OLYMPIC JOBS, TRAINING AND VOLUNTEERING ‘ASK-COACH’ PROJECT
An introduction to the project from Anthony Djondo, Funding and Business Manager at Amicus Horizon (2.15 – 2.25PM)
Minutes:
Anthony Djondo, Funding and Business Manager at Amicus Horizon, gave a presentation. They had worked, in partnership with Circle 33, to bring the ‘Ask Coach’ into being, with funding from the London Development Agency. The aim was to bring Olympic jobs to housing estates with high levels of unemployment. The event in Priory Park was the tenth such event held across London. Both Job Centre Plus and the ‘Haringey Guarantee’ and Springboard Islington had provided support to residents visiting the Olympic Pod. The aim would be to get people into sustainable jobs at community days, through ongoing coaching support.
NB: 61 residents visited the Olympic Pod, of which 17 registered with the ‘Haringey Guarantee’.