Abbreviation LYST Type Charity Location United Kingdom | Formation 2000 Purpose Youth Enterprise Official language English | |
The London Youth Support Trust is a youth enterprise charity in the United Kingdom founded in 2000 to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Through their business incubation centres, they provide young people aged 18–30 with guidance and space at a subsidised rent to develop their business.
They have centres in Tottenham and Southwark. The Trust’s newest centre, The 639 Enterprise Centre, was opened by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London in 2013.
Centres
Tottenham Green Enterprise Centre (TGEC)
The Tottenham Green Enterprise Centre was set up as a joint venture involving the London Borough of Haringey, the Tottenham Task Force, the College of North East London and North London TEC. In 2008, the London Youth Support Trust took over the running of the centre, hosting a range of different businesses.
639 Enterprise Centre
The 639 Enterprise Centre, based in Tottenham, was established with funding from the Mayor of London’s Regeneration fund, targeted at improving communities damaged by the 2011 London Riots. The centre was opened by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London in May 2013.
Alongside business space and guidance, the centre also offers help finding work, placements and volunteering opportunities to the local community. In 2014, the centre became a CitySafe Haven, dedicated to the life of 17-year-old Godwin Lawson, a 17-year-old Tottenham resident who died in a knife attack in 2010.
Southwark
The LYST centre in Southwark, based in the Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondey, is the charity's smallest centre. It hosts a total of 10 businesses.