We like a bit of competition – it keeps us on our toes! – but, as a social enterprise, partnership at all levels is hugely important to us, creating virtuous circles that enable us to provide the highest standard of apprenticeships and landscaping. Take a read of our 2012-13 or 2013-14 Annual Report for Donors for more information on how these partnerships help us grow lives. You can find out more about partnering with Streetscape through the Support Us pages.
Streetscape is based at Myatt’s Fields Park in LB Lambeth, where we have a classroom and office space, help with park improvement works and carry out more intensive practical landscape/horticultural training. It is a hugely beneficial partnership, helping to create an exciting virtuous cycle: our apprentices – young people from the local area who were previously out of work – helping with the upkeep of the park for the local community, all the while providing role models to, and raising our profile among, young people and others in the area.
‘As manager of Myatt’s Fields Park I am very pleased that Streetscape are using our facilities and gardens for training purposes. Streetscape have developed a great programme that helps local young people to get out of worklessness and we are proud to be part of it. We believe that Streetscape will spread the interest in horticulture amongst the young local community. We hope that Streetscape will grow, and their growth will help to make Myatt’s Fields Park a recognised training centre in horticulture.’
Kasia Olszewska, Myatt’s Fields Park Manager
Paragon have been sponsors of Streetscape since the pilot project in 2010, donating funds for both of our Ford Transit vans and towards Cheyenne’s apprenticeship placement in 2014. They have also helped to develop Streetscape by acting as mentors to James and Guy. Paragon develop and implement routing and scheduling software solutions and fleet management systems.
“We remain committed to helping Streetscape achieve what it sets out to do. These are challenging economic times and the Streetscape team is working hard to help unemployed young people find their true potential. The new van will undoubtedly help the organisation with the practicalities of getting out and about to do the work and we are really pleased to have been able to purchase it for them’
William Salter, Managing Director
The Walcot Foundation are providing multi-year funding to Streetscape from 2014 to 2016 totalling £50,000. This will support four apprentices per year who are long term unemployed and residents of Lambeth. You can find out more about the Walcot Foundation below and through their website.
We are an independent grant-making foundation. Our work is to break cycles of financial deprivation for people living in Lambeth. We offer a hand up, not a hand out. We seek to tackle poverty by creating opportunity.
On 4th December 2013 Streetscape presented at The Funding Networks’ City Funding network event. During the evening Streetscape raised £6,590 through kind donations made by the network’s members. The Funding Network is the friendly Dragons’ Den for charities and potential donors. They are the UK’s first open giving circle and create social change through collective giving.
McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP have been providing pro bono support to Streetscape since we started in 2010. We can’t thank the team enough for their continued support and advice.
‘We were keen to share legal expertise pro bono to assist set up and growth of a charity seeking to tackle what we see as a big social issue in a time of increasing youth unemployment. It is a pleasure to continue to advise the Streetscape team’
Rasha Albazaz, Associate, McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP
“The St. Katharine Charitable Foundation prefers to assist with grassroots developmental projects and projects focused on education that try to equip underprivileged students to be able to live productive adult lives. It also has an interest in making investments in small entrepreneurial Social Enterprises that are bring innovative approaches to accomplishing the above objectives. Streetscape qualifies under the former category, helping young people to be the most they can be.”
Chris Towner, Founding Chairman, The St James Group
Streetscape would like to welcome State Street as a new partner, as of December 2013. Their kind donation will support two of our apprentices that started in July 2013 – we are really looking forward to working with you going forward.
‘State Street is delighted to support Streetscape through our Corporate Citizenship program. State Street Corporate Citizenship program invests in projects which supports members of our local community secure sustainable employment that not only benefit them personally but the community as a whole. The apprenticeship program delivered by Streetscape perfectly aligns with our mission and we are thrilled to be associated with Streetscape and look forward to working with them.’
Jess McNicholas Vice President State Street Corporate Citizenship EMEA Region
Barclays have been an integral supporter of Streetscape since our pilot project in 2010 and helped to fund our apprenticeships and ‘taster days’ as well as regularly volunteering with Streetscape in the local communities in which we work.
“We believe that Streetscape will make a real difference to the community and help to change lives for the better. Barclays is proud to support their work.”
Wendy Lloyd, Director, Barclays
The Clifford Chance Foundation have kindly provided funding to support our apprenticeship programme. Funding the education and training of four apprentices from June 2012 and contributing to the costs of running ‘taster days’ for larger groups of young people who are long-term unemployed, to educate and equip them with certain basic landscape skills. Thank you from us all at Streetscape.
‘Clifford Chance is delighted to support Streetscape’s innovative horticultural training programme. We wish Streetscape continued success as its portfolio of programmes grows, in all senses of the word!’
Cathy Jones, Head of Community Outreach, Clifford Chance LLP
Streetscape’s expansion from one to two teams has been enabled by the generosity of the Lambeth Community Fund, an exciting new charitable venture set up to support the borough of Lambeth today and long into the future responding over time to the changing needs of local people.
We like a bit of competition – it keeps us on our toes! – but, as a social enterprise, partnership at all levels is hugely important to us, creating virtuous circles that enable us to provide the highest standard of apprenticeships and landscaping. Take a read of our 2012-13 or 2013-14 Annual Report for Donors for more information on how these partnerships help us grow lives. You can find out more about partnering with Streetscape through the Support Us pages.
“We are delighted to be able to sponsor the Streetscape team in this ambitious and worthwhile venture. Offering disadvantaged individuals an opportunity to realise their own potential is something we are more than happy to support.”
William Salter, Managing Director, Paragon
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