Toc H UK

Toc H UK A charity incorporated by Royal Charter
promoting social welfare and building the common good

Over the last 100 years our modus operandi has been to establish local branches and then match the skills of members to the needs of the local community. At its peak Toc H had a membership of circa 50,000 and hundreds of branches across the world. The organisation supported its members but also provided support to those in need in the communities it served and more widely. Chad Varah, Founder of t

he Samaritans was a member of Toc H and used it as his base to set up Samaritans, it also played a key part in the development of the Blood Transfusion Service providing volunteers and acting as link with local communities. Toc H would be justified in making the claim that it was the very first community development organisation, certainly its mode of operation was copied all over the world until the professionalisation of the voluntary sector during the 1980’s and 90’s. The Covid Pandemic brought many of the branch activities of Toc H to an end and the organisation is now focussed on the local activity of its last remaining branches and the initiatives of its Board of Management, who, at the beginning of 2022 agreed that we would relaunch our work of building the common good, serving local communities informed by our strategic plan. For more detail visit: https://www.toch-uk.org.uk/ to read in full. The organisation’s foundation remains its work in neighbourhoods supplemented by work across country and will be focussed on neighbourhood hubs funded through social enterprise and aimed at promoting neighbourliness and supporting those in need based on a retail offering which is likely to be a traditional second-hand clothing offer, a small cafe/coffee shop and a meeting space. Initially we aim to work on the chronic loneliness which has come to characterise the experience of many exacerbated by the Covid pandemic and also to work on supporting young people with mental health problems.

On this Friday 22nd at High Brooms, before stopping for half term holidays.
18/05/2026

On this Friday 22nd at High Brooms, before stopping for half term holidays.

Free toddler music group meeting this Friday at 10am!

11/05/2026

FREE local toddler music group at Toc H Hall, High Brooms, every Friday in term time!

05/05/2026
Check this out at our Tunbridge Wells branch....
13/04/2026

Check this out at our Tunbridge Wells branch....

News from the latest Board Meeting...
30/03/2026

News from the latest Board Meeting...

Family Hang Out at Eveswell....
16/03/2026

Family Hang Out at Eveswell....

Great toddler group at our High Brooms site...
16/03/2026

Great toddler group at our High Brooms site...

Our newsletters are now on our website here:
09/03/2026

Our newsletters are now on our website here:

Summary of the last board meeting....
23/02/2026

Summary of the last board meeting....

01/12/2025

Address

483 Green Lanes
Birmingham
N134BS

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441214433552

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