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The Links Centre 2030 We see Youth Training as the vehicle to improve the environment around us.

The Links Centre 2030 (TLC2030) aims to instil realisable aspiration in the young through training and support to create a more fulfilling and successful life for families and friends, to enhance a sense of community and neighbourhood. Initially focusing on Leatherhead, The Links Centre 2030 (TLC2030) aims to instil realisable aspiration in the young through training and support to create a more fulfilling and successful life for families and friends, to enhance a sense of community and neighbourhood.
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As a not-for-profit operation, TLC2030 works in an integrated and inclusive way, linking with other aligned organisations to achieve its goals in the communities in which it operates.
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This decade is the opportunity to make significant positive change to our locality. Founded by experienced business leaders, TLC2030 deliver positive community outcomes through directly managed social projects and the commissioning of other charities and public organisations. Initially operating in the Mole Valley area of Surrey and based in Leatherhead, we have an ambition to scale to work nationally and internationally, with activities open to all regardless of age, gender, ethnicity and social background.

We were pleased to introduce the Man Van to the Molebridge GP practice in North Leatherhead yesterday. It offers free PS...
29/10/2026

We were pleased to introduce the Man Van to the Molebridge GP practice in North Leatherhead yesterday. It offers free PSA testing to local middle aged men which gives early warning of any prostate growth - either benign or cancerous. 40 men will gain clarity well in time for successful medical treatment. Thank you to the Man Van team!

Welcoming our new partner: SunswapWe're delighted to welcome Sunswap as a business supporter partner of TLC2030. Sunswap...
15/10/2026

Welcoming our new partner: Sunswap

We're delighted to welcome Sunswap as a business supporter partner of TLC2030. Sunswap is a fast-growing British technology and manufacturing company based in Leatherhead developing solutions to make refrigerated transport cleaner, quieter and more sustainable.

Good news! Technical courses will have to be introduced into Schools from 2029...or before. Apparently Burnham has alrea...
24/09/2026

Good news! Technical courses will have to be introduced into Schools from 2029...or before.

Apparently Burnham has already introduced a range of
technical skills courses into Manchester when Mayor. He called it a Technical Baccalaureate to distinguish it from GCSEs and give it some gravitas which sounds about right.

'Value the Hard Hat as well as the Graduation Cap'

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/sep/23/vocational-gcse-radical-shake-up-education-system-england

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/27/burnham-to-tell-schools-in-england-to-adapt-teaching-to-local-business-needs

Courses such as finance and construction form part of PM’s push for education ‘that offers a path for everybody’

Great to discuss the East Surrey Police HQ development in North Leatherhead at their consultation yesterday.We discussed...
24/09/2026

Great to discuss the East Surrey Police HQ development in North Leatherhead at their consultation yesterday.

We discussed the opportunities for us to play a significant part in the consultation and relationship process with the local community through our contacts with schools, businesses and resident groups. We will ensure that the facilities and, especially, the jobs created in and beyond the Police will provide local work and social opportunities for local people, especially young adults.

The site is on the boundary of Therfield School and several major large local employers so there will be an opportunity to explore the provision of a skills training facility with the construction companies involved. This will create a physical and learning pathway from leaving school into work placements, skills development and training and, subsequently, into meaningful jobs in the locality .

Through this partnership, the three years of this Police HQ project will bring exciting times for the young people of North Leatherhead!

TLC seeks a Step Up for ChangeFollowing our event last June which looked at the challenges for local young people aged 1...
17/09/2026

TLC seeks a Step Up for Change

Following our event last June which looked at the challenges for local young people aged 16 to 26 who find themselves without education, employment or training, everyone left understanding that it would ‘take a community’ to bring them into flourishing lives with successful job roles and careers.

Even central government has now heard the message that leaving over a million young people in this situation is not only morally wrong but also simply does not make economic sense!

