Harbourside Community Association

Neighbours helping neighbours

Festivals, food support, youth clubs and a warm welcome for everyone who lives, works or grew up by the harbour.

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Next up: Harbour festivalQuayside Green · free for everyone

1,200+ Members and friends
600+ Volunteer hours a month
6 Events this year
18 Community projects

Proudly supported by

Harbour Town Council
Quayside Fund
North Shore Library
Marina Arts Trust
Seaview School
Riverside Health
Old Town Bakery

Two smiling volunteers in aprons — **48+**volunteers on shift every week

Who we are

A neighbourhood that looks after its own

From the first welcome to a lifetime of friendships, our volunteers make sure nobody by the harbour is left on their own. We are independent, volunteer-run and open to everyone.

Our story

Years by the harbour30
Members and friends1,200

What we do

Four ways we bring people together

Hover over a card to see a little of each programme in action.

Festivals and events

The Harbour festival, coffee mornings, suppers and more, all year round.
See events
Food support

A weekly food bank and hot meals, run with dignity and no questions asked.
How it works
Youth programmes

Storytelling, workshops and clubs with local schools for ages 5 to 18.
Youth projects
A warm welcome

Friendly advice and a helping hand for newcomers and anyone going through a hard time.
Get in touch

About us

Rooted by the harbour for thirty years

We started as a handful of neighbours with a kettle and a borrowed hall. Today more than a thousand members run festivals, clubs, a food bank and a radio station.

Everything we do is decided by members and delivered by volunteers, so every hour you give stays right here in Harbourside.

Meet the committee

A large family group gathered on a porch

Get together

What’s on next

Free, friendly and open to everyone. Some events ask you to book a place.

Open the calendar

Mon 26 Oct 2026, 11:00

Coffee morning

Harbourside Hall

Registration open

Sat 31 Oct 2026, 10:30

Park and beach clean-up morning

Hall Garden

Registration open

Sat 7 Nov 2026, 12:00

Harbour festival

Quayside Green

Get involved

Joining takes five minutes

No forms to post and no fees in the first year. Here is what happens after you say hello.

Join now

A volunteer handing out bags of fresh food

Step 1
Say hello
Join online in five minutes or drop in at any event.
Step 2
Confirm your email
One click and your digital member card is ready.
Step 3
Find your people
Pick the clubs, branches and events that suit you.
Step 4
Make a difference
Volunteer, vote at the annual meeting, lead a project.

Our projects

Projects that changed our street

Ideas that started at a members’ meeting and grew into something the whole neighbourhood shares.

All projects

The community garden
Warm spaces every winter
Youth storytelling
The food bank

The community garden

Raised beds, a seed library and a quiet bench behind the hall, looked after by forty growers.
Read the story
Warm spaces every winter

A heated hall, hot soup and good company on the coldest evenings of the year.
How to help
Youth storytelling

Weekly sessions in the park where children tell, write and perform their own stories.
See the programme
The food bank

Three hundred parcels a month, sorted and packed by volunteers every Thursday.
Donate food

In their words

What members say

Don’t take our word for it: here is what being part of Harbourside means to the people who make it happen.

I moved here knowing nobody. Within a month I had friends, a garden plot and a reason to get up on Saturday mornings.
Ama OwusuMember and trustee
The food bank volunteers treated my family with such kindness when we needed it most. Now I help on Thursdays myself.
Joseph AdeyemiVolunteer, then secretary
Our pupils’ storytelling sessions in the park are the highlight of their week. Professional, warm and always ready to help.
Seaview SchoolPartner school
The festival is the best day of the year. Thirty stalls, a brass band and the whole street out together.
Helen CarterFestival volunteer