Southwark Irish Pensioners Project

05/06/2026

Kanya King was a champion of black music, born in Kilburn with an Irish mother she was a true trailblazer. May she rest in peace.

Entrepreneur died of colon cancer, with Mobo Organisation hailing her as ‘one of the most fearless champions’ in the music industry

05/06/2026

The London Irish Business Society is a great supporter of SIPP. They are having an event on 10th June highlighting Irish in the hospitality business in London. Please spread the word and support them if you can. londonirishbusinesssociety.org

19/05/2026

09/05/2026

The new Irish: How the diaspora has shifted from heritage ties to cultural identity.

Southwark Irish Pensioners Project was one of the hundreds of groups with representatives at The Global Irish Civic Forum in Dublin last week.

With Ireland’s links to the US weakening, for now at least, the importance of other bonds is emerging

23/04/2026

Ann is busy today colouring some beautiful flowers 🌺 🇮🇪

15/04/2026

Born in Derry in 1937, John Hume held to a consistent belief: lasting peace depends on dialogue, patience, and respect for difference. He argued that diversity need not lead to division, and played a central role in shaping the talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement.

Working alongside others across political divides, he helped lay the groundwork for an agreement that changed political life on the island. That steady approach, carried over decades, was ultimately recognised with the Nobel Peace Prize.



📸 Irish Roots

12/04/2026

Another institutional abuse’: UK survivor of Irish mother and baby home can’t afford to accept compensation

Rosemary Adaser, 70, would lose £1,000 a month in benefits, while her twin brother in Ireland got full amount with no penalty

15/03/2026

13/03/2026

Tremendous news.

UK drops plan to cut benefits for survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes

Campaigners rejoice after Keir Starmer backs ‘Philomena’s Law’ to protect payments for up to 13,000 survivors living in Britain

03/02/2026

We wanted to say a huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported us over the Christmas season.

Thank you to Mr Kelly and the pupils at St Michael’s Catholic College in Bermondsey for their generous donations towards our Christmas hampers. 🎁

A big thanks as well to Jacqui O’Donovan for the lovely Christmas hampers she sent to us, which we were able to add to our parcels — they were very much appreciated. 🎄

And a very special thank you to Margaret and Tom at the Prince of Wales pub in SE1 for cooking wonderful Christmas dinners for our very vulnerable clients, who were absolutely delighted and incredibly grateful. 🍽️💫

We are so thankful for the generosity, care and community spirit shown 💙