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The latest press releases from Community Links.
For media enquiries, please contact Kay Harper, Communications Manager, 020 7473 6808 or Richard McKeever, Publications Manager, 020 7473 9671. Alternatively, you can find more information about Community Links through our latest Annual Review.
We march to end child poverty
Community Links supported the national 'End Child Poverty' rally this weekend. Local families joined us as we wore our special t-shirts, carried banners and gave out leaflets to call on the government to ‘keep their promise’ and halve child poverty levels by 2010 and eradicate it by 2020. The government needs to have programmes in place, adequately funded in the budget, by spring 2009. With an uncertain financial situation, the government has to take action, and quickly which it will… Read more.
Chain Reaction Programme launch
Our national team LinksUK have today announced the programme for the first Chain Reaction event - our new initative to share learning and to generate new ideas for social change, locally, nationally and globally. We are delighted to be welcoming social leaders, community activists, policy makers, business leaders and young people from around the globe. Our contributors include… Read more.
We launch a Chain Reaction!
Our national team, LinksUK have launched a new initiative, Chain Reaction. Chain Reaction is about connecting people together from around the world to work together on new ideas for social change. A dedicated website, http://www.chain-reaction.org, is now live and tickets to the first Chain Reaction event in November are available to purchase online. As well as the opportunity to buy tickets, there is a forum for sharing ideas. Chain Reaction… Read more.
New family fun day launched this month
Our social enterprise, Links Event Solutions, is holding a fantastic family fun day, raising funds for Community Links. The event, at Barleylands Farm in Billericay, offers an exciting range of activities to interest children of all ages, from face painting to bouncy castles to live music and entertainment. One of the UK’s biggest bouncers,The Castaway (120ft adventure assault course) is likely to be a major attraction! Tickets are available now! The event takes place on Saturday… Read more.
What Young Parents Really Want
The best people to identify what teenage parents want are the young people themselves. Community Links has published a short report detailing how service provision for young parents could be improved based on research by a group who are themselves young parents. Download the Press Release, or read the research report printed copies available from LinksUK. The Community Links “Everyday Innovators” method was used to carry out the research. This approach puts the experience of… Read more.