Eddie Stride
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Welcome to this month's Eddie-torialSummer is here and at City Gateway things are hotting up too - we're reallyexcited to finally be able to relaunch our eNewsletter (and our new website)! Many exciting things have been happening and I hope this newsletter will give you a good taster of what we're up to.We had an amazing time at our Annual Showcase event up at RBS - it was great to see so many of you there. We have progressed even more young people through our courses and apprenticeships, our Women's Project is growing so fast we need to take on even more staff and our Limehouse Youth Club is gearing up for our Summer Programme with 6 whole weeks jam packed with events for the community and young people in Tower Hamlets. Anyway, we've got so much to fit in that I'd better stop now... |
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Who we are...Started in 1999, City Gateway is a Tower Hamlets-based charity and we aim to alleviate poverty, unemployment and social and economic exclusion, helping individuals to develop their potential and realise their ambitions by providing training and progression programmes.This e-Newsletter is being sent to you because either you or your company directly supports the work we do, whether you know it or not, and we want to acknowledge and thank you for your hard work, and in the process let you know what we are getting up to. |
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Annual Showcase 2008We had a great time at the City Gateway Showcase Event on 27th May, generously hosted by RBS in their wonderful Bishopsgate offices, celebrating a packed-to-bursting year of achievement in continuing to bring hope to Tower Hamlets.Headlining was Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP with an inspirational speech, and reports and presentations covering every angle of what we do, and even a special City Gateway rap by Suzy, Jamal and Faisal! Thanks to everyone who came along for making it such a great and encouraging evening - we can do nothing without the support of all of the different and To read more about this year's Showcase please click here. |
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New Look for City Gateway Website!As you may already have noticed the City Gateway website - www.citygateway.org.uk, has had a facelift and now features even more information about who we are and what we do, including reports, latest news and updates.
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Enterprise UpdateGateway Media - our superb digital media and design social enterprise is going from strength to strength and has recently taken on a former trainee Shaal Karim as an apprentice.
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EngageThe 5th Engage of the year started at the beginning of June. We have 15 trainees working towards CLAiT Level 1 IT unit - Online Communication, mylife, employability and tasters in media and sports/outdoor activities. The course will run until the beginning of July, with all of the trainees having the opportunity to progress onto Engage Plus if they have decent attendance, punctuality and attitude. Where they will be able to complete the level 1 IT, and continue with employability and mylife training. |
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Engage PlusFrom March - April 08 Engage Plus ran with a successful cohort of trainees where 3 courses were run; IT, Multimedia and Sports. From this we saw trainees undertake great work and excel within their own development which led to trainees progressing onto... |
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Export...Export May - June 08, and gaining further qualifications in all three areas. From all 3 courses around 40 trainees have completed, work placements and apprentiships have been secured for the majority some within the City, with other placements on the way.The courses have just excelled from strength to strength with strong partnerships being made particuliarly with Skillsmatch a job brokerage service based in Canary Wharf. |
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Women's Project UpdateOur keep fit classes have been so popular that we now have 2 classes on Mondays and gym visits on Wednesdays, and our nutrition course was a great success teaching women how to make healthy recipes and eat for fitness. These women certainly are becoming empowered... quite literally!The young attendees to our ballet classes have become so proficient that they are now learning to dance Swan Lake! and like Wimbledon our Childcare course is in such high demand that our current one is full and people may start camping outside for places! Our IT course with ongoing entry level classes and spreadsheet masterclasses is churning out digitally empowered women - IT's all good! Of course, all of our work is only made possible due to the hard work of our amazing volunteers and staff and to welcome our new member of staff, Natalie we went out for a team curry in Brick Lane. |
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LimehouseLimehouse Youth Centre is blossoming as we launch new events such as our Girls’ Night and a new NVQ Fitness course, alongside our existing youth and community programmes.Many young people who came on our Easter programme have kept on coming back to the PAYP programme and it has been really encouraging to see so many young people from different background coming to use the music studio and MC together. As we continue to reach out to the local community we continue uncovering different needs and opportunities, and ways in which we can impact Tower Hamlets. |
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Summer Programme
The Summer Programme is City Gateway’s own summer blockbuster, action-packed and packed with star performances! This year’s program is bigger and better than ever and young people can come and get involved in football coaching from West Ham United, write lyrics and record tracks in our music studio, come and work out in our fully kitted-out gym, compete in pool and table tennis tournaments, get involved in rock climbing, cookery sessions, basketball, badminton, hip hop dance sessions, multimedia workshops, IT workshops, Arts & Crafts, Beauty Salon and loads more… |
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Natalie Brenninkmeijer - Lansbury LodgeNatalie is the new Progression Worker at the Lansbury Lodge Women's Project, which entails coming alongside the women, drawing out their needs, and finding a path for them to get there.Natalie has a degree in Music and a love for everything fun, colourful and creative, and her heart is to see the women of Tower Hamlets released into all they are and can become. In her spare time she loves singing classical music, going for coffees, finding cute streets, and watching people. An interesting fact to finish off, is that she is one of 6 siblings - perfect for the busy life at Lansbury Lodge! |
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