Last year, many participants committed themselves to working on local community-based projects to help address this problem in North Leatherhead. We want to recognise and applaud those early initiatives, all of which add to the drive for change for the young people in our neighbourhood. In addition, we want to harness this energy into a more concentrated way forward, based upon the skills and experience of the people involved.

We're holding a follow up seminar at the KBR Offices in North Leatherhead on 4 November, 2026 which will celebrate our achievements over the last year and, more importantly, discuss how to organise ourselves to take this even further in the next year and beyond. We will look at how the community can step up to lead the change required for the growth into adulthood and careers for our local young people.

We aim to leave with a clear insight into how we can help that next generation who so desperately need our support.

East Surrey Councillors coming out of the shadows!The arrangements for the new unitary East Surrey Council are developin...
11/09/2026

East Surrey Councillors coming out of the shadows!

The arrangements for the new unitary East Surrey Council are developing fast with a number of councillors working within a Shadow Authority for East Surrey to prepare for the transition of all local government services from 1 April 2027.

As a part of this, the councillors for the Leatherhead and Fetcham East Ward, Jolenta Waugh and Alan Thompson, beat a path to the door of The Links Centre 2030 to hear all about the situation in North Leatherhead. They heard about our work to challenge the high number of local young adults not in employment, education or training (NEET), a vast untapped pool of skills talent in this area. This includes our new skills development pathways into the increasing number of locally available jobs in the worlds of construction, horticulture and related sectors.

During the lively conversation, hosted at Leatherhead Trinity Primary School, the pair referred to their own life experiences and joined with Eddie and Bill's commitment to address this local problem within the regional and national context from their own new county based roles. They also readily undertook to work with us to form a Community Leadership of the Willing to listen for and identify the real societal needs as experienced by the local resident population of North Leatherhead.

Plans were made for a further conversation to develp realistic shared actions around a specific project possibly using our allotment for developing young gardeners for local landscaping and horticulture businesses in the near future.

Watch this space!

Neelam has been a great supporter of ours for some time, in her previous role as Deputy High Sheriff, helping the then H...
09/09/2026

Neelam has been a great supporter of ours for some time, in her previous role as Deputy High Sheriff, helping the then High Sheriff Peter Cluff's ambitions to respond to the challenge of the 'Hidden NEETs of Surrey".

We were proud to have our own efforts in this direction recognised by Neelam in inviting us to this prestigious occasion. We look forward to working with her on her own charitable work around domestic abuse as well as continuing our own drive towards youth unemployment.

A splendid civic occasion, with unity of service as its theme!

Great news!Planning permission has been given for East Surrey Police to redevelop the site at the top of Cleeve Road whi...
21/08/2026

Great news!

Planning permission has been given for East Surrey Police to redevelop the site at the top of Cleeve Road which has stood empty and decaying for too long. This is a major project which will include the HQ of East Surrey Police and living quarters for uniformed staff. They will also redevelop the entire site. Work is planned to start next month

This is a major, beneficial, step forward for our community and we hope to work alongside the contractors and the police to ensure local jobs for local people.

This is in our hands and we need to make sure that the voice of the community is heard

Property and construction teams working on behalf of Surrey Police are preparing to build the force’s new eastern division headquarters in Leatherhead. Planning consent for the Cleeve Road site was…

Our construction industry readiness workshop students (and Bill and Eddie) had a great visit to Taylor Wimpey's Sondes M...
30/07/2026

Our construction industry readiness workshop students (and Bill and Eddie) had a great visit to Taylor Wimpey's Sondes Meadows site near Dorking last week. 👷‍♀️👷🏠
Taylor Wimpey

Ella Baron on Andy Burnham’s plans for youth employment – cartoon.This captures the message, if not the degree of diffic...
29/07/2026

Ella Baron on Andy Burnham’s plans for youth employment – cartoon.

This captures the message, if not the degree of difficulty.

HARD HAT READY!

The PM says he is committed to diversifying Britain’s higher education offers with industrial training – ‘hard hats rather than graduation caps’

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