Community Links provides a comprehensive, wraparound service delivering debt, welfare, housing and legal advice thanks to a team of in-house and front-line advisors and volunteers.
Our Youth and Employment services enable people to realise their potential by removing barriers to success, building confidence and improving life skills.
Community Links delivers projects promoting early diagnoses of cancer by increasing the uptake of the NHS Cancer screening programmes and raising awareness
The Early Action Task Force was established in 2011 as a group of leaders from across sectors committed to building a society that prevents problems from occurring rather than one that struggles with the consequences.
From our base in east London, we apply the learning from our local work to influence and achieve positive national change.
9 January 2019 | Community Links
Community Links has engaged with over 200 people in Newham about the root causes and possible solutions to serious youth violence. This report includes our key findings and recommendations to tackle the daily aggression, structural inequalities and inhibitors on self-expression which shape young people’s lives.
3 December 2018 | Early Action Task Force
Looking back over the seven years, our progress towards a society that prevents problems from occurring has been an uneven road. Our plan of work for the next phase will move us towards making Early Action not just common sense, but common practice.
13 August 2018 | Early Action Task Force
What makes a place a good place to live and prosper in? This discussion document highlights the importance of recognising and valuing social infrastructure and making sure that it is as preventative as possible.
19 November 2017 | David Robinson
Generating Change is for changemakers everywhere, full of tips and insights gleaned from experience. Above all, it is a compelling collection of remarkable stories about Community Links' national work, trying to make a difference, sometimes winning, and learning all the time.
1 November 2017
A report detailing the findings of a project aiming to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer in Camden
17 November 2016
Acting early on mental health
11 November 2016
A report documenting the Cancer Early Detection work that Community Links carried out during 2014-16, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support.
17 April 2016
Seven stories of how society is acting earlier
17 July 2015
An analysis of 'platforms' for community building, which investigates those ‘platforms’ - events, groups, activities and/or spaces - that bring people together and create social networks.
17 March 2015
Prevent Today or Pay Tomorrow: Time for Government to put prevention first. A report detailing how Government can implement Early Action in 100 days.