Welcome to
Gems Outreach
Based in
Gems
FC - Football Club
Gems FC (founded 2001) is
registered with the London Football Association.
Qualified coaching sessions
at Shoreditch or
Please ring for details or
complete the online application form to register!
- 2002-2003 Gems U14's played in the Camden
& Islington Football League.
- 2003-2004 Gems U18's were runners-up in the London
Electricity Saturday Youth League Cup Final and Joint 2nd
position in the league tables.
- 2004-2005 Joint 2nd league position
with Junior Hammers in the ELE - East London and Essex Junior Football League
and winners of the U15's Divisional Cup.
- 2004-2005 – Winners of the first Hackney Youth
League Unity Cup.
- 2005-2006 Gained 1st position in the
U16's
- 2007-2009 training sessions from
- 2008-2009 Gems U15 played in Sports Network
League with local teams from Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets and South London including friendly, league and
- 2009-2010 Gems U16’s return to the
Camden & Islington Football League in fixtures with
Angel Islington U15, Futebol De Salao U15, Islington Admiral Youth U15, Jubba Youth U16,
Lyndhurst U15, Lyndhurst U16, N4 United U15, New Orleans U16, NL Eagles U16 & Paradise
Panthers U15
Please contact the office
on 0207 033 4011 for details. The Secretary or Youth Coach can be contacted on
this number.
Saturday morning training
sessions U16's
Supported
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We provide general housing
advice, short term accommodation referrals to hostels and housing schemes e.g. independent
co-ops, housing association or supported housing. Follow-up resettlement
support with home visits and key working sessions, basic provisions if
available and tenancy support.
For information on issues
relating to homelessness, contact your local homelessness forum. If you think
you may be put into a homeless situation it is always best to register with
your local council housing department in the first instance.
For Hackney visit:
Reception, Christopher Addison House,
For Islington, visit
Both Hackney and Islington
have developing forums for statutory and voluntary sector partnership working.
Hackney Single Homeless and Rough Sleepers Forum is now run by a Voluntary
Sector liaison officer at London Borough of Hackney. For information on drop-in
centres contact Olga at oeruk@yahoo.co.uk . A list of local homeless support agencies and drop-ins in
Hackney, Islington, Tower Hamlets and Southwark is available - click here.
For more details about
Islington Homelessness Forum (I.H.F.) and other local agencies, contact
Guide to housing and
benefit advice, tenancy support & drop-ins at the following times and
locations :
For a leaflet of our opening
hours, please click here (drop-in leaflet.rtf) to download.
Donations
for Work with Homelessness:
for Youthwork activities (please see below)
:
We welcome the assistance
of volunteer football coaches for Gems FC. FA level 1 or 2 and experience
of training at a mature level. Training is on Saturday mornings from
Donations of : Sports
equipment, lesson materials, software, music instruments for educational
activities such as Music Workshops or IT training supported by teacher training
when available.
Please contact our office
on 020 7033 4011 to offer donations or fundraising ideas.
Gems Music Workshop
Available Tuesday evenings
from
Piano, guitar, drums, music theory lessons, singing, song writing and studio recording available.
Music technology training and instrumental workshops to compose, play and record your favourite pieces.
Enrolment is by
application form, from the link below, suggested contributions are £1 per
session towards costs and volunteer expenses and £4 for a finished CD.
Every Tuesday or Saturday
at the Mayville Community Centre,
Dance Lessons
Dancing lessons 2001-2005
completed with appearances in the Hoxton Street Festival, the Mayville
Community Centre, Past, Present & Future Show and a Parents show at SPACe performing Art Centre. Thanks to members of SPACe Studios,
No Limits – the all boys
dance group, combined an excellent routine of rap and dance at the 2005
Newington Green Festival.
We are recruiting for a
one year part paid (3 hours per week) / part voluntary post for IT Tutor to
support visitors to a new UK Online Centre in partnership with the
Canalside Residents Association Community Centre at Bolt House in Hoxton. You will help young or elderly people alike
to embark on a User Journey with UK Online. Type in N1 5NU on
the UK Online website or in google
to find us.
There are 19 user friendly
courses to choose, from basic to more advanced.
Drop-in sessions hours will be Wednesdays from
Together with a local Area Trust we developed an
Information Technology Youth Room at the Haggerston Community Centre with help
from Connexions, Hackney Community Chest, City
& Hackney Primary Care Trust, and Focus
The project ran from
2002 - 2004 where
students aged from 8 - 16 were taught Microsoft Office ( Word, Excel and
Database) skills, help with homework and research and Web Design with Alia. Computer games were provided as a special treat by
Focus UK Online. To register interest in further IT projects please through the
Application Form link above. If under 18 you will need to obtain parental
consent.
Haggerston Community
Centre, is now part of a future redevelopment, although meetings of the local
Tenants and Residents Association -
Activities &
Volunteering
If you want to join Gems
FC or any other activity please download Gems Application Form for posting or emailing.
For U16 a parents or guardians signature is required.
If you want to Volunteer
for any of the activities or housing advisor roles, please download Gems
Volunteer Application Form or contact one of the
Volunteer Agencies listed below. All volunteers will need to have or
apply for a
Gems is engaged with the
Local Tenants and Residents Association, Single Homeless Forum, Vulnerable
Persons Providers Forum and we currently participate in a Sports Development
Committee and the Hackney Football Partnership held the first Thursday
of each month to maintain youth activities in the area.
For all enquiries please ring
020 7033 4011 for details or to leave a message.
Gems Outreach is a voluntary, non-profit
organisation.
Homeless drop-in centres
have now been replaced by housing advice and advocacy work.
Through volunteering we
provide on the job training in housing or youth work leading to greater
employment opportunities.
We WELCOME sponsorship and
donations, from members of the public, organisations and Trusts wishing to help
us provide these services to keep young people occupied and motivated and
provide valuable employment in the community.
Please respond to the
address below, arrange to come and visit the project, send us an email at email@gemsoutreach.co.uk or leave a message on 0207 033 4011 for us to return your call.
Correspondence can still
be sent to the Club Secretary, Gems Outreach at Mayville Community Centre,
We are a voluntary sector
community based organisation, with various sessional tutors, housing and youth
workers. Our work in the community is assisted by :
The Islington Volunteer Association
and the Hackney Agency for Volunteering
Thank you to Healthy
Islington for their early support, LB Islington Neighbourhood Renewal Fund,
Local Network Fund Hackney, Islington PAYP, Hackney Community Chest, Hackney
Youth Parliament, Capital Radio Help A London Child, City & Hackney PCT,
Fexco Western Union, Aspinwall Educational Trust, Gt.
Portland Estates, Awards 4 All and the Football Foundation.
Tel: 020 7033 4011 (day/eve) or to leave a message
Gems Housing