We have an incredible 50 people running for Team New Horizon in this year’s Hackney Half Marathon on Sunday 18 May. Donate to give them the boost they need to keep running, and help give a home to young Londoner’s who are unsafe or unhoused.
By contributing to our fundraisers’ pages, you are coming together end homelessness for young people in London. Just £5 will make a big difference to the total!
“I’d say the biggest difference New Horizon made to me is my mindset and my drive.”
“The biggest difference that New Horizon has made to me is bringing me a safe home, safe place to go back to.”
“The Hackney Half is probably one of the most fun Half marathons in London, the community support is unrivalled, the streets are full of spectators the weekend is like a festival for runners with a host of different activities to get involved with the whole weekend and on the day. Hackney Half is one of those races that you must experience, and I always try and find room in my calendar every year to make sure I am at the start line.” Claude Umuhire - London Programmes Manager at The Running Charity, former young person at New Horizon Youth Centre
“The Hackney Half is probably one of the most fun Half marathons in London, the community support is unrivalled, the streets are full of spectators the weekend is like a festival for runners with a host of different activities to get involved with the whole weekend and on the day. Hackney Half is one of those races that you must experience, and I always try and find room in my calendar every year to make sure I am at the start line.”
Sign ups to run for the Hackney Half 2025 are closed. You can still get involved by:
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Eid Mubarak! 🌙🕌We welcomed 147 young people into the centre over four Thursday evenings last month. We made sure every young person felt a sense of belonging and togetherness. It will be a Ramadan that we will remember for a very long time. We enjoyed Sudanese, Egyptian and Caribbean food and provided young people with space to speak about memories from home. Many shared stories with us of what Ramadan means to them over the four weeks, and we learnt about the different Islamic traditions practiced across the world. The specially sourced Arabic Vimto went down particularly well!We also transformed our Barn space into a peaceful and intentional space for prayer, and gave Iftar packs, extra Quran and travel prayer mats for those who were rough sleeping. So many of our young people have travelled long, arduous and often traumatic journeys to reach our centre, so to hear them then share with us that ‘it was like having Iftar with family’ makes all the hard work we do, so incredibly worthwhile. - Reflections from Chelsie, Head of Youth Work, on Ramadan 2025 at New Horizon Youth Centre
This International Women`s Day are so proud to have the most talented, brilliant and committed women at New Horizon, from our nearly all-women leadership team to our cleaners. They put their all into making sure we support young people in the best possible way - and their influence really shows. One of the ways it is evident is our weekly Women and Non-Binary Space led by the fantastic Kate M. Here are just a couple of comments we received recently about how and why our women-led service is so important.#IWD2025 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Womenled #Womenleaders #SafeSpace
Ramadan Mubarak 🕌🤲🌙✨We wish everyone celebrating a month of serenity, reflection and hope. Throughout the month we will be hosting activities and Iftar meals for our young people and staff. Our Barn is being transformed into a calm prayer space, and each Thursday we will breaking fast together with a spread of incredible Sudanese food.
Holly, Polly and Phil in The Observer today about how rough this winter has been for young people at New Horizon, but with Government support we COULD see real change. Check it out on the guardian website 👀#News #guardian #observer #homeless #foodbank #dofe #roughsleeping #london #tents #shame #youth #kingscross #comecheckthis
Well done to FC Discovery @msdintheuk and thank you to all the teams, players and supporters of this tournament. It’s been an epic week ⚽️🏆🥳💙...#football #final #champions #msd #msdintheuk #autotrader #tournament #cup #confetti #cake #homeless #charity
Check the comments for who’s in the final this Friday!! Who is going to win the Hope cup? Stay tuned on here or come along to watch 👀 The group stages were SO exciting. thank you to all those who have played, supported from the sidelines and donated to support this tournament!It’s Football vs Youth Homelessness and we know we can do it together 💪⚽️🤝🏃👏🏆🙌💙#football #mgmt #final
Our youth teams and teams from businesses around Kings Cross are helping to kick homelessness out of London by playing in our Football vs Youth Homelessness 5-a-Side Tournament this week. Money raised will go directly towards helping young people give their potential a home.Thank you so much to our players from @msdintheuk Argent, SCS Railways @kingscrossn1c , @sonymusicuk @mcgee_group @bettergreen_living @farrer_co !And huge thanks to our sponsors @nikelondon @nike @lyle_and_scott and Argent for supporting this tournament ⚽️🥅🏆Shout out to our women’s team (pic 1) Faith United for winning their first competitive game 7 - 0!!#football #5aside #kingscross #london #footie #homeless #womensfootball #youth #fundraising #nike #nikelondon #nikeshoes #nikefootball #lyleandscott
Crucial decisions are being made in Parliament right now that will shape how homelessness services work for the next 10 years. We`ve spent almost 2 years fighting for young people to be included in those decisions and get their fair share in the resources allocated to end homelessness. The government MUST include a #YouthHomelessChapter to ensure young people aren`t locked out of the support they deserve.
Today is the first day of our Football vs Youth Homelessness 5-a-side tournament! The goal is to kick youth homelessness out of London. ⚽ 🏃 🏆 We have 10 amazing local businesses, and our own teams FC Hope and Faith United, competing to see who can win our coveted trophy and raise the most money to support all young people to give their potential a home. Follow the tournament on our channels all this week!
Was great to hear our CEO Phil and Andy, a young person we`ve been supporting, on @bbclondon this week. Young people are the fastest growing age group forced to sleep rough in London and yet there is no recognition of this in the funding, political priorities and service offer in the capital and across the UK. We`ve been supporting under-25s who are unhoused and unsafe in London for over half a century, and it`s never been this bad. The problem isn`t going anywhere, so nor are we. We`ll keep using every platform we have to shout about how young people don`t get the support and attention they deserve. We need everyone to take this seriously and start listening to young people and we must have a #YouthHomelessChapter in the government`s new strategy to end homelessness. Reach out if you want to join us in this fight!
Our first snowdrop of the year! Small sights and sounds of spring are appearing at New Horizon.Although the temperatures are still very cold, we are looking forward to warmer weather and sunnier days. In the meantime, we continue to provide daily hot food, drinks, showers and a warm place to be for young people affected by homelessness.#spring #snowdrops #birdsong #daffodils #signsofspring #london #nature #homeless
Hello to all our new followers 👋 Here is a glimpse of a workshop Central Saint Martins @csm_news @unioftheartslondon ran for our young people this week!We provide housing advice and support to young people affected by homelessness in London. We also provide health, jobs, education and life skills support from our drop in day centre in Camden.#youthhomelessness #homeless #screenprinting #screenprint #art #csm #london #ual #heart #crafting #crafts #skills #newskills #artists
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