Southwark Irish Pensioners Project

20/08/2026

Is your name now on Tayto ?

Tayto has released limited-edition packets of crisps featuring 12 popular Irish surnames

25/07/2026

We were delighted to welcome Neale Richmond TD, minister of state with responsibility for the diaspora, to SIPPs centre in Bermondsey. The minister got to cut a cake marking 20 of seniors yoga and to watch a class. One of the many services provided by SIPP for the elderly and isolated Irish community in SE London. With thanks to the minister and The Irish Government for its continued support for SIPP and all the Irish community in Britain.

25/07/2026

London Irish Centre appoints Sisk Construction to build £36-38m Camden home 🏠

We're delighted to share that we have appointed Sisk, one of Ireland and Britain's leading construction groups, as main contractor for the £36-38 million redevelopment of our home at Camden Square.

This news follows a visit yesterday to our Centre by Neale Richmond, Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora at the Irish Foreign Ministry.

Minister Richmond met with our staff, Sisk representatives and project managers, receiving a tour of our current building and reviewing our development plans.

Having served our community for over 70 years, the London Irish Centre’s existing building no longer meets modern standards of accessibility, sustainability, or functionality.

Designed for the modern Irish diaspora and all those drawn to Irish culture, the new building will be a world-class destination for Irish creativity, community and enterprise – increasing our impact and befitting the scale and contribution of the Irish in Britain.

Construction will begin in Q1 2027, with the new centre scheduled to re-open in Q1, 2029.

Designed by Coffey Architects, our new home will include:

▪️ A two-tiered, 400-seat multi-purpose performance space
▪️ London's first dedicated Irish theatre
▪️ A 130-seat studio theatre and cinema
▪️ A heritage and archive centre
▪️ A public library housing our collection of 7,000+ Irish literary works
▪️ Expanded, accessible welfare and community support facilities.

Our Chair, Rosaleen Blair CBE, said: "Today's announcement is a huge milestone, which follows almost ten years of careful planning. In Sisk, we have engaged a world-class builder to deliver a world-class home."

In 2025 alone, we welcomed 55,000 visitors, supported over 3,000 people through casework, secured £4.4 million in unclaimed benefits for our community, and served 10,000 meals to vulnerable clients.

Throughout construction, we'll remain fully operational - our welfare services continuing from temporary offices nearby, and our cultural programme running via partner venues across London.

We are thrilled to have Sisk on board as we begin the next phase of this ambitious project, securing our future here in Camden Square for many decades to come.

We express our deep gratitude to the Irish government and our wide network of donors, with thanks to whom we have secured pledges covering a meaningful proportion of our projected redevelopment cost.

If you'd like to support this next chapter, get in touch with our CEO, Séamus MacCormaic to discuss funding opportunities at: [email protected].

Read more: https://londonirishcentre.org/london-irish-centre-appoints-sisk-to-build-36-38m-camden-home/

15/07/2026

University of Liverpool is doing a project on Irish construction workers in Britain between 1945-1999. All the details are below if you wish to take part.

14/07/2026

https://www.irishinlondon.org/news--hardship-grants.html

WE ARE RECRUITING!
We are looking for an Outreach Support Worker to join our community support team. Please click on the link above for further information. Closing date for applications 31st July. This is a rolling recruitment.

17/06/2026

A great night was had at our Volunteer Thank You Party! 🎉

A huge thank you to all of our incredible volunteers for everything you do, we couldn't do it without you.

Thank you for being part of our community and for making such a positive impact on the lives of others.
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Special thanks to Tom and Margaret .of.wales.se1 for their incredible food,support and generosity ☘️

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