Local businesses help youngsters paint a brighter future

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Young residents in Spitalfields and Banglatown have created their own mural thanks to the help and support of big-hearted volunteers.                                 

East London Business Alliance, an alliance of 120 City and Canary Wharf companies all of them determined to help in the regeneration of east London, brought together staff from local businesses keen to donate their time and skills and who spent two days working with the youngsters to create the wall art.

The project, which received support from Allen & Overy, Deutsche Bank, Tower Hamlets Homes and Tower Hamlets Local Area Partnership, saw young people aged from 5 to 15 design and paint their own vision of the London skyline and River Thames.

“It’s a great project to be involved in”, explains Taj Uddin, Community Development Officer for Tower Hamlets Homes. “This was a unique experience for young people to meet and find out about the work of city professionals, and to work with them to deliver the mural.”