Poached Creative Timeline


2009
  • Jessica Smith (director) is awarded an UnLtd Level 1 grant to run a pilot programme for her idea to help long-term unemployed people gain work in the communications industry.
  • Poached Creative is incorporated as a Community Interest Company.
  • Angela Williams is recruited as Poached Creative's first trainee and the first training session with two trainees is held in Wood Green library.
  • Poached Creative is offered a free space to train one day/week with Careers Development Group (CDG). Eight trainees complete the pilot training programme.
  • Poached Creative forms a partnership with Lucy Ferguson of What’s Up Information (later YH! World and Mediorite) and take on former Poached trainee, Chris, as editor. Poached moves into their office in London Fields.




 2010
  • Poached Creative and YH World take on their first member of staff, Kayla Whiting, through the Future Jobs Fund.
  • Kayla receives funding for the Hackney Hounds project. With four young girls who were not in employment, education or training (NEET) she successfully delivers a short film, gaining local and national media coverage.
  • YH World introduces Poached Creative to Hackney Council’s Discover Young Hackney festival. We produce the programme and deliver video training as part of the festival.
  • Grant Kingsnorth (now writing and communications mentor) joins Poached as a trainee. Grant Kingsnorth begins writing for local independent newspaper, The Hackney Citizen and takes on paid part-time work with Poached Creative. We take on a junior writer for six months through the Future Jobs Fund.
  • New clients include: Hackney Council, NHS Confederation and Plan UK.
  • In total, 30 trainees gain skills and experience in writing, media and communications.




 2011
  • Poached Creative delivers training for Hackney Council's Hackney Hosts ahead of the upcoming Olympics. Poached and YH World begin work with housing association Peabody, creating campaigns with young Londoners as part of its Staying Safe project.
  • We also work with Heart n Soul's media team to co-create a website for people with learning disabilities about the upcoming Paralympics. Lem Leon, a YH World volunteer takes on a freelance role assisting with Poached training projects.
  • We employ YH World's deputy editor, Michelle Stannard, as our writer and content producer.
  • New clients include: Westway, African health charity AMREF, Dorset-based social enterprise SeamlessThe Foundation Group and FARM Africa.
  • Poached and Mediorite move into the office at Celia Fiennes House on Well Street, Hackney, where we still work today.
  • Our in-house writing programme and volunteer cohort continues to grow. We reach a total of 65 long-term unemployed or disadvantaged people through in-house and external training.



2012
  • Former trainee Appiah Sackey takes up full-time work with the NHS Confederation.
  • In partnership with Mediorite, Poached Creative delivers journalism training as part of the BBC Radio 1 Hackney Academy ahead of the Olympics.
  • Poached Creative begins working for Social Enterprise UK, creating the Buy Social campaign.
  • Poached Creative takes on Lara Swansbury as project manager and writer to deliver key ongoing projects including Staying Safe and Discover Young Hackney. We now have a total of four paid staff.
  • We join arc, BITCs support programme for social enterprises, where we meet new clients including Transitions, LKMco and Intercontinental Hotels Group.
  • In total, we train 77 people through our in-house programme and partnerships with Hackney Council, BBC Learning and Peabody.



2013

2014

  • Poached marks its fifth birthday on 15th April with a party for friends, clients, staff, volunteers and trainees at Dalston Eastern Curve Garden.
  • Former trainee Catriona is hired as a copywriter while volunteer Chris Hutchins joins Poached as Website Manager & Policy Officer.
  • Our client list continues to grow. So far, we’ve worked on projects with new clients such as School of Hip Hop, Short Breaks, Hackney Health Hubs, Poole Passion, Iridescent Ideas and Richmond Park Fellowship.
  • We form a partnership with Agile Collective, a web development cooperative, to work on SEUK’s Buy Social web procurement portal.
  • We work closely with CAN to produce our first social impact report, due for publication in May 2014.
  • And it’s not over yet…!

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