Our Vision

Inspire People, Change Communities.

Our Mission

We believe that every young person has the right to have fun in a safe environment, locally accessible and nurtured to unlock their potential.

Who We Are

Shadwell Trust is a youth and community organisation located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Our services benefit primarily people living in the Shadwell Ward of Tower Hamlets.

What We Do

We provide young people in Shadwell with support, guidance and positive activities and we help them to reach their potential. We have also teamed up with our local partners such as 13 Rivers Trust, Community Martials Trust and Shadwell Youth Organisation to actively engage young people on a regular basis.

Shadwell Trust offers a wide range of recreational, social and educational activities to young people aged between 13 to 19. We provide a blend of youth activities with accredited learning outcomes. The project also organises social and educational excursions for young people in order to engage them in positive activities that they would not normally have access to.

Young people are given opportunities to become youth volunteers giving them valuable work experience and skills. They support the staff in the delivery of projects and enable them to take ownership. We also provide sessions for young people in CV building, job brokerage, employment and training opportunities.

Our History

Shadwell Trust is a youth and community registered charity organisation located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was established in January 2007 and operated out of the old Town Hall in Shadwell. The organisation arose out of acute problems that were being endured by local residents including spiralling rates of crime, drugs, urban deprivation and social exclusion. The activities we offer local people are a direct response to needs identified by local people of Wapping and Shadwell. Our core staff and volunteers are local residents of Tower Hamlets who have come together to meet the demands and needs of their community.

The Tarling East Community Centre has been our home since 2009. Our centre is state of the art with renewable technology that helps to reduce its carbon footprint. Our venue boasts of a wide range of provision which includes a communal kitchen, 2 community halls, an outdoor multi use games area, childrens’ play area and plots of land for growing food.

We have partnered up with local community organisations and clubs to engage people young and old in positive activities and take advantage of the many opportunities we provide for them through our services.

Aims and Objectives

To ensure that young people in Shadwell can access high quality youth provision.

To offer them a range of exciting and challenging opportunities through which they can develop into active and confident young adults.

To improve the health and wellbeing of young people through sports coaching and physical activity.

To develop soft skills as well as to gain education and employment outcomes.

To promote community safety through the delivery of workshops on youth related issues such as gangs, drugs and knife crime.