Equal-Works

Aim

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.

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

Drug and alcohol misusers, Ex-offenders, Refugees