City Gateway

City Gateway is a charity that provides training for disadvantaged young people in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets[1] and other boroughs of Greater London.

City Gateway Limited
TypeRegistered charity
FocusEmployment, women's project
Location
  • The Pavilion, Import Building, 2 Clove Crescent, E14 2BE, London
Area served
Greater London
ServicesYouth work
Revenue
£3.1 million (2011)
Employees
103 (2011)
Websitehttps://citygateway.org.uk

Services

City Gateway works with disadvantaged individuals through community events, drop-in youth clubs and apprenticeship schemes, and gives them the chance to develop their own business ideas. It runs women’s projects, youth training, a youth centre and a social enterprise hub.[2] It is one of the most popular youth projects in the area, and has successfully trained many young people who were formerly not in employment, education or training ("NEETs").[3] City Gateway's support for young people was described as "incredible" following several awards at the ERDF and ESF London Awards 2011.[4]

As of 2012 it employs 120 people,[5] and has about 60 corporate partners who provide apprenticeships, work experience or mentors.[6]

History

City Gateway was established by a group of people who worked in the City of London and wanted to support the local community. In 2003 it was a small organisation on the point of being wound up when Eddie Stride, a local man who had recently graduated from Cambridge University, joined as a youth outreach worker. Having secured approval from the trustees to keep it going for a year, he raised £40,000 from two corporate sponsors, and began training 15 "NEETs" in job-seeking skills. He was shortly promoted to CEO; by 2008 he had developed the organisation into one with an annual turnover of £1 million,[3] reaching £4.5  million by 2012.[7]

In July 2012 City Gateway won the Prime Minister's Big Society Award.[2]

The Evening Standard selected City Gateway as the partner in its "Ladder for London" campaign, launched in September 2012, asking commercial companies to take on more apprentices.[5][6]

References
  1. "The City slickers sharing talent". The Times. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  2. "Tower Hamlets charity City Gateway wins Prime Ministers Big Society Award". number10.gov.uk. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  3. Alyssa McDonald (14 August 2008). "In east London – a model which could transform society". New Statesman. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  4. "ESF project inspires Evening Standard apprenticeships campaign". ESF Works. European Social Fund. 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  5. David Cohen (24 September 2012). "Ladder for London: The Evening Standard's campaign to help the young and unemployed". Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  6. Kirsty Weakley (25 September 2012). "Evening Standard partners with London charity to increase apprenticeships". Civil Society. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  7. David Cohen (24 September 2012). "Human dynamo who turns young tearaways into valued City workers". Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
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