East London (TELCO)
East London (TELCO) Citizens
Who are we?
We are TELCO Citizens (The East London Citizens Organisation), the founding Chapter of Citizens UK. Over 50,000 people form our alliance, from schools, universities, churches, mosques, migrant groups and other community organisations.
Our alliances are in Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
Together, we organise to overcome injustice and win change on the things that you and your local communities care about most across the city.
Since our founding in 1996, we have:
- Pioneered the Living Wage campaign in the UK
- Joined the Royal Docks Association Group, encouraging over 25 employers in the Royal Docks to become accredited real Living Wage employers
- Organised to ensure London’s 2012 Olympics had jobs, housing and Living Wage legacy
- Won London’s first Community Land Trust
- And much more!
What are we fighting for?
The priority issues voted on by members in our community include:
- Housing and Homelessness
- Work and Wages
- Migration
- Health
- Youth Safety
- All Saints Catholic Secondary School
- Holy Family RC Church
- On the Rock International Ministries
- Shpresa Programme
- Thames Life Community Project
- Christ Apostolic Church
- Catholic Association for Racial Justice (CARJ)
- ELATT Connected Learning
- English for Action
- Hackney and Stoke Newington Methodist Circuit
- Hackney Foodbank
- Hampden Chapel
- Loughborough University London
- Loughborough University London - Institute for Design and Innovation
- St Andrew’s Church N16
- St John's Hoxton
- St John the Baptist Primary School
- St Peter de Beauvoir Town
- St Thomas Clapton Common CoE
- St Thomas Moore RC Church, Manor House
- Stoke Newington Baptist Church
- The Guild Church of St Katharine Cree
- Trinity Saints United, Haggerston
Find out more about our alliance in Hackney.
- Br8ke The Silence
- Christ Church Three Mills
- London Design and Engineering College UTC
- Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham
- Money A+E
- Newham Methodist Circuit
- Newham Sixth Form College
- Our Lady of Walsingham Parish/St Margarets
- Parish of the Holy Trinity
- People's Empowerment Alliance for Custom House (PEACH)
- Sarah Bonnell Girls School
- School 21
- Shpresa Programme
- St Angela's Ursuline School
- St Antony's Catholic Primary (Forest Gate)
- St Antony's R C Church
- St Bonaventure's
- St Martin's CoE Parish, Plaistow
- St Francis RC Church
- Your Place (formerly Anchor House)
- University of East London
- Ursuline Convent
- Al Noor Primary School
- Caritas Diocese of Brentwood
- Marks Out Of Tenancy
- Palmer Catholic Academy
- Saint Margaret of Antioch, Ilford
- Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church
- St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Woodford
- South Woodford Islamic Centre
- Cyril Jackson Primary School, Poplar
- Darul Ummah & Dawatul Islam
- East London CLT
- East London Mosque
- Leaders in Community
- Mind Tower Hamlets
- Northeastern University, London
- Queen Mary University, Politics and International Relations Department
- Queen Mary University Public Engagement
- Salvation Army Stepney & Poplar
- St George in the East
- St Mary's Church,
- St Paul's Bow Common
- The Centre for Theology & Community
Waltham Forest
- Connaught School for Girls
- Food Growers Network
- Holy Trinity & St Augustine of Hippo
- Leyton Sixth Form College
- Leyton St Catherine & St Paul (Cornerstone Church)
- Parish of Walthamstow - St Mary's
- St Barnabas Church, Walthamstow
- St Edmund Church, Chingford
- Time To Grow CIC
- Waltham Forest Migrant Action
Want to join our Chapter?
We know everyday people have the ability to shape the world around them and we're always looking for new members to join us!
Find out more about the benefits of becoming a Citizens UK member.
Get in touch with one of your local Community Organisers using the form below or by emailing:
- For general East London Citizens enquiries - emmanuel.gotora@citizensuk.org
- Newham enquiries - caroline.verdant@citizensuk.org
- Hackney & City enquiries - mary.senjobi@citizensuk.org
- Barking & Dagenham - matt.scott@citizensuk.org
- Redbridge and Waltham Forest enquiries - george.gaillet@citizensuk.org
- Tower Hamlets enquiries - frankie.webster@citizensuk.org
- For Newham & Tower Hamlets school enquiries - chelsea.joseph@citizensuk.org
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