Action West London is an expanding West London charity, Limited Company, and social enterprise. Our Mission is ‘Changing Lives through Employment, Education, and Enterprise’.
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Action West London aims to deliver its Mission by working in partnership with statutory, voluntary, community and private sector agencies across West London. Our aim is to be a key strategic, service delivery and financially sustainable charity and social enterprise in West London.
Action West London aims to deliver its Mission by working in partnership with statutory, voluntary, community and private sector agencies across West London. Our aim is to be a key strategic, service delivery and financially sustainable charity and social enterprise in West London.
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Action West London aims to deliver its Mission by working in partnership with statutory, voluntary, community and private sector agencies across West London. Our aim is to be a key strategic, service delivery and financially sustainable charity and social enterprise in West London.
These are just a couple of our success stories, and we will continue to build on these results to support even more people across West London.
In 2019, the number of lives that we helped change was a whopping 674 and throughout the pandemic we continued to support more and more people through such unprecedented times. Read some of our latest case studies to see how we helped young people and adults change their lives for the better.
Action West London has been making an impact on our local community for the last 20 years and we are proud to currently offer over 15 different projects ranging from education services to employment opportunities for youths with learning difficulties and disabilities.
The Story
Bashir come to the UK as a refugee. Married with one child, a 9-month old baby girl, he knew the risks but he made the journey in the hope that he could give his family a safer future.
He came to Action West London as a referral from Ealing Job Centre Plus. At the time, Bashir had been unemployed for 6 months and had to apply for Universal Credit to be able to support his family. He was feeling disheartened, willing and able to work. He had been searching for jobs for 6 months, applying for roles every single day. Having had no luck, he was referred to Action West London’s Working West London Refugee project.
‘At first, I didn’t think AWL would be able to help me much, but I must admit I was wrong!’ says Bashir, with a very honest yet shy smile.
AWL advisors helped Bashir increase his self-confidence and motivation by showing him to do job search effectively, giving guidance through mock interviews and helping fill out job application forms.
‘My adviser Maria was very helpful in different ways. She helped me submit my application for a job I felt I could do, and she made me believe in myself!’
With guidance and support, Bashir was quickly able to secure a a full-time job as a warehouse assistant.
“I would like to thank Maria & Musharaf for all their hard work, help and support they offered me.”
AWL advisors helped Bashir increase his self-confidence and motivation by showing him to do job search effectively, giving guidance through mock interviews and helping fill out job application forms.
‘My adviser Maria was very helpful in different ways. She helped me submit my application for a job I felt I could do, and she made me believe in myself!’
With guidance and support, Bashir was quickly able to secure a a full-time job as a warehouse assistant.
“I would like to thank Maria & Musharaf for all their hard work, help and support they offered me.”
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- Action West London achieves it’s Mission through a wide range of education, training, employment, self -employment and social enterprise projects.
- Support is provided for those people facing the most barriers to education, training and employment.
- Action West London also promotes social enterprise and self-employment through stalls at Acton Street Market and social enterprise advice.
- Action Acton works in partnership with other charities, social enterprises, local authorities, public sector bodies and private sector companies.
- Awards and Quality Marks include Matrix, Greenmark and Social Enterprise Mark.
The refugees we work with are ordinary people who have had to go through extreme difficulties and challenges to rebuild their lives in unfamiliar territory. Bashir’s story is just one of many. At AWL, we believe that the human resource is essential and so the ability of our advisers and staff members to support people who come to us is our greatest asset! We are so proud of our successes.
Our Key Objectives:
Changing lives through employment, education and enterprise
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Help disadvantaged, unemployed young people and adults secure employment.
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Help disadvantaged young people and adults improve their Education and Training.
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Help individuals set up in self-employment, social enterprise, and business.
- 600+ Received Support
- 292 Aged 16-24
- 400+ Aged 25+
- 100 With Refugee Status
- 600+ From BME Groups
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How can you help?
Current Volunteer Situation
We are currently oversubscribed with volunteers and are not looking for more at this current time.
However, this can change in the future so please do check back at a later date.
Thank you for your interest in Action West London
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If you are an employer wanting to help local young people and adults into work, please email:
If you are an employer wanting to help local young people and adults into work, please email:
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Eligibility
16 years or older
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Registration
Interview and assessment by Acton Market Team Member
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Opening Times
Wednesday – Saturday
Eligibility
Unemployed or Economically Inactive, you can be in receipt of benefits but this is not a requirement and your benefits will not be effected by participating in the programme. You also need to be resident in West London Boroughs, boroughs include:
- Brent
- Hounslow
- Hounslow
- Ealing
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Harrow
- Brent
- Hounslow
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Action West London Education Projects
Action West London delivers a wide range of Employment, Education and Enterprise projects for young people and adults each year. The number and type of projects we deliver are dependent on the funding we can secure so we may not always run the same projects.