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In 2025, the Foundation for Future London awarded a grant to Makeda Makes for its “The Side Hustle Market” project through our Year 5 Community Grant Scheme, part of our Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund, funded by Westfield Stratford City.
“The Side Hustle Market” is a mobile careers market in two East London libraries, which will help to foster entrepreneurship and business skills among young people eager to explore paid opportunities in the creative industries.
Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund is an award-winning innovative five-year programme that aims to invest £10 million into the local communities of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest. The programme has transformed and catalysed the lives and careers of over 19,000 people in East London by putting funding, resources and support straight into local people’s hands.
A mobile careers market in two East London libraries will help to foster entrepreneurship and business skills among young people eager to explore paid opportunities in the creative industries.
Transforming lives and careers of people in East London
Westfield Stratford City is London’s most popular shopping destination by footfall, located in London’s fastest growing area