four decades.
Create offers a wide range of services for adults with learning disabilities in Tower Hamlets, including activities, training programmes, skills, and information and advice.
The celebration included a presentation from service users, covering the hub’s evolution and positive influence on the Tower Hamlets community over the years, and a service user-led DJ set from ‘Bubble Club’.
Cllr Gulam Kibria Choudhury, Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, said:
“This celebration is not just about looking back at what Create has achieved, but also about appreciating the strength of our community.
“For 40 years, Create has been a place of support, creativity and care, and this event really captured the spirit of what our day centres are all about.”
The hub first opened its doors as Coborn Opportunities Project on 14 October 1984, with 12 users and two staff members. By 2007, it had grown to 40 users and nine staff members, and was renamed Create when the centre moved to Ronald Street in 2012.
Day centres are an important way for many people with a learning disability to learn new skills, take part in activities and meet new people.
They also provide families and carers with a break during the day, which can allow family members to work.
For more information on health and social care services in Tower Hamlets, visit https://www.towerhamletsconnect.org/
Posted on Wednesday 30th October 2024