Young people will use the equipment, which costs 45,000, to help them do their homework. Parents will be taught computer skills.
The Bayswater centre is the third of NCH's Access to IT pilot projects.
The second, which is for young people leaving care, opened in Coventry last week, and the first, for disabled people, launched in April in Kingston upon Thames.
Kam Matharu, project manager for Access to IT, said: "The key thing is that it is about social inclusion, giving everyone in life the same skills. It is about bridging the digital divide."
The overall cost of the three Access to IT pilots, including equipment and training, is 1m.
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