Corrine Hutcheson, enterprise manager for East Thames and Nicola Brown, co-ordinator at Starting Point (Image: East Thames Group)
A £33,000 grant will help up to 100 people living in social housing launch their own businesses.
Starting Point, a social enterprise hub in Pickering Road, Barking, received the money from the NatWest Skills and Opportunities Fund for its New Beginnings project.
Nicola Brown, co-ordinator at Starting Point, said: “This funding will go a long way to help us to continue to deliver a vital service to east London.”
To find out more about the project starting-point.org.uk
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