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| Type | Registered charity |
|---|---|
| Focus | Employment, women's project |
| Location |
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Area served | Greater London |
| Services | Youth work |
Revenue | £3.1 million (2011) |
Employees | 103 (2011) |
| Website | https://citygateway.org.uk |
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 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 [update] it employs 120 people, [5] and has about 60 corporate partners who provide apprenticeships, work experience or mentors. [6]
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]
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