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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 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.
Fools Gold - the need for a 2012 legacy plan
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… Read more.
Two new reports from LinksUK
LinksUK have released two new reports, exploring work and benefits and the informal economy: Interact is a report conducted with the Child Poverty Action Group and Low Income Tax Reform Group which examines the interactions people have as they move in and out or work with the benefit, tax credit and tax systems. Download… Read more.