Welcome to
Gems
We provide an advice service for homeless people and follow-up tenancy support throughout London. Volunteer employment training. Educational and recreational activities for Young People in the community.
Gems FC - Football Club
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Gems FC (founded 2001) is
registered with the London Football Association.
Qualified coaching
sessions at Shoreditch or Haggerston Park.
Please ring for details or
complete the online application form to register!
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2002-2003
Gems U14's played in the Camden & Islington Football League.
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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.
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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.
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2004-2005
– Winners of the first Hackney Youth League Unity Cup.
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2005-2006
Gained 1st position in the U16's
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2007-2009
training sessions from 10 am Saturday mornings as part of our Community
Programme in the U16 age category. FA qualified coach.
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2008-2009
Gems U15 played in Sports Network League with local teams from Bethnal Green,
Tower Hamlets and South London including friendly, league and County Shield
matches 2007-2009 with Juva; Clapham Park United; Mile End United and Social
Organisation for Unity and Leisure (Soul FC).
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2009-2010
Gems U16’s return to the Camden & Islington Football League 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
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Cup
Winners 2010 of the Camden & Islington u16 Cup. The team won all their fixtures of 2010
finishing the season with a convincing 2nd
league position and winners of the U16 Cup Final on 21st May. Featured in the Islington Gazette (May Edition Sports Page p39 of 40)
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2010-2011
Gems U17's join East London Sunday Football League with Concordia, Byron, William Fitt Lions, Gevic Palace, Homerton Rangers,
& Chettle Court Rangers Gems U17's
finished the season with Sportmanship Team of the Season award, presented at Wadham Lodge Sports Ground
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2011-2012
Gems U18's continue in Division 1 with the East London Sunday Football League
Saturday training
sessions U16-U21's 2pm - 4pm. £2 for training session or £5 per game @ full 11-a-side. Please contact the office on 0207 033 4011
for details. The Club Secretary or Coach can be contacted on this number.
Supported
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The Mayville Community Centre |
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(off Mildmay Road) |
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N16 8NA |
Office / Public: 020 7033 4011 |
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Bus 21, 73, 141, 236, 341, 476 to Newington Green |
Messages: 020 7033 4011 |
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The Mayville Community Centre,
is currently under redevelopment, although some limited services will still
continue.
We provide general housing
advice & advocacy, short term accommodation referrals if possible to local authorities
and housing schemes e.g. hostels, co-ops, social or supported housing. Follow-up
resettlement support with home visits and key working sessions, basic
provisions if available and tenancy support. To refer yourself or a service user for assistance please
download, complete and email or post Gems Referral Form
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: Hackney
Service Centre, 1 Hillman Street E8 1DY. Drop-in or tel: 020 8356 2929 for a
homeless assessment or tel: 020 8356 5843/5849/5869 for advice.
For Islington, visit
Northway House, Housing Aid Centre, 257 Upper Street, London N1 1RU.
Drop-in or tel: 020 7527 6321 fax: 020 7527 6307 for a homeless assessment
or tel: 020 7527 6379 for advice.
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. Islington Homeless Forum, previously chaired
by Luton (St Mungo's) is now chaired by Savvas Panas (Pilion Trust). 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 member agencies, contact Hitesh
Tailor, LBI Co-ordinator (020 7527 4438 / email Hitesh.tailor@islington.gov.uk) or Savvas Panas, (Chair) at the
Pilion Trust (email sp_piliontrust@hotmail.co.uk) or you can visit www.gemsoutreach.co.uk
/IHF.
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 of : 1 x large
LCD Screen needed. Any other football training equipment, lesson materials,
educational software, guitar, keyboard for activities such as Community Music
Workshop & IT training with qualified, dedicated tutors.
Please contact our office
on 020 7033 4011 to offer donations or fundraising ideas. All donations will be
acknowledged in writing, so please let us know if you have not received a letter of thanks
for any reason.
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 afternoon from 1
pm.
Mayville Studios ran from 2000 - 2009
and is now closed until further development opportunities.
Check out other current music available
to listen further down this page
Piano, guitar, drums, music theory lessons, singing and song writing available at other centres.
To contact us directly to form a band or just play for fun,
send in the application form, from the link below.
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, Falkirk Street, for
some friendly management and encouragement.
No Limits - the all boys dance
group, combined an excellent routine of rap and dance at the 2005 Newington
Green Festival.
We always welcome volunteers for ICT
and Job Search support for job seekers and learners in the local community.
UK Online Centre in partnership with the Canalside Residents
Association
Community Centre at Bolt House in Hoxton. You will help others to embark on a User Journey with UK Online. Our Centre can be located in N1 5NU on
the UK Online website or in Google Maps to find us. Registration includes a Gateway website ID
for Job Centre Plus, Dept of Work and Pensions and other public services. For
full details see
There are 19 user friendly
courses to choose, from basic to more advanced.
Drop-in sessions hours will be Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 7 - 8.30 pm and
Thursdays from 2 - 5 pm. Other times according to your availability can be arranged.
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 UK Online.
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 - HAWK TRA - still take place
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 CRB check. This is the industry Government standard for
the prevention of abuse to the young, elderly or other vulnerable adults.
This may be obtained from your local Community Voluntary Service, University /
College, Church or other accredited organisation.
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 is a voluntary, non-profit organisation.
Based in Central London
for over 15 years, established in 1994 serving the homeless community and local
communities of Islington and Hackney which includes Shoreditch and Mildmay.
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.org 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,
Woodville Road, London N16 8NA or Haggerston Community Centre, Haggerston
Estate, 179 Haggerston Road, London E8 4JA.
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, Mildmay Community
Partnership, Gt. Portland Estates, Awards 4 All and the Football Foundation.
Tel: 020 7033 4011 (day/eve) or to leave a message