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Church History
A Wesleyan Methodist Church has been on site since 1813
William Booth (Founder of The Salvation Army) attended the church in the 1850's.
Clubland was the inspiration of The Revd. Jimmy Butterworth Who created the building complex, which contains a Methodist Church, a Theatre, a Gymnasium and a Hostel.
In the 1930's the old church was pulled down and the buildings for girls and boys clubs - designed by Sir Edward Maufe (the architect of Guildford Cathedral) - were open on May 30th 1939 by Her Majesty Queen Mary, who was the patron of Clubland for several years.
The new church and several of the club rooms were destroyed just two years later by a bomb which fell during the second world war and on May 18th 1946, Her Majesty Queen Mary visited the bombed site to attend an open air service which inaugurated the renovation programme.
HRH Princess Alexandra visited in 1963.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother opened the new Clubland and Hostel on May 18th 1964.
Other Royal Visitors were HRH the Duke of Gloucester in May 1934, HRH the Prince of Wales who visited in December 1936. Many famous people from show business and sport were involved in the renovation and development, including Lord and Lady Attenborough, Lord Oliver, Vivien Leigh, Dame Sybil Thorndike, John Mills Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Sir Stanley Rous. Bob Hope was a very generous benefactor and visited four times
Bobbie Kennedy made his first public speech at Clubland at the age of 13, when his father was the US Ambassador.
Michael Caine, who was born in the adjoining street, was a member of Clubland and his first acting role was on the stage in the Clubland theatre.
Under the ministry of the Rev Vic Watson (1977-1994) the church became one of the fastest growing Methodist Churches in the UK
The Rev. Norman Grigg took over in 1994 and continued the work for the next ten years until his retirement to the Gambia. In May 2009 he was elected President of the Gambian Methodist Church.
MELRAW (Methodist Leadership Race Awareness Workshops) was started shortly after the Brixton 'riots' of 1981, originating as race awareness training for police recruits. Sybill Phoenix MBE was one of the first workers.
The Theatre remained unused for about twenty years until 1996 when modifications were made to begin its use for community groups, meetings and events.
The first major use of the theatre for a theatrical production since the 1960's took place on 23rd June 1999, as the venue for a 'Kids' Company' production, performed in the presence of HRH Prince of Wales. Currently Clubland has the largest Methodist congregation in London with 525 members and its average weekly attendance for worship is 350.
A full community programme operates within the building with over 50 voluntary groups regularly using the premises. These include clubs for those with special needs (the Freddie Mills Club), for ethnic minorities (including a Turkish Luncheon Club, an African Caribbean Luncheon Club and classes for those with English as a second language) and for young people (Clubland Methodist Young Adults and Southwark's Black Mentor Scheme).
Nine Voluntary Groups have their office base at the premises (including Contact a Family and Southwark African Families' Services).
We have gone into partnership with West London Mission and now the former Hostel has been converted to a 34 bed Hostel (for overseas students and asylum seekers) and West London Mission runs their Big Hour project in the remainder of the Hostel, with 10 flats for a rough sleepers initiative.
Visit Infed.org for more information on Jimmy Butterworth.
William Booth (Founder of The Salvation Army) attended the church in the 1850's.Clubland was the inspiration of The Revd. Jimmy Butterworth Who created the building complex, which contains a Methodist Church, a Theatre, a Gymnasium and a Hostel.In the 1930's the old church was pulled down and the buildings for girls and boys clubs - designed by Sir Edward Maufe (the architect of Guildford Cathedral) - were open on May 30th 1939 by Her Majesty Queen Mary, who was the patron of Clubland for several years.
The new church and several of the club rooms were destroyed just two years later by a bomb which fell during the second world war and on May 18th 1946, Her Majesty Queen Mary visited the bombed site to attend an open air service which inaugurated the renovation programme.
HRH Princess Alexandra visited in 1963.Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother opened the new Clubland and Hostel on May 18th 1964.
Other Royal Visitors were HRH the Duke of Gloucester in May 1934, HRH the Prince of Wales who visited in December 1936. Many famous people from show business and sport were involved in the renovation and development, including Lord and Lady Attenborough, Lord Oliver, Vivien Leigh, Dame Sybil Thorndike, John Mills Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Sir Stanley Rous. Bob Hope was a very generous benefactor and visited four times
Bobbie Kennedy made his first public speech at Clubland at the age of 13, when his father was the US Ambassador.
Michael Caine, who was born in the adjoining street, was a member of Clubland and his first acting role was on the stage in the Clubland theatre.
Under the ministry of the Rev Vic Watson (1977-1994) the church became one of the fastest growing Methodist Churches in the UK
The Rev. Norman Grigg took over in 1994 and continued the work for the next ten years until his retirement to the Gambia. In May 2009 he was elected President of the Gambian Methodist Church.
MELRAW (Methodist Leadership Race Awareness Workshops) was started shortly after the Brixton 'riots' of 1981, originating as race awareness training for police recruits. Sybill Phoenix MBE was one of the first workers.
The Theatre remained unused for about twenty years until 1996 when modifications were made to begin its use for community groups, meetings and events.
The first major use of the theatre for a theatrical production since the 1960's took place on 23rd June 1999, as the venue for a 'Kids' Company' production, performed in the presence of HRH Prince of Wales. Currently Clubland has the largest Methodist congregation in London with 525 members and its average weekly attendance for worship is 350.
A full community programme operates within the building with over 50 voluntary groups regularly using the premises. These include clubs for those with special needs (the Freddie Mills Club), for ethnic minorities (including a Turkish Luncheon Club, an African Caribbean Luncheon Club and classes for those with English as a second language) and for young people (Clubland Methodist Young Adults and Southwark's Black Mentor Scheme).
Nine Voluntary Groups have their office base at the premises (including Contact a Family and Southwark African Families' Services).
We have gone into partnership with West London Mission and now the former Hostel has been converted to a 34 bed Hostel (for overseas students and asylum seekers) and West London Mission runs their Big Hour project in the remainder of the Hostel, with 10 flats for a rough sleepers initiative.
Visit Infed.org for more information on Jimmy Butterworth.