The Laburnum Boat Club is a community-based boating project by the Regents Canal in South Hackney.
A voluntary organisation managed by local people, it aims to provide opportunities for the personal development of children, young people and their families in the local community through participation in a range of water-based activities.
“to be a positive force for changing lives in a safe and supportive environment"
Staff Team
Club Co-ordinator
Youth Club Manager
Senior Skipper
Instructor
Inclusion Worker
Management Committee
Marnie Collins
I have lived and worked in Hackney all my life. Teaching swimming to as many people I could. I love it here.
I was a teenager at Laburnum Boat Club and am now very proud to be on their committee.
Kumar Kotecha
Independent consultant and University academic with expertise in Teacher Training, Youth & Community Work/Study, Management & Leadership, Third Sector & Social Enterprise and Criminal Law
Bruce Logan
Seconded in 2006 to the Board to represent UBS, a long-term supporter of Laburnum Boat Club and still on the Board many years later.
Background in Business, Project and Programme Management, which I contribute to the club through a focus on strategic and financial planning.
Love the friendly atmosphere, how inclusive the club is and can confidently state that the club has the most unique AGM I have ever attended.
Julian Putkowski
Julian Putkowski, military historian (retired), b. 1947; Hackney resident since 1980; joined LBC Management Committee in 1987.
Malcolm Stewart
Malcolm Stewart is a retired Architect. After their three sons grew up, he and his wife
Sheila, a retired Nursery Nurse, fostered babies whilst social services supported their
parental care or until the courts advised on adoption. Malcolm also served on the fostering
and adoption panel of a local authority.
He has always had an interest in boat history and canals and enjoys dinghy sailing, rowing
and boat restoration. As a member of Canals in Hackney User’s Group, he promotes using
funds and facilities to support Laburnum Boat Club.