Welcome to Community Links
We are an innovative east London charity, running a wide range of community projects for 30,000 people every year. Based in Newham, we have over 30 years of experience working with local people to support children, young people, adults and families.
Through our national work, we share lessons with government and community groups across the country to achieve social change.
In numbers
Links4Life
In the east London boroughs of Newham and Waltham Forest 41% of the population are below 25 years old, with one quarter of these young people unemployed. Our new project Links4Life will work with 700 young people over three years to help them help them build a positive future.
Local Services
Find services that we offer in and around Newham.
What's New
FRE Flyers sports club launch
The Great Britain Hockey squad joined Community Links' young sports stars to launch Newham's newest sports club this week. The club is the next step in a remarkable journey that…
Success Stories
Sheeleekquia
Sheeleekquia, 16, from Plaistow, is delighted with the GCSE results she achieved in the summer, she was awarded five GCSE passes.
With the help of Community Links’…
Get involved
Find out how you can raise funds to help our work by taking up a challenge event as an individual or a team. You can also get information on our charity partnerships and volunteering opportunities by clicking here
Policy and Influencing
Early Action
'How do we build a society that prevents problems from occurring rather than one that, as now, copes with the consequences?’ That's the question the Early Action Taskforce set out to answer early in 2011. Its first report - The Triple Dividend - launched in November. Visit the Early Action pages.