Welcome to The Gap Project

Welcome to the Gap Project website. The Gap Project has been running for 8 years and we seek to help young people to overcome barriers, learn new skills, and approach the future with greater confidence. The Gap Project seeks to be a safe place where young people are equipped to lead.

This website is the place to learn everything you need to know about who we are and what we do. Let’s start with a little bit of history.

The Gap Project is part of the wider charitable work of Annie Macpherson Home of Industry which was founded in 1866 when Annie Macpherson together with Thomas Barnardo sought to alleviate the conditions of children involved in child labour through medical, social and spiritual care.

The charity operates now as Bethnal Green Mission Church which works under the 1948 memorandum and articles of association which state that we aim to "promote the welfare and education of the poor and needy by all manner of means". We seek to provide holistic care and and concern for marginalised and disadvantaged people in our surrounding community through addressing the physical, social, emotional and spiritual issues which effect them.

We particularly seek to work with disadvantaged and vulnerable children, young people and families. We offer services and events, small and larger group meetings, support for elderly people, a pre-school group, youth clubs and a registered children's club for 5-11 year olds. We also support projects and people who work in developing countries. All our activities and services are open to the whole community. The Gap Project is in partnership with The Good Shepherd Mission, another church and charity in Bethnal Green which has similar historical roots in the tradition of 'East End Missions'.