ABOUT US
The past - The Deptford Ragged Trust dates back to 1844 when eight ‘Christian men and women’ from Deptford opened one of London’s first ‘ragged schools’ in a loft above a cowshed on Deptford High Street.
The present - Today the Deptford Ragged Trust at the Shaftesbury Christian Centre is home to The Bear Church, Bear Cubs, The Evening Service and soup kitchen, The Deptford Ragged School Archive, English Fridays, Psalms and Stretches, BearLive and many other creative and community events from theatre shows to jumble sales.
The future - In 2022, we will knock down our 1950s life-expired building and replace it with a new building of six storeys, with the ground and part of the first floor for flexible church, community, exhibition, archive, cafeĢ and office space, and the upper floors for residential accommodation at London Affordable Rent.