Elevate

Representing - Elevate represents the future of east London, shaping Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and ensuring opportunities are open to all 

Empowering - Elevate is here to uplift the community, ensuring inclusive growth for all 

Collaborating - Elevate is a collective effort, the community is the vehicle to drive ideas and exchange knowledge to come up with innovative solutions 

Elevate is proud to announce the Elevate Fund, supported by generous funding from Spirit of 2012, and in collaboration with FFL. This London 2012 Legacy Partnership project is designed to bring the legacy from the London 2012 Games – past, present and future – to the forefront.

The Elevate Fund will distribute grants for the community with the community, and collaborate with funders to fund impactful projects that help young people and youth invested organisations from the Olympic Boroughs (Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest).

There are three awards in our fund:

• YOUNG PERSON AWARDS: 16-25 years olds up to £500 to be spent reach a specific educational or developmental goal through the purchase of equipment or support 
• CATALYST FOR CHANGE AWARDS: Up to £2K for organizations and individuals that want to tackle root problems
• BREAKTHROUGH AWARDS: Between £5K and £15K to youth led and youth invested organizations!

Applications will open from the 2nd April until the 2nd of June. Decisions will be made no later than July 8th. 

Find out more about the Fund and how you can apply here! 

Discover ways Elevate has helped shape the Park:

• Elevate have fed into every major planning application on the Park from the overarching masterplanning phase right through to the detailed design of the individual neighbourhoods. 
• They have helped shape each of the LLDC’s Priority Theme strategies. 
• They were part of the selection committee that appointed the design team for Timber Lodge and Tumbling Bay. 
• As a direct role of their work on the Women and Girls piece, they are now co-clienting the development of a shelter for the Youth Play space that will be situated in the phase 2 of the East Wick development. A team of girls from Elevate have been working with the Mayor Design Advocates to develop a brief and will work with a team of built environment experts throughout the process. 
• Contributing to the development of Shift, feeding into plans, ensuring that it meets its key objective of being an inclusive innovation district. This has involved providing detailed feedback on Shift key themes at the Future Me Future Youth conference in 2022 and providing a keynote speech at the Shift launch.  
• Ongoing involvement with the two flagship skills and employment spaces on QEOP: 
  • Good Growth Hub - fed into the initial design of the space, were involved in a design challenge through the Fuse project, fed into the branding and were involved in shaping the future governance structure. 
  • Build East - feeding into their future plans, exploring ways to partner with the community. Build East team have committed to work with Elevate to establish a ‘youth voice for Build East’ which will essentially be made up of user groups which they plan to establish by the end of the year.