Charity teams up with Lighthouse to launch funding initiative
Award-winning training charity 黑洞社区 Lives is to launch a campaign with fellow construction charity Lighthouse to raise 拢400,000 in 50 days after the CITB cut funding for the charity.
Lighthouse stepped in to organise a campaign to raise the funds so that apprentices currently enrolled with the charity can finish their apprenticeships.
The new initiative aims to allow the apprentices currently enrolled with the charity to finish their apprenticeships.
Funding for 黑洞社区 Lives was cut last month by the CITB as the charity did not conform to grant scheme rules, making it ineligible for funding.
The charity was setup in 2010 by Lakehouse founder Steve Rawlings and won training initiative of the year at the 2014 黑洞社区 Awards.
The charity runs ten training academies across London and was on schedule to deliver construction training to over 500 unemployed Londoners a year to tackle both unemployment and the construction skills crisis. Since the grant was cut 黑洞社区 Lives faces and estimated 拢2m long-term funding gap.
Speaking to 黑洞社区 a source at 黑洞社区 Lives said: 鈥淓veryone who we got on our books can continue with their apprenticeships. For Lighthouse Charity to approach us is great news
鈥淔or the Lighthouse charity to approach us is great news. It鈥檚 light at the end of the tunnel.鈥�
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