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| Young artists` work previewed at new east London exhibition space |  | | The work of current and former young residents of local foyers forms a striking photographic exhibition now on preview at East Thames Group`s new head office in West Ham Lane, Stratford. more... |
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| Young people in Newham debate ways of tackling gun and knife crime | | | More than 70 people met to debate possible solutions to the problem of gun and knife crime at an event in Stratford on Saturday. `Peace in da Streets` was hosted by residents from East Potential`s Focus E15 foyer, which houses and supports about 200 young homeless people. more... |
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| Awards mark volunteering initiative`s first birthday | | | East Living`s Volunteer Recognition Awards 2008 celebrated the work that volunteers have been carrying out in the local area since the initiative began in March 2007. Since then 42 volunteers have dedicated almost 2,500 hours of their time to community projects. more... |
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| Newham Mayor unveils centre for business start-ups in heart of Stratford | | | Fledgling businesses in Newham will be given a major boost by new incubator units in central Stratford, on the doorstep of the 2012 development site. more... |
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| Major changes to repairs and maintenance services | | | During the past year East Thames has been listening to residents` feedback and looking at how we can improve our repairs and maintenance services. more... |
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| East Thames employees bake `n` bring for Fairtrade Fortnight | | | As Newham`s flagship Fairtrade employer, East Thames Group celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight by running a Bake `n` Bring event for employees in partnership with Newham Food Access Partnership. more... |
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| £150,000 to support youth training in Barking | | | Homeless young people in Barking recently got a big boost to their future chances in life. On 28 February, the Jack Petchey Foundation presented a cheque for £150,000 to support training programmes in East Potential`s new foyer, which is being built in Wakering Road, Barking. more... |
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| Young people to tackle gun and knife crime | | | Young people from foyers in east London run by East Potential are joining forces with young people from across London in a bid to tackle knife and gun crime. more... |
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| East Thames Group has moved! | | | We`ve moved to a new head office on West Ham Lane, Stratford. more... |
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| Going for Gold - East Thames shortlisted for prestigious Gold Award 2008 | | | East Thames Group`s ongoing commitment to tackling worklessness has earned it a place on the shortlist for this year`s much coveted Gold Award, run by the Housing Corporation and now in its third year. more... |
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| Housing experts debate high density housing | | | Housing experts and professionals will meet at a seminar today (24 January) organised by East Thames Group to debate the challenges faced in delivering high quality, high density housing in London. more... |
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| East Thames Group awarded Investors in People status | | | East Thames Group has been awarded the Investors in People Standard for the first time, recognising its commitment to developing staff and its determination and passion for making a positive impact on communities in East London and Essex. more... |
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| Improving the Choice Based Lettings service | | | As part of a move to further improve the way residents bid for new properties, we plan to join the weekly East London Lettings Company`s Choice Homes Magazine - replacing the current Choice Homes magazine. more... |
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| New and Improved Rent Statement | | | We will be senting all residents a `new and improved` quarterly rent statement in January 2008. more... |
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| Office Closure over the Christmas period | | | With Christmas approaching the Customer Contact Centre wishes to let all residents knows our opening times during the holiday period. more... |
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| New research shows recruitment practices need to change to pave the way for young black professionals | | | As the Government announces its role modelling programme aimed at improving young black men`s aspirations, East Thames Group has today published research into the barriers to gaining employment for young black men, which shows the serious extent to which young black men are excluded from the workplace. more... |
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| Halley School name community centre at new development in Tower Hamlets | | | A school in LB Tower Hamlets has won a competition to name a community centre in a major new £93 million housing and community development at Grand Union Place, an East Thames Group development on Harford Street, E1. more... |
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| East Thames protégé is Youthbuilder of the Year! | | | An East Potential initiative that supports young people into the construction industry has just received another accolade - and one of its graduates is celebrating being named Youthbuilder of the Year 2007. more... |
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| Creative Harlow residents exhibit work at local gallery | | | Harlow residents gathered at the Gibbard Gallery on Wednesday 10th October to view an exhibition made up of their own artwork! more... |
