Early Years Adventures

Boost your child’s learning, confidence, and curiosity while meeting other local families in a friendly, welcoming space. Children will enjoy movement, games, music, and imaginative play while developing skills and confidence, including Makaton, phonemes, colours, shapes, and numbers 🎶🤸‍♂️🖍️

🗓️ When: Wednesdays

🕰️ Times: 10:00am – 10:35am Toddlers 9 – 18 Months | 10:45am – 11.20am Juniors 18 Months – 3 Years+

For families on a low income accessing benefits and families with low income with no recourse to public funds.

Maths & English Support

Free sessions for children aged 5-8 who access benefits related free school meals.

The sessions are delivered by a literacy and numeracy specialist who has expertise in engaging children in key stage 1 & 2 and supported by a team of learning volunteers.

Parents/carers can stay and join in with learning or drop off (with learning materials to take home).

Time & day: Wednesdays 4:30pm-6pm and Thursdays 4.30-6pm. This programme runs in term time only and places are limited. 

Starts Wednesday 24th September 2025!

BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE HERE! 

 The Learning Project

We’re delighted to be supported by the Mayor of London through the Skills for Londoners Community Outreach Programme which directly funds community organisations to raise awareness of London’s adult skills opportunities, increase participation in adult learning skills provision, and help to build sustainable links between providers, community groups and the Londoners they work with.

Many people we support at the Upper Norwood Library Hub are not aware of the adult learning opportunities that are available or may face barriers to learning and in the short time we’ve been running the project are finding this is a much needed project!

If you would like to find out more and speak to our Hub team email info@unlt.org or call us to arrange an initial meeting to find out how we can support you to find the learning opportunity that is right for you!

SGN Safe & Warm Project

The Safe & Warm project is a community outreach scheme which aims to help people with their energy bills, provide safety advice, and help them to access discount schemes and services. 

As part of this year’s project, funded by the SGN and CSE, we are offering a range of FREE one-to-one sessions for all on all of the topics listed.

If you would like to take part in any of the above or discuss how we can assist you, drop into the Hub office at the Upper Norwood Library, or contact us on 0208 670 4321 or at info@unlt.org.

Energy Outreach Project

The Energy Outreach Project (Formerly the Big Energy Saving Network) is a community outreach project targeting vulnerable energy consumers. It aims to help people with their energy bills by encouraging them to take action, including: switching, accessing discount schemes, signing up for the PSR and taking measures to make their homes more energy efficient.

As part of this year’s project, funded by CAB, we are offering a range of FREE services for:

• Organisations working with vulnerable people (group training)

• Energy consumers (in-person group sessions for individuals)

‘With the rising cost of living at the forefront of residents minds, it's crucial that we are well-equipped to support residents when they express concerns about being able to afford to run their homes. Our webinar with BESN did exactly this, providing our frontline colleagues with energy advice, insight, and resources that can be shared with residents who are feeling the pinch due to the cost of living crisis. The webinar was invaluable and we are so grateful to BESN for helping us to better support residents.’

Maria Moriarty, Head of Resident Engagement and Corporate Experience at Network Homes

Chairs, Chat & Connect

A series of exercise classes for older adults. To focus on low-impact exercises such as chair-based and other forms of low-impact activity exercises for older people. This is to maximise health benefit whilst minimising risk of impact on joints and bones.  

Participants will also get the chance to meet others, share a cup of tea and find out about other health & wellbeing services available locally.

This activity will be at Upper Norwood Library Hub, Thursdays 11:00-12:30pm

The activity is free to participate in and you can simply turn up, there is no booking required. 

English Classes

We're offering a series of tutor-led classes aimed at improving learners’ confidence in speaking English. There are weekly classes for beginners and those at intermediate/improver level.

The classes will be held in person. Once you've registered, you'll be able to attend weekly classes for the duration of the year.

If you would like more information before registering or require help, please contact us on info@unlt.org or 0208 670 4321.

If you're interested, please click the register button and complete the application form. Taster sessions are available.

English in schools

Our ESOL hub volunteers deliver weekly classes in primary schools for people with limited English who live locally. Sessions help with communication and support those with children to learn at school. If you are a local school who would like to find out more please contact us on info@unlt.org or call 0208 670 4321.

Holiday Activities Fund

We have been running children’s skill-based holiday camps for the past 6 years achieving outstanding levels of positive feedback from parents and children. We work in partnership with Lambeth and Croydon libraries to enable Council assets to benefit local children.

Our experienced facilitators support children to build creative confidence, learn new skills, make new friends, develop social skills, build a joy of reading, improve literacy skills alongside physical and healthy eating activities to improve physical health.

As part of the project we’ve visited local allotments to find out how food is grown!