Welcome to Community Links
We are an innovative east London charity, running a wide range of community projects for over 16,000 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.
New advice sessions around Newham
New Advice Sessions
Community Links is now offering free advice sessions in our five community hubs around the borough. See legal advisors in a supportive community atmosphere for specialist help with welfare benefit, debt and housing issues, plus information and support on other issues. More details
Local Services
Find services that we offer in and around Newham.
What's New
PhotoSpeak: Connecting Communities
PhotoSpeak is a community education digital photography project hosted by Community Links, at the Chandos East Hub, Stratford. A group of women from the communities surrounding the…
Success Stories
Beverley Owusu
Beverly Owusu came to Employment Links after being unemployed for five years, and joined the Getting to Work project.
Community Links staff supported her with training and…
Get involved
The slogan for the London 2012 Olympic Games – ‘Inspire a Generation’ mirrors our own belief that the Olympics has provided our area of east London with a unique opportunity to tackle decades of exclusion to transform the communities we support and to secure a positive impact. We’d be delighted to hear from you if you can assist with support to help achieve the living legacy
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 second report - The Deciding Time - launched in November 2012. Visit the Early Action pages.