Building on Jewish Care’s Sugar & Ronson Campus – a first-class care and community hub on the site of the old Redbridge Jewish Community Centre (RJCC) – is fully underway.
The campus will include the Sugar Family Care Home, a 66-bed residence that will replace Vi & John Rubens House, and the modern and fully accessible Ronson Community Centre.
It will also incorporate The Dennis Centre for people living with dementia, as well as providing a communal space and the base for the charity’s social and community support work.
Jewish Care CEO Daniel Carmel-Brown confirmed that building is scheduled to complete by June 2026.
He said: “We are delighted that this project is on schedule, reflecting efficient planning and execution. We know that the community will share our excitement at seeing our vision becoming a reality, after so many years.”
The Sugar & Ronson Campus is Jewish Care’s fourth development hub in the UK and the first in North East London and Essex. It is designed to meet the needs of the community both now and into the future.
Thanking those whose name it is taking, Daniel said: “It is because of the outstanding generosity from Lord Sugar and his family, together with the Ronson family via The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation, that this much-needed care and community campus is being built for the local community.”
He added: “Alongside their commitments – and funds already raised by the Redbridge Aid Golf Society, the Local Angels Committee and the Redbridge Sports Committee – we have been hugely supported by Hamberley Developments Limited and Patron Capital as our Development Coordinator.
“We are also truly grateful for the key role our local community has played in showing their support for the project during the process and we hope this will continue through future campaigns.”
Jewish Care is currently running a campaign to raise the remaining £5 million expected to be needed to complete the project.
Jonathan West, director of legal affairs, property and procurement, said: “The memories made at Redbridge Jewish Community Centre are so important to Jewish Care and to the community, so we have carefully preserved the memorabilia from decades of community life at RJCC – also known to many as Sinclair House or simply ‘Club’ – which will be displayed at the new campus when it opens.”
While building is underway, the RJCC’s day and adult community centre services will continues at Woodford Forest United Synagogue. Jewish Care’s Dennis Centre for people living with dementia, and its MIKE youth leadership programme, are operating from a dedicated space at Vi & John Rubens House during this interim period.
• For further updates, including a time-lapse film of the development so far, please visit www.jewishcare.org/Redbridge.
