Community Links

Community Links is an innovative charity running community-based projects in east London. For 30 years we have helped thousands of children, young people, adults and older people in deprived neighbourhoods. Our programme of national work shares the local lessons across the country to widen the impact of our projects and generate lasting social change

Fools Gold - the need for a 2012 legacy plan

23rd Apr 2008

2012 Olympics will break ‘legacy’ promise unless rules are changed quickly, says a new report from the New Economics Foundation and Community Links. With only a week to go until the Londoners cast their votes in mayoral elections, a new report from nef (the new economics foundation), Fool’s Gold, shows that, unless cast-iron guarantees are built into plans for the 2012 Olympics, the Games will fail to leave the promised positive local legacy for the poorest residents of East London.

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Two new reports from LinksUK

20th Mar 2008

LinksUK have released two new reports, exploring work and benefits and the informal economy:

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The Queen comes to visit!

13th Mar 2008

During a royal tour of the East London Tate & Lyle sugar refinery today, HM The Queen paid a visit to Auction My Stuff, the venture set up by Social Enterprise Ambassador Chris Allwood to help unemployed young people to get the skills, experience and confidence they need to enter the world of work.

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