Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Children's Services and Skills, last month visited City Gateway as part of a national survey inspection of providers working with young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) and has recognised the charity's training services as a national example of best practice.

The Docklands Newspaper, 12th Sugust 2009

THEATRE and Hollywood films star Sir Ian McKellen is urging people to get involved in a new volunteering scheme close to their workplace.

City Gateway at Limehouse Youth Centre hopes people around Canary Wharf will provide help to their local community in their lunch break or after work.

Hannah Wooderson,  24dash.com in Communities, August 11th 2009

As City Gateway looks to launch a new volunteering scheme, giving Canary Wharf and City workers volunteering opportunities less than 10 minutes from their offices, Sir Ian McKellen came down to the Limehouse Youth Centre to see an art project already bringing together a wide spectrum of the community.

The centre in Tower Hamlets, run jointly with Poplar HARCA, has attracted more than 50 entries into its art competition which is being openly judged by a mix of young people, Canary Wharf workers and local residents, including Ian himself.