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| We are the Champions - East Thames honoured by Government | | | East Thames is the only registered social landlord to be designated a Regional Champion for homelessness in London, in recognition of its success in tackling and preventing homelessness. more... |
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| Construct Your Career wins another award | | | Our Construct Your Career training programme has won the Leadership and People Development category in the Constructing Excellence Awards, London and the South East. more... |
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| Women's Skills Sharing Day | | | Newham Women's Refuge and Brook Haven Refuge are running a Women's Skills Sharing day on 30th October. more... |
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| London Opportunities Fund Grant for East Potential | | | The Opportunities Fund, recently announced by the Mayor of London, has granted East Potential £499,120 to fund construction training for people living in Barking and Dagenham, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Lambeth, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. The programme will train 176 people; 70 per cent are black and minority ethnic Londoners. more... |
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| East Thames Puts Safety First | | | East Thames Group has launched a new Gas Safety campaign to make residents aware of the dangers of Carbon Monoxide. more... |
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| East Foundation to become a major player in the grant-giving community | | | Residents living in some of the most deprived neighbourhoods across east London and Essex are set to benefit from the launch of East Foundation, a new grant-giving charity set up by East Thames Group. more... |
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| Galliford Try Awarded £10.75m Affordable Housing Contract In Barking, East London | | | Galliford Try has been appointed by East Homes to deliver a £10.75m affordable housing contract at Axe Street in Barking, East London. more... |
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| The Night Before Christmas - at Breakaway! | | | Service users from Breakaway, a respite care facility run by East Living, are putting on their own Christmas panto on Friday (December 15) - after weeks of fun, rehearsals, fun and more fun. more... |
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| Focus E15 Foyer - ten years of achievement in Stratford, E15 | | | When East Potential officially opened Focus E15 in LB Newham on 26 November, 1996, it was the largest foyer in the UK - and it still is! more... |
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| East Thames captures Stratford`s History | | | Stratford post-Olympics will be a very different place to the one we know now, so one leading local organisation is using the building of its new office as an opportunity to bury a time capsule. more... |
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| East Thames captures Stratford`s History | | | Stratford post-Olympics will be a very different place to the one we know now, so one leading local organisation is using the building of its new office as an opportunity to bury a time capsule. more... |
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| Three schemes have received the Building for Life Silver Standard | | | Abbotts Wharf, Limehouse, London - East Thames Group and Telford Homes, Jestico + Whiles Architects and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets more... |
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| Getting High Density Housing Right - new toolkit to be launched | | | A new resource to help evaluate proposals for high-density, mixed tenure schemes is to be launched this week by a leading housing association. more... |
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| East Thames Residents` Day | | | Residents` Day is a free fun day for all East Thames residents. more... |
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| Abbotts Wharf Wins Prestigious Design Award | | | Abbotts Wharf, a mixed use, mixed tenure development including 201 apartments overlooking the Limehouse Cut in East London has won the Small Housebuilder award at the highly acclaimed Housing Design Awards 2006. more... |
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| Thank you, Harlow, for outstanding support | | | A giant tiger caused quite a stir among visitors to the Harvey Centre on Saturday, 20 May. The tiger, a toy, was the tombola prize in a fundraising weekend organised by young people from Harlow Foyer. A children`s colouring competition was the other Saturday event in the Centre, and more Foyer residents gave up part of Sunday to help ASDA customers pack their shopping. more... |
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| BAA grants £50,000 to East Potential`s training programme in Harlow | | | On Friday, April 28, Wilma Scott, Business & Community Manager, BAA Stanstead, presented the first instalment of a £50,000 grant to Helen Marshall, East Potential`s Head of Foyers. more... |
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| Live football from your very own affordable flat | | | Home buyers are being offered the perfect way to watch Leyton Orient play football - from the comfort of their own living room. more... |
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| Local youth charity boss wins prestigious award for his work in East London | | | A man well known for improving the lives of young people in the area was named this week as the first recipient of what is to be an annual award. more... |
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| East Thames group achieves elite status for call centre workplace | | | The leading registered social landlord in East London and Essex has achieved a five-star rating in a national programme aimed at identifying an elite group of employers providing call centre services. more... |
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