{"id":958,"date":"2024-03-11T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/2024\/03\/11\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T09:50:48","slug":"getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andy Naylor, Community Enterprise Catalyst, tells us about activity and plans for the Westminster project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I, alongside my brilliant colleague Joe, have got the new\u00a0Community Catalysts project in Westminster\u00a0underway. From early January we have been out and about getting to know the incredible people and organisations doing brilliant work in the borough. This is to understand how we can complement the work they are doing.<\/p>\n<p>The project is about finding exceptional people and organisations that can offer more choice of community activities for older people, people with dementia, autistic people and disabled people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20115\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Andy-and-Joe-300x225-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Andy-and-Joe-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Andy and Joe\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy and Joe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In our first week we walked from Pimlicco to Edgeware Road, which gave us a look at just how much wonderful stuff is already going on in the borough. It also gave us a very impressive step count for the day!<\/p>\n<p>Westminster is a large, diverse area where people want to live their lives to the fullest. At the wonderful Church Street Library, residents can sign up for activities such as street photography and drama workshops for older people. The Dende Collective is a theatre company that has been doing incredible work since 1999. It ran an \u2018improv for elders\u2019 workshop at the library in 2016 that went on to see older actors perform shows in the nearby Cockpit theatre. We are very excited to be meeting up with Andre, the Artistic Director to find out more about this innovative group.<\/p>\n<p>From ballet groups for older people, to skateboarding sessions and gardening clubs, Westminster is bursting with creative talent and passion. We went to the Abbey Centre to meet up with Laura who runs weekly support sessions for women in Westminster who want to set up their own business. They have lots of ideas for supporting people in the community. The centre also runs a community choir, a men\u2019s shed, a programme of activities for over 55s and lots more.<\/p>\n<p>We are only two months into the project, but already we\u2019ve been blown away by what Westminster has to offer. We\u2019re excited about what the next two years will bring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get in touch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We plan to organise a taster session that will showcase the brilliant community enterprises in Westminster. This event will connect organisations with people in the local community who would love to attend their activities.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have an idea you need support with? Or are you already running a programme that you want to shout about? Get in touch!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:\u00a0westminster@communitycatalysts.co.uk<\/strong>\u00a0or <strong>call Andy: 07876 836317<\/strong> or <strong>Joe: 07939 958614<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a partnership with Westminster City Council.<\/p>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Naylor tells us about activity and plans for the Westminster project.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":1,"featured_media":18727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous","regions-royal-borough-of-kensington-and-chelsea-and-city-of-westminster"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Getting busy in the borough of Westminster | Small Good Stuff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster | Small Good Stuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andy Naylor tells us about activity and plans for the Westminster project.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Small Good Stuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-11T15:59:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-11T09:50:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Westminster-news.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"commcatsprd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"commcatsprd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"commcatsprd\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3d20c55ec3ad58a69af105a7f19fbfbc\"},\"headline\":\"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-11T15:59:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-11T09:50:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":443,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Westminster-news.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/\",\"name\":\"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster | Small Good Stuff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Westminster-news.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-11T15:59:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-11T09:50:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3d20c55ec3ad58a69af105a7f19fbfbc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Westminster-news.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Westminster-news.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Green circle reading 'Westminster news'\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/\",\"name\":\"Small Good Stuff\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3d20c55ec3ad58a69af105a7f19fbfbc\",\"name\":\"commcatsprd\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d444e798e4623d78c2666b3e8d0febaf12698c6cd450e01142e9bb62e9a80020?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d444e798e4623d78c2666b3e8d0febaf12698c6cd450e01142e9bb62e9a80020?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d444e798e4623d78c2666b3e8d0febaf12698c6cd450e01142e9bb62e9a80020?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"commcatsprd\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\\\/smallgoodstuff\\\/author\\\/commcatsprd\\\/\"}]}<\/script>","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster | Small Good Stuff","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster | Small Good Stuff","og_description":"Andy Naylor tells us about activity and plans for the Westminster project.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/","og_site_name":"Small Good Stuff","article_published_time":"2024-03-11T15:59:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-11T09:50:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Westminster-news.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"commcatsprd","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"commcatsprd","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/"},"author":{"name":"commcatsprd","@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/#\/schema\/person\/3d20c55ec3ad58a69af105a7f19fbfbc"},"headline":"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster","datePublished":"2024-03-11T15:59:02+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-11T09:50:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/"},"wordCount":443,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Westminster-news.png","articleSection":["Miscellaneous"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/","url":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/","name":"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster | Small Good Stuff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Westminster-news.png","datePublished":"2024-03-11T15:59:02+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-11T09:50:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/#\/schema\/person\/3d20c55ec3ad58a69af105a7f19fbfbc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Westminster-news.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Westminster-news.png","width":800,"height":600,"caption":"Green circle reading 'Westminster news'"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/getting-busy-in-the-borough-of-westminster\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Getting busy in the borough of Westminster"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/","name":"Small Good Stuff","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/#\/schema\/person\/3d20c55ec3ad58a69af105a7f19fbfbc","name":"commcatsprd","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d444e798e4623d78c2666b3e8d0febaf12698c6cd450e01142e9bb62e9a80020?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d444e798e4623d78c2666b3e8d0febaf12698c6cd450e01142e9bb62e9a80020?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d444e798e4623d78c2666b3e8d0febaf12698c6cd450e01142e9bb62e9a80020?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"commcatsprd"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/author\/commcatsprd\/"}]}},"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/smallgoodstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}