"There is no discrimination against anyone. We had a young lad come in recently from Dublin, he looked lost, he said he was starving. We fed and helped him, my heart went out to him. He has been in touch recently saying he was offered a job and is settled and he thanked us for helping him."
"When I first came over and was looking for a room, the first place I saw had a note in the window saying, 'No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish'. That upset me."
The London Irish Centre in Camden provides sustained support to the Irish diaspora and their descendants since 1955. The centre began when a group purchased two adjacent houses near Euston to receive immigrants arriving from Holyhead. The centre hosts cultural activities including Irish language classes, dancing, and music, and attracts patrons and fundraisers such as Ed Sheeran and Dermot O'Leary. The centre runs community programmes offering health and wellbeing advice, free walks, support groups, and digital skills sessions. Volunteers staff a community café that offers inclusive meals and assistance to newly arrived or struggling individuals. Community groups regularly use the space for events and anniversaries.
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