Monday 19th August
Report written by Laura Williams
This was our first task with Ocean Youth Connexions (OYC), a Tower Hamlets-based provider of youth provision, over at their new base in E14, alongside Tower Hamlets Community Transport, a small charity based in Limehouse, set up to provide transport to voluntary and community groups in Tower Hamlets.
Kamal, tonight's task owner, greeted us with brand new equipment and a choice of jobs: outdoor gardening, or start the paint job?
The team opted for the outdoor clean-up.
We spread out all over the outside yard, pulling up weeds, chopping back branches, sweeping and bagging leaves, and collecting large amounts of rubbish.
The 'after' pic was certainly a stark contrast.
This was a brilliant start to our first task, here with OYC at the Community Transport Hub.
This clearing and decorating activity, both today and planned for the coming weeks, means that:
The Community Transport area will be ready for when services are up-and-running on a larger scale.
Both indoor and outdoor facilities have benefited from a bit of a makeover, enabling the organisations to focus on delivering services, existing and future.
Ocean Youth Connexions has been providing youth and community activities in Tower Hamlets since 2002. Activities range from youth club sessions, parent-and-children evenings, football training, Taekwando, homework clubs, cycling proficiency training and employment support workshops. The organisation also delivers various holiday programmes targeting families.
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