Welcome to
Gems
We
provide an advice service for homeless people and follow-up
tenancy support throughout
Gems FC - Football
Club
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
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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)
Saturday
morning training sessions U16's 10.30 - 1.30 pm. £2 contribution per
session. Please contact the office on
0207 033 4011 for details. The Secretary or Youth 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 |
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The Mayville Community
Centre, is currently under redevelopment, although some limited services will
still continue.
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, Wilton Way, London E8 1BJ. Drop-in or tel: 020 8356 2929 for a homeless assessment or tel: 020 8356 5843/5849/5869 for advice.
For Islington, visit 38 Devonia Road, London N1 8UY. Drop-in or tel:
020 7527 6321 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
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 10
am.
Donations of : Sports
equipment, lesson materials, educational software, music instruments for
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.
Available Tuesday evenings
from 7 pm - 9.00 pm or Saturdays at the Mayville Community Centre, Woodville
Road (off Mildmay Road, London N16 8NA by
arrangement.
Piano, guitar, drums, music theory lessons, singing and song writing available 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, 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 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 and not so young ! 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.
Registration includes a Gateway website ID for Job Centre Plus, Dept of
Work and Pensions and other public services. For full details see
www.DirectGov.co.uk
There are 19 user friendly
courses to choose, from basic to more advanced.
Drop-in sessions hours will be Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 – 8 pm and
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