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Our History
David Robinson OBE and Kevin Jenkins OBE founded Community Links in 1977. The organisation began from a back room in East Ham, run entirely by volunteers and moved several times to accommodate the growing number of projects.
In 1993, Community Links moved into the previously derelict Canning Town Public Hall. The original cost of renovating this property was quoted at £1.5 million. With the help of 128 partner companies contributing cash or in kind and Trusts and individuals, Community Links succeeded in bringing the hall back into use as Community Links’ main centre. Now the hub of Community Links, 105 Barking Road is an ongoing tribute to the power of partnership that makes our work possible.
Through these and other partnerships, Community Links has contributed to key national social policy changes as well as changed the lives of individuals in east London.