Since 1955 the London Irish Centre has been providing welfare advice, accommodation, training and learning facilities, routes into employment, a “home away from home” and a range of cultural experiences for successive generations of Irish people.

The mission of the Centre’s Centre Community Welfare Service is to respond to the unmet needs among the Irish people for culturally sensitive welfare services, particularly those of advice, support, healthy living and training.

Welfare Advice Drop-in Service

The Welfare Advice Service is a drop-in service which provides free, independent and confidential advice on Housing and Welfare Benefits.

The service currently holds the Community Legal Service’s Quality Mark for General Help with Casework in: Housing and Benefits. This is an award that ensures good standards of advice are being achieved and maintained.

Elders Outreach

We operate Outreach services for older Irish people in North London, with dedicated case-workers for Kilburn, Camden and Islington.

Through focused, proactive case-work we aim to achieve the key dignities of life for older Irish people in London:

• Adequate housing
• Adequate income
• Access to healthcare
• Access to social opportunities

Day Centre

In November 2008 the London Irish Centre completed a refurbishment of the Day Centre. The Day Centre is a three room modern facility which hosts a range of top quality classes, groups and activities.

We serve tasty, homemade meals on Mon/Wed/Fri from 12:30. It is a warm, informal and friendly atmosphere with lots of activities such as quizzes, bingo, knitting, and art. We also have various outings and day trips.

Please see the Day Centre page for more information.

For more information on the services above please go the link on the drop down menu above.

Venue Hire London

Venue hire facilities are available at The London Irish Centre to suit all types of events. A conference venue hire for up to 300 people. Private party venue for small or large numbers of guests. A wedding venue in London, accommodating up to 300 sit down guests. We are also a licenced venue for your wedding ceremony. Or you may require a medium sized training conference room for a 100 seated guests. Examination rooms, meeting rooms, awards ceremonies, banqueting events, dinner dances, social events – we welcome them all.

If you wish to request availability of one of our four suites or rooms available for venue hire, please view our Venue Hire London Enquiry page, phone (020) 7916 7272 or email venuehire@londonirishcentre.org.

The London Irish Centre in Camden has five different sized venue spaces for hire with modern conference facilities, multimedia audio and visual display systems to match, which enables us to accommodate almost any event and match your requirements.

These are just some of the events that our experienced staff and our excellent venue hire facilities are able to facilitate;

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Our various sized rooms, suites and facilities enable us to match your venue hire requirements.

Our largest space for hire is the McNamara Suite, it holds up to 300 seated guests – this suite is often hired for large wedding receptions, conferences, banqueting events and dances. There is a licenced bar available also in this suite. Venue hire for the McNamara Suite for conferences includes use of the Multimedia Audio Visual System and a PA system.

The venue hire of the Presidential Suite, which can accommodate up to 100 seated guests, is suitable for a medium sized conference, wedding reception, dancing, training and presentations. The suite is often also hired for use as an examination room. Again, the hire includes use of the Multimedia Audio Visual System for conference hire.

Our Conference Room hire is suitable for smaller groups of up to 30 seated guests. This often suits as an office meeting venue, training course room or presentation space. The venue hire also has the Multimedia Audio Visual System available to facilitate the purpose of your specific event.

For the perfect meeting room venue in London our Library Room is best place to ‘book’ or hire. This brightly designed venue can accommodate meetings, training courses, receptions or private parties.

Hiring a Venue in London – Things For Consideration

London venues bring with them many issues that need to be considered before deciding on which venue to hire.

• Size of the venue.
  

A major concern is the size of the venue – does it have a large enough capacity to accommodate your conference numbers or all your wedding guests. We have banqueting suites and rooms for both large and small numbers, so you can select which suite or room suits your venue requirements – our maximum capacity being 300 seated guests in the McNamara Suite.

• Transport – the location of the venue.
  

London is a very busy city, with a lot of good transport links. Our venue is close to both the overground train, Camden Road Station and on the underground, Camden Town tube station on the Northern Line is 5-10 minutes walk. If you need to bring your car, there is restricted parking available on the streets around the venue. London Borough of Camden’s parking restrictions currently allow free parking at the weekends and after 6.30pm.

• Venue Facilities – Multimedia Audio Visual Systems

As with current technologies, most presentations, conferences and meetings require the use of either visual or audio systems to enhance the message of presenter or speaker. All suites and room hires in the London Irish Centre include use of our modern Multimedia Audio Visual Systems. We also have microphones, PA’s, DVD Players and WiFi available.

To arrange venue hire of one of our suites, meeting rooms or conference rooms, please contact us to confirm availability. One of our experienced staff will be able to assist you with any further information required or to arrange a viewing of venue.

For further information and photos of each specific suite, meeting rooms or conference rooms, view the individual pages for each.

The McNamara Suite – up to 300 capacity
The Presidential Suite – up to 100 capacity
The Conference Room – up to 30 capacity
The Library Room – up to 35 capacity
The Foyer – for reception drinks of up to 100 capacity standing