Stewart Perkes: A Trailblazer for Holly Lodge
If you have been fortunate enough to visit The Holly Lodge Centre in person, you have likely strolled around our...
Celebrating our Nature Trail and Orchard with Raucous Wassail
Holly Lodge Centre staff and volunteers recently revived the ancient tradition of wassailing to celebrate our nature trail and orchard. ...
Connecting Young People with Nature Conservation and Heritage.
On February 13th, Alex Sharp, one of our centre managers met with two members of Royal Parks staff to kick...
The Holly Lodge Centre welcomes two new Trustees
The Holly Lodge Centre warmly welcomes two news trustees who formally joined the Trustee Board in January 2025. Fiona Fong...
Paddock School Teachers Share Expertise in Special Educational Needs at Holly Lodge Centre
Holly Lodge Centre staff and volunteers recently benefited from a training and support workshop on special educational needs and disabilities...
Step back in time for a ‘Victorian Christmas’
This festive season, we welcomed elderly individuals with dementia from local care homes and community groups to a magical Victorian...
Festive Winter Workshops
For the last week of November and throughout December, we welcomed 155 children and young people with special educational needs...
Music to warm your soul on a wintry evening
Despite the blustery weather outside, little eyes sparkle in the warm light of Christ Church in East Sheen as nervous...
Nocturnal Animals Take to the Trail for Halloween
The Holly Lodge Centre hosted a group of children and their families from Refugee Action Group Kingston in late October...
A night of trivia and treats!
On Friday 25th October, our annual quiz night fundraiser was a record-breaker! With 23 teams battling it out, the competition...
Forest School in Session on the Nature Trail
This Autumn, we once again welcomed students from L’École de Battersea to take part in our Forest School program. It...
Magical Moments, Made Possible by National Lottery Funding.
We're thrilled to announce that we have secured National Lottery Awards for All Funding to make our Festive Winter Programme...
The Holly Lodge Centre Celebrates 30 Years!
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in September, over 100 invitees gathered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Holly Lodge...
Empowering Young Carers at the Holly Lodge Centre.
In August, we welcomed charity groups from Richmond Young Carers, Kingston Young Carers and Hounslow Young Carers. Young Carers are...
A Skylarks Adventure at The Holly Lodge Centre
During the Easter and the Summer holidays we are always thrilled to welcome families from the Skylarks Charity. This Richmond...
The Royal Parks Nature Roadshow!
On a sunny Tuesday, August 20th, The Holly Lodge Centre partnered with The Royal Parks to host a 'Nature Roadshow'...
A Very Generous Donation!
We were honoured to be chosen again as one of the two charities to be supported by The Richmond Hill...
Sunny Skies and Smiles at Syon Park Countryside Classroom Day
On a bright and beautiful Monday in May, a team of volunteers and staff from the Holly Lodge Centre set...
Challenges Completed!
On Sunday 26th May, our Chair of Trustees, James Middlehurst and his family; Libby, Kate and Tom successfully completed the...
A message from James Middlehurst, our Chair of Trustees:
I'm raising money for The Holly Lodge Centre, a charity where I work! Located in beautiful Richmond Park, the Centre...
Sponsor our Chair!
Our chair, James Middlehurst, is gearing up for a major challenge - the Richmond Park Marathon on the 19th May...
A Royal Day Out!
Back in February we were delighted to receive a request from our Patron, Princess Alexandra, to nominate 6 members of...
Community Visits.
With The Holly Lodge Centre closed for sessions from 11th – 22nd March this year for Junior Citizen programming, staff...
‘Nocturnal Animals’ On The Move!
Following its successful introduction as this year’s Clarendon School Day event theme, we have taken Nocturnal Animals on the road!...
EGGcellent fun!
During the Easter holidays, a group of delightful young people from Brentford Young Carers visited us for a day of...
Annual Education Report 2023-24
We are delighted to share our latest annual report, which demonstrates the variety of educational activities we have delivered this...
Fabulous feedback!
We regularly have residents from Tennyson Grange Care Home Care UK visit us. Recently, they came for two visits for...
Nocturnal Animals Day
Our Centre was a hive of activity on Monday, 26th February when students from Clarendon Primary School visited for a...
New WW2 Workshop
Did you know Richmond Park was closed to the public between 22nd December 1940 and 1st May 1945 to help...
Christmas Sessions
From November 28th to December 21st we have hosted almost 200 visitors for our Christmas sessions, that is over 28...
