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The Employment & Training Opportunities
Employment and Training Opportunities
East Potential offers a range of programmes to help you develop your skills, boost your confidence, explore career options and make the step into employment.
Available programmes:
Open Doors
Construct Your Career
Community Champions
Open Doors / Newham Works
A 3 week programme providing careers guidance, helping you improve your employability and develop skills like IT and customer service.
The Construction Skills Training (Construct Your Career)
Whatever your interest, Construct your Career can provide free training and experience in the skills you need – whether it’s carpentry, plumbing, electrics or painting and decorating.
Community Champions
Taster sessions and practical hands-on training to help get you started in construction, with the option to gain your CSCS card.

Routes to Work
Mentoring for Young Black Men
Workwise
Work experience and mentoring in a range of fields to help you get a taste of your chosen industry and understand what employers are looking for.
This programme provides mentoring services for young black men seeking employment.

It pairs up young black men in east London and Essex with positive black male role models working in a range of industries. It also aims to raise awareness within the business community about barriers to employment often faced by young black men.
Free weekly drop-in sessions providing advice and support on reaching your career goals, held in a variety of locations across east London.

Contact Us
If you would like further information about Employment & Training Opportunities and our services, please contact us:

T: 020 8536 8816
E: ete@east-potential.org.uk
Our Funders
  • Newham’s Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
  • Association of London Government
  • East Foundation
  • Learning and Skills Council
  • London Development Agency
  • European Soc. Fund