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Below are all the latest news stories from Community Links. You can also access our latest press releases, and see our latest media coverage
For media enquiries, please contact Will Horwitz, 020 7473 9669 or 07966 344506, while the about us section has more information on Community Links' work.
Education Links: Free School application successful.
We are delighted to report that Education Links, Community Links' OFSTED registered school has been successful in its application for Free School status. We are one of the 102 groups that have moved to the Pre-Opening stage – towards opening as an Alternative Provision Free School in September 2014. This is a great endorsement of the work that has been done at Education Links. For over 17 years we have been here supporting young people… Read more.
Community Links is a partner in new café on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
The Café will be one of four permanent cafes and four permanent kiosks across the site and will be the first to open on the Park in July. Alongside the Café there are two community rooms, which will be run by Community Links. The London Legacy Development Corporation has also announced today that all permanent sites will be required to sign up to the Food Legacy Pledge and the Healthier Catering… Read more.
Giving evidence to the Public Accounts Committee
This week Community Links' senior advisor David Robinson gave evidence to the Public Accounts Committee as part of their hearing on Early Action you can see video of the hearing below. The hearing followed publication of the National Audit Office's Early Action Landscape Review, which resulted from a recommendation of the Early… Read more.
Community Links: seeking new trustees
Community Links is seeking to appoint additional Trustees to our Board. New Trustees will join us at a particularly exciting time as we launch our new strategy which sets out our unique role in delivering a Living Legacy for east London. If you have a commitment to our vision and values and a passion for making a difference, we want to hear from you. Please note we are particularly (but not exclusively) interested in hearing from those with expertise in procurement & contract management and… Read more.
Community Links joins national advisory group on tackling poverty
The Centre for Social Justice is an inflential and independent think tank established in 2004 to seek effective solutions to the poverty that blights parts of Britain. Back in 2007 the Breakthrough Britain Report reinvigorated the national debate about tackling poverty by focusing on the five root causes of poverty: family breakdown; economic dependency and worklessness; educational failure;… Read more.