
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.
Mark Stone, Sky News, 27th August 2009
The success that thousands of GCSE pupils are enjoying is hiding a growing problem.
East End Life, 7th-13th September 2009
SPURS and England striker Peter Crouch visited the Limehouse Youth Club to encourage a new community initiative.
Run jointly by City Gateway and housing association Poplar HARCA, the centre provides free sports-based training and apprenticeships for NEETs - young people not in education, employment or training.
Docklands Newspaper, 1st September 2009
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.
East London Advertiser, 26th August 2009
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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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.
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