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Below are all the latest press releases from Community Links. For media enquiries, please contact Richard McKeever, 020 7473 9671.
Community Links launches groundbreaking school for excluded students
A groundbreaking secondary school for students excluded from mainstream education launches in Newham this month, after a highly successful charity project is accredited by OFSTED. East London charity Community Links has supported excluded students for 17 years, with an unprecedented 90% going on to further education, training, or a job, making it the most successful project of its kind. Now recognised as a school, it offers 120 places in seven sites around Newham. School principal… Read more.
Community charities win funding to tackle working age poverty in the UK.
Community Links and Church Action on Poverty have been awarded funding for a nine month national programme raising awareness of working age poverty in the UK. The funding was awarded by the Department of Work and Pensions as part of the European Year Against Poverty 2010. Over 20% of working age adults live in poverty in the UK. The project will raise awareness and encourage those experiencing poverty to engage in the debate. Activities will include workshops held with grassroots… Read more.
Community Links appointed to government advisory group
East London charity Community Links was announced yesterday as the only civil society representative on the HMRC Hidden Economy Advisory Group, which was introduced in last year’s Pre-Budget Report. The charity’s unique ten years experience researching and campaigning on the issue provides crucial insights into how to reduce the number of people working informally. Aaron Barbour, National Policy Manager at Community Links, said: “People accessing our… Read more.
£5 earnings cap is turning benefits claimants into criminals
A cap of just £5 on the amount people on benefits are allowed to keep when they get a job is leaving people little choice but to work cash-in-hand and break the law, says a coalition of leading charities. The Need not Greed coalition, whose members work with people on benefits around the country, is calling on the government to increase the cap or ‘earnings disregard’ to £50 for single people and £100 for a couple, in the pre-budget report on 9th December.… Read more.
New Leadership at Community Links
Following a thorough and testing process of selection, Community Links Trustees were unanimous in selecting Geraldine to take on the role. Geraldine has been interim CEO since April 2009 when she stepped up from head of Community Links’ national team, Links UK. Geraldine Blake has led Links UK from its start five years ago to the leading force it is today in social regeneration in the UK, with international links. She now brings the same passion, collaborative approach and strategic action… Read more.