Our Mission
The East London Green Jobs Alliance is a coalition of trade unions, NGOs, community based organisations and green businesses working together to create green and decent jobs for East London citizens. The East London Green Jobs Alliance is anchored by the Otesha Project UK and Unionlearn SERTUC.
We seek to stimulate the local green economy and provide training and job opportunities for local people – especially the young and unemployed. We will do this through:
- Forming a pilot project that aims to work in partnership with employers, training providers and other support agencies in the formation of a ‘green jobs pipeline’
- Advocacy in local forums and media
- Lobbying public authorities for support and to achieve influence over policy
- Encouraging and supporting new green enterprises
- Working in collaboration with other bodies to achieve a low carbon future and the aims of the Green Deal
Background
The East London Green Jobs Alliance is an initiative born from the East London Green Jobs Roundtable, convened by the Otesha Project UK in November 2010 as part of the Gear Up programme.
The roundtable brought together organisations as diverse as Tower Hamlets council, Unionlearn, ippr, Friends of the Earth, the London Development Agency, Bikeworks, YouDev, the Young Foundation, Hackney City Farm, the Forest Recycling Project, Aspire, the Skills Development Agency and the UK Youth Climate Coalition, all with the aim of identifying green employment opportunities in the East London area. Subsequent round tables have included Tower Hamlets College, Fairbridge, Capacity Global, and the UNITE and UCU trade unions.
Alliance structure
The alliance includes four types of member bodies: delivery partners, community and workplace representatives, green employers and policy advocates.
The East London Green Jobs Alliance will be led by a taskforce formed of representatives of key stakeholders. In its initial phase, the taskforce is comprised of members of the Otesha Project UK, Unionlearn and the UK Youth Climate Coalition. The taskforce will report back to alliance members regularly. Where reasonable and practical, the taskforce will seek a memorandum of understanding with members of the Alliance.
To get involved
If you are interested in attending meetings of the East London Green Jobs Alliance, becoming a member, or getting involved in any capacity please contact Hanna Thomas on hanna@greenjobsalliance.org.uk.
