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Thames Gateway Development Partnership

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Description

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The aim of Thames Gateway London DP was to take existing voluntary organisations and develop them into Social Enterprises, to reduce their dependency on grants. Thames Gateway is located to the South and East of London.

Backgound

The rationale for TGDP was that pooled knowledge, resources, influence and measurement of policies and practice, through joint working, including transnational cooperation, would lead to understanding of what needed to be done to succeed in the fight against exclusion and discrimination.

Target Beneficiary Groups

The DP supported a number of voluntary organisations to develop alternative streams of income. This was achieved through developing business outputs. These have included physical outputs such as the production of items made from driftwood, as well as service outputs such as hiring facilities or offering contract services to schools and other social services.

Main outcomes

Most organisations were successful in generating alternative streams of income, but many continue to take short term view. Many management committees continue to think only about the funding for the next year and do not create long term strategies to deal with sustainable funding.

Round

1

Lead partner

London Borough of Greenwich
www.greenwich.gov.uk

Core partners

Amaigamated Electrical Engineering Workers Union (AEEWU), Co-operative Development Agency Forum @ Greenwich, Forum@Greenwich, GEMS Environmental Manangement Systems, Greenwich Council for Racial Equality, Greenwich Training Company, Learning & Skills Council East, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, London Borough of Bexley, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Lewisham, London Borough of Newham, London Business Link, London Development Agency (Romney House), London Voluntary Sector Training Consortium, New Start Regeneration Publishing, Newspeak Ltd, Social Enterprise London, Supported by the Government Office for London, Thames Gateway London Partnership, The Archway Project, The Council for Racial Equality, The Third Sector Alliance, The University of East London, Trade Union Council, Working with Words

Transnational partnerships

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Contact

Kingsley Otubushin, London Borough of Greenwich,

End-dates

Action 2: 30 September 2005
Action 3: 14 November 2005

Equal theme

Social economy

Beneficiaries

Drug and alcohol misusers, Ex-offenders, Refugees

Achievements

The creation of the European Certificate in Community Enterprise. This is a pioneering course that was developed for managers within 3rd sector organisations. The course was developed and delivered transnationally and aimed to develop the entrepreneurial capacity of third sector managers.


The production of good practice models – the project researched and best practice models in the following areas as they relate to the 3rd sector:
  • Legal and Fiscal Frameworks

  • Financial and Business Support

  • Community Finance

  • Quality Standards

  • Tendering and Procurement.

The project has been instrumental in transforming voluntary sector organisations from grant dependent organisations to organisations that are addressing the social enterprise agenda.

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Connections

Connections

Activities and products

Activity
BCMA This is a new community media association offering media training, and will soon be broadcasting its own radio station across the Thames Gateway!.
Activity
DAGEDAGE (Deptford Action Group for the Elderly) is a pro-active organisation, working to improve the quality of life for local pensioner.Expand/collapse Products (3)
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Independent Photography Independent Photography enables people to engage with digital lens based media arts through a range of creative programmes and activities.Expand/collapse Products (1)
Activity
The Ahoy CentreThis is an exiting new project offering excellent sailing facilities on the Thames.Expand/collapse Products (2)
Activity
The Archway Project Archway works with teenagers from across the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley and specifically targets those most disaffected.Expand/collapse Products (2)
Activity
The Riverwood ProjectRiverwood is an inspirational project providing work experience for adults with learning difficulties.Expand/collapse Products (1)
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Third Sector DevelopmentTGLP is leading a sub regional partnership looking at voluntary and community sector providers who may be well placed to deliver public services to certain groups.Expand/collapse Products (1)
Print
Accounting for Community EnterprisesACE offers a range of services including advice on any aspect of book keeping or accountancy, newsletters, independent examination of annual accounts and training to help with the specific accountancy needs of those working in the third sector.
Print
ASPP - Transnational ReportActivity report on French DP(Association de Sauvegarde et de Protection de la Personne)by Alice Kent 2003. ASPP - Transnational Report is a transnational partnership
Print
Basta Artbetskoopera - Transnational ReportActivity report on work with social enterprise in Sweden by Alice Kent 2003. Basta Artbetskoopera - Transnational Report is a transnational partnership
CD-ROM
Community development finance initiativesMethods, such as credit unions and LETS schemes that are set up by communities and social enterpreneurs to support the social economy.
Print
Community Finance InitiativesMethods, such as credit unions and LETS schemes that are set up by communities and social entrepreneurs to support the social economy.
Print
Does Social Economy Work - ReportTransnational report. Does Social Economy Work - Report is a transnational partnership
Print
Does Social Enterprise Work? - The European Good Practice GuideThe lessons provided by policy and practice in five European countries.
Print
ECCO (European Community Cooperative Observatory) ReportEmployment Week Newsletter April 2004 – an article about ECCO.
Meeting/congress
Equal Opportunities and Empowerment Seminar - LondonEvent report on equal opportunities and empowerment seminar.
Database
European Database of OrganisationsDetails of organisations involved in the 3rd sector.
Print
Examples of Good Practice in Social EnterpriseExamples of good practice in social enterprise.
Print
Financial and Business Support for the Social EconomyThe financial and business support that is available to assist social enterprise.
CD-ROM
Financial and business support to the social economyThe financial and business support that is available to assist social enterprise.
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