Press - Hopscotch

Helping those leaping from ‘trauma to trauma’

‘In those darkest moments, Hopscotch holds a space for women and girls to safely share’ By Benaifer Bhandari | Camden New Journal | 10th March 2023 IN a world where many of us are fighting for whole communities of people to be seen, acknowledged, listened to and respected – at Hopscotch we zoom right in […]

Who roped us into this? Eighty daredevils abseil down skyscraper

Mayor leads the way down in aid ofd H By Frankie Lister-Fell | Camden New Journal | 15th May 2023 MORE than 80 people aged 13 to 67 abseiled down an 18-floor tower in Euston last Thursday to raise thousands of pounds for women’s charity Hopscotch. Dangling 70 metres above the pavement, Hopscotch’s CEO Benaifer Bhandari, […]

Former Camden Council leader chooses women’s safety charity for second mayoral year

By Nathalie Raffray | Ham & High | 20th May 2022 A former leader of Camden Council is stepping into the breach to become mayor for a second time. Cllr Nasim Ali OBE was the first Bangladeshi and Muslim Mayor in Camden 2003/2004 and was also the youngest in the country, aged just 34. This […]

Camden charity abseil raises £43,000 for Hopscotch

By Nathalie Raffray | Ham & High | 14th May 2023 Camden’s mayor helped raise £43,000 for a domestic violence charity when he followed a skydive with an abseil down an 18-storey building. Cllr Nasim Ali was among more than 80 people taking part in the challenge in Regent’s Place, Euston Road, on May 4, to raise vital […]

Cllr Nasim Ali ends mayoral year with fundraising success

Camden Newsroom | 18 May 2023 Cllr Nasim Ali OBE has completed a successful year of fundraising as the Mayor of Camden, raising over £55,000 for Hopscotch Women’s Centre. At the council AGM on Wednesday, 17 May 2023 Cllr Ali passed the baton to Cllr Nazma Rahman, who will be Camden’s new Mayor for 2023-2024. Cllr […]

7 Ways Brits Can Support Afghan Refugees in the UK Right Now

Small nonprofits and community groups have leapt to action to support newly arriving refugees By Helen Lock | Global Citizen | September 10, 2021 Imagine what it would be like to take the agonising decision to leave your home country in a matter of hours, leaving friends and family behind, only then to arrive in a […]

Member Spotlight: Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre

Women’s Resources Centre Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre is North London based charity that was established as a Save the Children project to help and support Bangladeshi women and children who had come to join their partners in the UK to settle. Now, they specialise in support, advice and advocacy for Black, Asian & Minority ethnic women and […]