Newham Community Project

Newham Community Project was established in 2008 by a group of concerned Newham residents to surmount the racial, gender, and religious increasing inequalities in education and social welfare within the London Borough of Newham. The concern around the lack of facilities for youth and increased youth crime directed them to intercept by hosting youth clubs to create an outlet for youth to engage in. Over the years, Newham Community Project have continued to interject in crisis times. Since the unprecedented pandemic and now shockwaves of the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, Newham Community Project have witnessed an escalation in difficulties faced by the community; with innumerable BAME, disadvantaged, underprivileged, and those with no recourse to public funds, members of the community find themselves in, struggling unequally more than others. Newham Community Project responded to the adverse effects of the pandemic by initiating a foodbank, which has now been operating for the last thirty-two months, distributing weekly groceries to over 3,600 adults and children per week at the peak of the pandemic. Currently, supporting over 560 families with children. Newham Community Project realised the extended adversities, discrimination, and disadvantages for their service users and the community and initiated a wraparound service helping to overcome many of the adversities the community are facing. Newham Community Project have a trauma-informed approach, offer mental well-being support, signposting where necessary. Run an integration and Cohesion programme to help with social development and community inclusion. Current projects include: Combat Food and Child Poverty Warm Haven for Newham residents serving hot meals and drinks in a warm place. Employability and Life Skills Programme Taqlis - Drug Curtailment and Support for Ethnic Minority Families Integration and Cohesion Programme