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Turn a Life Around
Poverty, addiction, crime, neglect, abuse – the problems of our most deprived inner cities can seem overwhelming. Can anyone struggling with such troubling issues really turn their life around?
We know they can. People here at Community Links prove it every day. Community Links helps thousands of people change their lives, but we need your help to keep on doing it.
Our services are as diverse as the needs we encounter. For example, we have teams working directly on the street with isolated young people, and we offer education programmes for those whose personal difficulties have led to exclusion from school. We run clubs for autistic, deaf and at-risk children, home work clubs and programmes helping unemployed young people successfully secure permanent employment. We visit frail, elderly and disabled people in their homes, and advise over 15,000 people every year on welfare, debt and housing.
There is more, much more. All of it focused on giving people the opportunity and support to turn their lives around. For some, like Aaron Campbell, it can be a lifeline.
“Community Links helped me turn my life around. When I was about 14, there was half a dozen of us hanging around the streets. We were always getting into trouble. I’m the only one who survived. The others went the wrong way: thieving, things like that. I could’ve gone the same way.
I got the chance to train with Community Links, and became a Young Leader. Now I’ve got a job at the Inclusion For All project, helping young people with special needs. Once, I was heading the wrong way. But Community Links help me turn my life around.” Aaron Campbell.
For many, Community Links is not just a chance to build a better life – it is their only chance. We cannot let them down, as they have been let down before. This is your chance to help turn someone’s life around. We hope you will join us with your support so that – together we can continue to turn thousands of lives around.
If you would like to help please download our standing order form and post to Turn a Life Around, Community Links, Freepost LON 18546, London, E16 4BR, or email Ruth for further details and to request a Turn a Life Around pack in the post or simply set up your monthly donation online now and start to Turn A Life Around.