About Us

Finding Inspiration in Every Turn

The RLC Community Centre is a community based not-for-profit charity organisation based right here in Chadwell Heath - in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD). It is fully registered with the Charity Commission (Charity no. 1137881) and Companies House (CH no. 06794767) and complies with all the legal and compliance requirement of UK charity and HMRC laws.

Our Story

Most of the services provided within the organisation are delivered in partnership with various department within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering Councils, as well as other government agencies such as CAFCASS, National Association of Child Contact Centre (NACCC).

Over 350 individuals and families from every segment of the community within the borough currently access the wide variety of services offered within the Centre on a weekly basis. These services range from Early Years Education (a registered nursery and out of school services regulated by OFSTED no. EY390650), Children and Family Support Services, Parent & Toddler group, Meeting rooms (providing our venue free of charge for local small charities and businesses), Food Bank, Music, Creative and Performing Arts right through to a Homeless Persons Care and Support project. All services are open access; some are fee-paying at a highly subsidised rate while others are totally free to the community.

We are an equal opportunity and non-discriminatory practice employer, staffed by a very diverse team of professionals from different racial, ethnic, religious, and non- religious backgrounds. It has a track record of providing services to every quarter of the community in line with the LBBD policy of Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discriminatory practice. We have staff, children, and service users from over 30 different countries!