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We provide training and events for young people and women in the Borough of Tower Hamlets working in partnership with a range of other organisations and firms.
Looking to get qualifications or build confidence? Young People Click Here, Women Click Here to find out what we offer.
We provide training and events for young people and women in the Borough of Tower Hamlets working in partnership with a range of other organisations and firms.
Looking to get qualifications or build confidence? Young People Click Here, Women Click Here to find out what we offer.
Press Cuttings
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Crouch Heads for Docklands Centre
Date Published:
Tue, 09/01/2009 - 10:00
Docklands Newspaper, 1st September 2009
Bashing Bankers - Business News on CNN
Date Published:
Wed, 09/02/2009 - 10:00
Jim Boulden, CNN News, 2nd September 2009
CNN's Jim Boulden reports on one charity in London's most deprived area backed by beleaguered bankers.
Peter Crouch Supports Grass-Roots Training
Date Published:
Tue, 08/25/2009 - 10:00
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.
Peter Crouch kicks off East End’s ‘football factory’
Date Published:
Wed, 08/26/2009 - 10:00
East London Advertiser, 26th August 2009
City Gateway steps in as youth drop-out rate hits new high
Date Published:
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 10:00
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
Date Published:
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 10:00
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
Date Published:
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:00
BBC 6pm News, ITN 6:30pm News, BBC 10 O'Clock News, ITN News at 10
Volunteering in bite size chunks
Date Published:
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 10:00
East End Life, 17-23 August 2009
A VOLUNTEERING scheme has been launched to give Canary Wharf and City workers the chance to help out in projects just ten minutes away from their offices.
Actor Sir Ian McKellen launched the scheme at the Limehouse Youth Centre, run by community organisation City Gateway.
Tower Hamlets' Charity Launches Free NEET Training Courses
Date Published:
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 10:00
Lorainne Connolly, Community Newswire, August 17th 2009
Young people have been particularly badly hit by the recession, with nearly 1 million of them not in education, employment or training. Louise Tickle talks to the 'Neets'
Date Published:
Tue, 07/07/2009 - 10:00
Louise Tickle, The Guardian, Tuesday 7th July 2009
'It's scary, I can tell you'
Young people have been particularly badly hit by the recession, with nearly 1 million of them not in education, employment or training. Louise Tickle talks to the 'Neets'
As the recession bites, young people fresh out of education seem to be among its biggest victims. Nearly 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds now find themselves not in education, employment or training - the so-called Neets.
