About us

St Luke's Trust is an old and well-established charity dating back centuries. We serve the community which lives in the ancient parish of St Luke, Old Street. Nowadays, this comprises the London Borough of Islington's ward of Bunhill, small pockets of Hackney and Clerkenwell, and the Golden Lane Estate in the City of London.

We own a large community centre in a very deprived part of London. The building provides a space for local people to gather and socialise, and other organisations to deliver their own services to the local community.

About half of our funding comes from the income from our endowment which was given to the charity hundreds of years ago.  Our other income includes contracts and commissions for the local authorty, projects fudned by outside Trusts, donations and room hire. See history for more information.

For many years we placed an emphasis on helping older people living in the community, and have provided traditional day centre services to this group. To reflect the changing needs of the area, in 2007 we started to expand what we do and who uses the Centre so that we can offer something to everybody who lives in the local community.

Aims

Our charitable aim is to improve the conditions of life for the people living in the area of benefit. We believe that providing a community centre will help break down barriers within the neighbourhood. It will contribute towards the area being welcoming, safe, healthy, alive with activity, and neighbourly.

New Centre and Community Anchor

We are planning to build a multi-purpose neighbourhood centre starting in 2010. This will provide a high quality resource for local residents and organizations, and other visitors to our neighbourhood.Read more here

Learn more about our exciting vision and plans for our New Centre.

St Luke's Centre | 90 Central Street, London, EC1V 8AJ
Tel: 020 7549 8181 | Fax: 020 7549 8182 | Email: info@slpt.org.uk | Reg. Charity No.: 207497