{"id":9,"date":"2013-12-15T09:18:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T09:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:56:41","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Welcome to the Ackroyd Community Centre<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;The Ackroyd Community Centre is vibrant community hub located on Ackroyd Road SE23. It hosts services for the local community across generations living in the Forest Hill, Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park area, in the Borough of Lewisham.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centre has daily activities for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>children and families (including a day nursery &#8211; Young Oaks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>older people<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>health and wellbeing activities for all ages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about the activities happening at our centre please visit the individual pages above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The community centre also hosts local community groups and rooms at the centre can be hired for community or private use. (subject to availability)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centre is managed by a Board of Trustees composed of local residents, supported by paid members of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-duotone-000097-ffffff-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/27-09-2011-125714.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"169\" src=\"http:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/27-09-2011-125714.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" style=\"width:531px;height:159px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/27-09-2011-125714.jpg 565w, https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/27-09-2011-125714-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong>ACA are looking for new Trustees to join the Management Board, who can bring skills, ideas and enthusiasm to the Ackroyd Centre. If you would like to find out more about becoming a Centre Trustee please contact Sarah Edmonds sarah@ackroydcentre.org.uk<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?q=SE23+1DL&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;ei=zYfzUpisJoLC7AbBjYDoCg&amp;ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" src=\"http:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/map-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"Map of area local to the Ackroyd Centre\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/map-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/map.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Map of area local to the Ackroyd Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><b>Contact us at:<br><\/b>Ackroyd Community Centre<br><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Ackroyd Road<br>Forest Hill<br>London<br>SE23 1DL<br><\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Telephone:<br><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">020 8291 3479<\/span><br><strong>Email<\/strong><br>info@ackroydcentre.org.uk<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Welcome to the Ackroyd Community Centre &nbsp;The Ackroyd Community Centre is vibrant community hub located on Ackroyd Road SE23. It hosts services for the local community across generations living in the Forest Hill, Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park area, in the Borough of Lewisham. The centre has daily activities for: For more information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":80,"href":"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":589,"href":"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ackroydcentre.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}