Unemployed Workers Project                                                                                     

Hackney Unites recently won a Grassroots Grants to pilot an unemployed workers project. The project will bring unemployed people together to discuss their concerns and create a voice that will be listened to.

The inital project will run for 13 succesive Fridays, and will conclude with a conference for the unemployed.

The first meeting is this Friday 8 July at 11am, at the community Hall, 8 Navarino Mansions, Dalston Lane E8 1LB.

The first session will be an open discussion about what an unemployed workers project looks like in Hackney.

We will explore:

• which support agencies and community institutions we need to approach and how to win their support
• how to bring unemployed people together to create a voice that will be listened to
• how to win longer term funding for a permanent unemployed wokers centre in Hackney

Lunch will be provided.

John Page, secretary of Hackney Unites said: 'With unemployment rising, and with fewwr jobs becoming available, many people in Hackney are facing the prospect of long-term unemployment and the consequent isolation and poverty that accompanies it. As a community we have an obligation to support the unemployed, not least because in the current economic climate, none of us can feel secure.

You can help by

• Coming along on Friday if you are unemployed
• Sending messges of support if you are part of a community organisation prepared to work with Hackney's unemployed
• By cascading this e-mail on to friends, neighbours and former collegues who are unemployed

Sending us you ideas for how to sustain an unemployment workers project in the borough.

For more infomation e-mail: andrea@hackneyunites.org.uk