Current Projects
South Barnsbury Neighbourhood Management
This programme funded with £60,000 from Islington Strategic Partnership. Newlon is the lead agency to facilitate the improvement of mainstream services in South Barnsbury Area, including Barnsbury Estate – working with local residents to highlight gaps and problems in service delivery. In order to deliver these improvements, Newlon liases with mainstream service providers.
Buxhall Crescent
This is a £45,000 capital project, funded by Hackney Council, from monies to improve the area in the run up to 2012. The objectives are to improve the amenity and biodiversity value of 500 square metres of land at Buxhall Crescent, support protected species or species of conservation concern and take advantage of opportunities for ecological enhancement.
Hackney City Strategy Pathfinder
Based in Clapton area, the Hackney City Strategy Pathfinder is a £3.3m programme to get people over 18 back into work. Newlon is one of eight RSLs chosen to carry out initial outreach and referral work. This year there is a target of 250 referrals.
Hackney NEET Project
This project is aimed at getting 100 NEET 16–18 year olds into education, employment or training. Our We will deliver dramatherapy/personal development, vocational qualifications and co-ordination for the Homerton area.
Barnsbury Youth Forum
This is currently a weekly evening of activities for young people on the Barnsbury Estate, which is planned to extend to 2 nights a week. Funds for this are raised through the Barnsbury Estate Community Association (BECA).
Arsenal Regeneration Scheme Small Grants Fund
The Arsenal Regeneration Scheme Small Grants Fund is providing £150,000 over five years to local community and voluntary organisations for small projects of up to £1,000. These monie from Arsenal Regeneration S106 agreement. In this scheme, Newlon works in partnership with Arsenal FC and Islington Council and Newlon Fusion is acting as administrator for the funding.
The remaining £500,000 will be used for larger capital projects.
Financial Exclusion
With the current difficulties of accessing mainstream banking services and loans, many people find themselves taking out loans with interest rates of 180% APR and over. However, Newlon Fusion support credit unions that offer loans at between 12% and 20% and seek to extend access to debt advice for Newlon residents.
Training programmes
Newlon Fusion delivers Personal Development, vocationally-related qualifications in Food Hygiene, Health and Safety, Customer Care and Dealing with Conflict, based on the highly succesful Progress Model. New additions to the Progress Model include Basic Skills assesment and training.
We work with diverse groups of people in the post-16 and adult age group, which includes care leavers, refugees, returners to work and other vulnerable groups.
For staff training, we offer diversity awareness training, managing difficult situations, teaching Life Skills to vulnerable adults, Food Safety in Catering, Customer Service, Sales and Dealing with Conflict.