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We are Elleray Community Association (ECA), the charity that manages and runs the Elleray Centre. Our mission is to relieve social isolation and loneliness in the community, with an emphasis on older adults.
ECA is run by a board of volunteer trustees and employs a staff of four people who are responsible for both running the Elleray Social Club and the Elleray Centre. Weare funded by a grant from the local authority and supported by a number of other local charities and philanthropic organisations.
The local authority has entrusted the management of the Elleray Centre to our charity and so, while our focus remains on providing services to Teddington’s older population, we are fully committed to making the Elleray Centre a place that has something to offer the entire local community.
To this end, we hire out space to all kinds of tutors, instructors, hobby groups and other local charities. All the income that this generates goes towards maintaining the building and providing the services at Elleray Social Club(hyperlink)that so many older people rely on.
Under our direction, we are confident that the Elleray Centre will become a valuable community asset and will make a big contribution towards making Teddington an even better place in which to live!
T.O.P.W.C. (Teddington Old Peoples’ Welfare Committee) was formed in 1946 by a group of concerned local residents who were interested in the welfare of the elderly. At that time older people had no access to a welfare state, and the committee held jumble sales and other modest fundraising events to fund necessities such as fuel and food.
Built in 1911, Elleray Hall (named after a house which stood on the site) had been a parish hall connected with St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church. It was first used exclusively for the elderly through T.O.P.W.C. in 1950, when a distribution of off-ration sweets was made available to them. This was a most welcome concession in those luxury-starved days. Quite a few years later T.O.P.W.C. then became the Elleray Community Association but its mission of combating isolation in our neighbourhood continues to this day.
Now in 2025 we are looking forward to moving to our purpose-built new building on North Lane, just round the corner from the original Elleray Hall.
Our small enthusiastic team are:
Sam Vaughnley – Centre Manager
Anita Brackstone – Centre Administrator
Rebecca Hitt – Activities and Events Coordinator
Majoly Keutchanso – Centre Cook
The Elleray Centre is managed by Elleray Community Association.
Registered Charity Number 1150261
