b'WELCOMEA MESSAGE FROM THE PATRON HIS HONOUR JEREMY CONNORIt is always the greatest pleasureThe pleasure has grown as the of a patron to celebrate and toideas and results of architects, enjoy the success of others. designers and furnishers have watched their concepts come to Our new building for HNCP islife. Perhaps our greatest thanks a tribute to so many: to all ourare due to the unfailing generosity benefactors from the great namesand supervision of our local in the City and elsewhere, to thoseauthority, Camden, to whom we for whom a contribution hasowe so much.meant a real sacrifice in the cause of a great new centre in London. The final and unique acknowledgement must go Nothing could have been achievedto one person: the Director ofHis Honour Jeremy Connor,save for the ceaseless hard workHNCP. It has been his vision andPatronof our Trustees and Managersdetermination from the very under the guiding hand of thebeginning that there should be Chairman of the project and oura complex of this quality and Accountant, overcoming the manyversatility for so many residents of hurdles encountered on the way.our community to feel at home.A MESSAGE FROM THE TREASURERIn financial terms, HNCP has twobe helped on our way in the firsttarget must be securing our longer-stretching targets for the next fivefew years by additional start-upterm general funding support years. funding from Camden (for whichthrough longer-term and regular we are extremely grateful) but it isdonations. In this way, as specific Currently we largely depend onincumbent on us to use this start- funding arrangements come and grants from our Local Authorityup funding to build the Centre up togo, we would ensure we are able to and donations and grants from aas near a self-sustaining operationcontinue as a vibrant and growing variety of charitable institutions andas is possible. Most of this willcommunity organisation.trusts, all of which are mentionedhave to come from the income-and given due credit in the rest ofgenerating potential of the Centre this Impact Report. We have fundeditselfie its users but we will also the fit-out of our new Communitycontinue to seek support from Centre from these and also frominterested trusts and foundationssmaller donations accumulated over the last five years. However, weOur other stretch target is to ensure cannot expect all of this support toour activities in the community, continue given the straitened timeswhich are covered so extensively in which we are all living.in this Report in operation, remain financially sustainable. In recent So one stretch target is to makeyears, we have funded these a financial success of our newactivities largely by specific grants Community Centre. We are quiterestricted to specific activities clear that this will require at leastfrom a variety of donors. We willStephen Hodge,five years of hard work. We willcontinue this way, but our stretchHNCP Treasurer02 HNCP IMPACT REPORT 2020 - 2024'