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Crouch Heads for Docklands Centre

Docklands Newspaper, 1st September 2009

Helping youngsters get in shape for the workplace

Feature by Shalina Hussain, East End Life, 31st August - 6th September 2009

As unemployment figures highlight how those leaving education are being hardest hit by the credit crunch, an east London charity is helping young people beat the odds as Shalina Hussain reports.

CITY Gateway training organisation has been working with young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) for more than ten years.

GCSE Success Hides A Growing Problem

Mark Stone, Sky News, 27th August 2009

The success that thousands of GCSE pupils are enjoying is hiding a growing problem.

Peter Crouch kicks off East End’s ‘football factory’

East London Advertiser, 26th August 2009

Peter Crouch Supports Grass-Roots Training

Lorraine Connolly, Community Newswire, 25th August 2009

England footballer Peter Crouch visited an East London youth centre on Monday to encourage a new community sports initiative.

The Limehouse Youth Centre provides free sports-based training and apprenticeships for NEET (not in education, employment and training) young people. It is funded by the Team England Footballers Charity Outreach Programme and run jointly by training charity City Gateway and housing association Poplar HARCA.

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City Gateway steps in as youth drop-out rate hits new high

 Gary O'Donoghue, BBC Television News

There is more evidence that young people are bearing the brunt of the recession.

New figures show that the number of 18-24-year-olds in England considered to be "Neets" - not in education, employment or training - has risen by more than 100,000 in the past year.

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Charity meets recession head on and gets East End kids jobs

Gemma Collins, East London Advertiser, 18th August 2009

A CHARITY in London's deprived East End is taking the recession 'by the scruff of the neck' and beating the jobless trend among school-leavers.

Kids just leaving education are being hardest hit by the credit crunch, Government figures reveal this week.

It has estimated an average jobless school-leaver at 16 will cost the taxpayer £97,000, some as much as £300,000.

BBC & ITN Both Feature City Gateway Trainees

BBC 6pm News, ITN 6:30pm News, BBC 10 O'Clock News, ITN News at 10

‘NEET’ training courses in Tower Hamlets an answer to national problem?

As new youth unemployment (Not in Education, Employment or Training) figures highlight how those just leaving education are being hardest hit by the credit crunch, an East London charity is beating the trend and showing a model which helps young people beat the odds.

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