Last year 11 young people took part in a 3 week Summer Program run by PEACH and Shipman Youth Centre. Xpand focuses on life skills, social justice issues and leadership development. All young people who attended felt that it had … Continued
A group of young people from Shipman Youth Zone attended a Stop and Search event in parliament and sat on a panel of people put together by Stopwatch, an organisation involved in scrutinising Stop and Search powers. Bradley and Leon … Continued
PEACH has been approached by several members of the community about having difficulty accessing Health Services in Custom House, especially at local doctors’ surgeries. At the moment we are gathering information, so please get in contact if you would like … Continued
PEACH parents group at St Joachim’s school have been working hard with Literacy lead Miss Pape and Head teacher Mr Allen to get the Parents’ Literacy class up and running. The class is off to a good start this year, … Continued
A message from Jim Blewitt, founding member and Chair of the Co-op. Custom House was once home to the largest inland docks in the world, The Royal Docks.The docks and their associated industries were the major employers for the people … Continued
On Mon 10th Dec, 100 people gathered from PEACH, Shipman Youth Zone and Royal Docks Community School to hold a memorial for Bob Litambola (an ex Royal Docks student who was murdered in Custom House in 2007. The attenders subsequently held … Continued
A worker co-op is a company owned and democratically controlled by its workers. Only employees can be members of the co-op. They all have an equal vote in decisions about the business. There are no outsiders taking decisions about the … Continued
Young people at Shipman Youth Centre have participated in workshops about their Stop and Search rights. They learnt what their rights and obligations are when they are approached by police in the streets and made films to demonstrate what to … Continued
We are pleased to announce that Custom House Workers’ Co-op have secured their first contract with Eat16 Cafe in Canning Town. Sarah Ruiz, business manager, has this to say about the Co-op: “CHWC provide a cleaner for EAT16. They are … Continued