The vision of London 2012 is to use the power of the Games to inspire lasting change.
Part of that vision is inspiring lasting change in London’s communities, particularly in the east of the capital where much of the Games is being held. Getting people into work – some of whom might have been unemployed for a long time or may have never had a job before – is a key element of the area’s regeneration.
For this reason, a programme has been designed to help unemployed people who live near to the Olympic Park in Stratford find a London 2012 job.
Many of these roles will be with London 2012 Contractors and they will be in one of five areas:
Catering and hospitality
Cleaning and waste
Event Services
Retail
Security
There are dedicated contact points in each of the six east London Host Boroughs to help unemployed local people access London 2012 work opportunities, and to find out about training programmes:
Barking and Dagenham
Greenwich
Hackney
Newham
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Barking and Dagenham
JobShop
Unit 41a Vicarage Field Shopping Centre
Ripple Road
Barking
IG11 7NR
Tel: 020 8724 8870
Email: barkingjobshop@lbbd.gov.uk
Web: www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk
Greenwich
GLLaB
Woolwich Work and Learn Centre
3 Green Place
North Greenwich
SE10 0PE
Tel: 020 8858 7792
Fax: 020 8293 4745
Email: localjobs@gllab.org.uk
Web: www.greenwich.gov.uk/gllab
Hackney
On-Site
Hothouse
274 Richmond Road
London
E8 3QW
Tel: 020 7275 7843
Email: onsiterecruitment@tng.uk.com
Web: www.hackney.gov.uk/on-site-hackney-recruitment-centre.htm
Newham
Work Place
Boardman House
64 Broadway
Stratford
E15 1NT
Tel: 020 3373 1101/020 3373 6600
Fax: 020 3373 4414
Web:www.newhamworkplace.co.uk
Tower Hamlets
Skillsmatch
10 Heron Quays
London
E14 4JB
Tel: 020 7364 3727
Fax: 020 7515 4291
Email: skillsmatch@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Web: www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/skillsmatch
Waltham Forest
Worknet
2-4 Cathall Road
Leytonstone
E11 4LF
Tel: 0845 604 2012
Email: worknet@kennedyscott.co.uk
Web: www.walthamforest.gov.uk
If you’re unemployed, live outside the six east London Host Boroughs and want more information on London 2012 job opportunities, call 0845 155 2012.
If you live in London and you are not in work or full time education and not receiving JSA, you can get support to find work on the Games. Visit http://www.seetec.co.uk/jobseekers/2012_jobs.aspx for more details.