New Olympics fund for Londoners
New funding to the tune of £11 million has been announced by the Mayor to boost employment, training and skills projects across London.
The grants will fund a range of skills training, work placements and employment advice organisations including the Peabody Trust, City Gateway, Princes Trust, Centrepoint and Sports Coaches UK.
The Opportunities Fund ('Engaging in London 2012') grants will fund projects aimed at helping the capital’s most disadvantaged and excluded communities.
The Mayor said: 'The Opportunities Fund will provide over 14,000 Londoners with the training and support they need to make the most of the huge opportunities brought by the London Olympics. The projects will train the new sports coaches; cooks and builders who are needed to make London 2012 successful.
'Groups who suffer from exclusion, such as lone parents, Black and Ethnic Minority communities and disabled Londoners, will get the advice and training they need to find work. And Londoners in every borough will benefit from Olympic opportunity projects, from Hillingdon to Havering to Hammersmith.'
Go to top of page
