About us

History

Turkish Cypriot Community Association (TCCA) established in 1976, the Charity is a Company Limited by Guarantee (Company Number 3851759) with Charity Status (Charity Number 1080926), and more recently it became registered with Locality (Locality 03063). In terms of turnover and staffing TCCA is the largest Turkish Speaking charity in the UK.

As a charity it has been providing culturally, linguistically, and religiously sensitive services to Turkish Cypriot community. It also serves other who describe themselves as Cypriot and Turkish Speaking that reside in the UK. TCCA operates from three premises.

Main Office and Haringey branch

628-630 Green Lanes, Haringey N8 0SD.

Hackney and Islington branch

117 Green Lanes

Enfield branch

53 Lancaster Rd, Enfield EN2 0BU

Southwark branch

152 Old Kent Rd, London SE1 5TY

We are also considering a subcache in Waltham Forest.

All projects are developed based on assessed need and thereafter provided in partnership with beneficiaries, stakeholders, and members. For those members of our community who have a limited command of English, the disadvantage suffered due to not being able to read or understand is heightened. With the economic climate at its worse since the 1930s, a downturn in services offered by advice bureaus, restriction in accessible benefits and unemployment at record levels, have all placed an immense strain on people(s) ability to deal with debt. The burden on charities to provide debt/financial planning to those most in need is immense, and many charities are unable to bridge the gap between required provision and finances.

In the last 24 this has been expatiated with the Covid 19 pandemic which has plagued our nation since March 2020. With this charities have had to further juggle the need to serve people in need with a need to balance their books ensuring that they have the stability to move forward.

With the economic climate at its worse since the 1930s, a downturn in services offered by advice bureaus, restriction in accessible benefits and unemployment at record levels, have all placed an immense strain on people(s) ability to deal with debt. The burden on charities to provide debt/financial planning to those most in need is immense, and many charities are unable to bridge the gap between required provision and finances.

In recent months this has been expatiated with the Covid 19 pandemic which has plagued our nation since March of this year. With these charities have had to further juggle the need to serve people in need and balance their books ensuring that they have the stability to move forward.

Our Vision and Mission

Our raison d’etre is to support our community through our self-funded and internally created and externally tendered projects. These projects must provide a springboard for Turkish speaking people to either increase quality of life or gain training and support that will ultimately result in them not requiring government benefits to survive.

Through recognising the developments within our own community and contact with government bodies and locally sympathetic NGO’s, the TCCA will in time create more fresh projects and offer help in the most deprived corners of our community.

Our ambition is to improve lives for the short and long term and to contribute to wider society. Our full charitable objectives and breakdown are as set out in our memorandum and articles of association. Copies of these are available at the TCCA office for anyone who wishes to review them.