Funding for 2012 Olympic Games Brings Benefits to Londoners

Employment, training and skills projects across London are set to benefit from £11 million funding revealed by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone and Sarah Ebanja, London Development Agency Deputy Chief Executive.

The grants will fund a range of skills training, work placements and employment advice involving organizations such as the Peabody Trust, City Gateway, Princes Trust, Centerpoint and Sports Coaches UK.

The Opportunities Fund (Engaging in London 2012) grants will fund projects that are particularly aimed at helping the capital’s most disadvantaged and excluded communities.

The projects include sports and leisure training for young people, a London Metropolitan University project to create 40 new women-led businesses, catering and hospitality training in Hammersmith & Fulham, support for Bengali women to start up and develop businesses and training in Islington and training and work placements for 200 Black and Ethnic Minority construction graduates.

Over 14,000 Londoners and 1500 businesses will benefit from the funding which runs from 2007 to 2010. Projects will benefit residents in every London borough.