LONDON CHALLENGE POVERTY WEEK: WHAT'S ON
Between the 11th and 17th October 4in10 hosts London Challenge Poverty Week.
There are events and activities planned all over London and online. Check out the LCPW website for full details and get involved!
Examples include:
The London Poverty Summit talking place in person on Thursday 14th October .30 - 5.30.
Barking and Dagenham Youth Dance - Interpreting what poverty means to families and young people. Online throughout the week.
JustFair and Social Rights Alliance Webinar – Using Human Rights As A Tool To Tackle Poverty. Monday 11th October 13:00 – 15:00
Newham Social Welfare Alliance and Anti-Poverty Alliance and the Commission for Social Security both have online events planned for Wednesday 13th October.
During London Challenge Poverty Week, Lewisham Local are running five online food-growing related workshops for families to tackle holiday hunger and encouraging visits to some of the wonderful community gardens in the borough.
And on Monday 11th and Sunday the 17th Join ATD 4th World in both in person and online poetry events.
For a full list of what is on and to keep updated visit https://londonchallengepovertyweek.org.uk/whats-on/
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#KEEP THE LIFELINE - Day of Action 17th August
Let's make as much noise as we can to show opposition to the cut to Universal Credit and what it will mean.
One Conservative MP has said he has heard no concerns about this from his constituents. Let's change that. They should not be able to say they don't know of any impact from this decision.
Save the Children Fund have come up with some really useful resources:
- Web page with info for UC & WTC claimants & writing to their MP
- Web page with info for legacy benefit claimants & writing to their MP
- Web page for supporters with write to MP instructions
- A ‘Campaign guide’ - a guide for smaller organisations or leaders who are keen to get involved. It has details of the campaign, links to assets, write to MP guidance and suggested tweets.
The aim on the day is to:
- Raise awareness of the cut & how it will impact families
- Create a twitter buzz that ideally trends
- Create a space for claimants and people working with them to share how the cut will affect individuals
- Encourage MPs to show their public support
- Generate media coverage
To generate as much social media and media action as possible it would be great if we could all tweet our support and share with others about the day and call to action.
With that in mind it would be great to let as many people in your networks know about the day of action and encourage and raise as much awareness of the planned cuts.
The more people make a fuss then the more pressure on the Government to U-turn.
Suggested tweets below but please do feel free to use your own their own with the hashtags #keepthelifeline
Tweet One
The £20 increase has been a lifeline for those both in and out of work. If this is cut, even more children will be pushed into poverty and hardship. #KeepTheLifeline
Tweet two
Millions have relied on the £20 UC top up to buy food and essentials. If this is cut, even more children will be pushed into poverty and hardship. UK government to listen to the growing number of voices expressing support, and abandon plans to cut UC. #KeepTheLifeline
Tweet three
Millions of key worker families who have kept the country going throughout the crisis will be hit very hard by the forthcoming cut to Universal Credit. This isn’t right! join the growing number of voices urging the Government to #KeepTheLifeline
What can you do?
- Tweet on the day about the KTL campaign using the hashtag #keepthelifeline
- Ask your networks (members, allies, supporters) to tweet on the day using the hashtag #keepTheLifeline
- Ask Conservative MPs and high-profile supporters to tweet out their support using the hashtag #keepthelifeline
Thanks to Joseph Rowntree Foundation for coordinating the campaign and to all the organisations involved. Let's get this stopped!
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Have coffee with 4in10!
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new ‘4in10 Open Coffee Mornings’!
4in10 Open Coffee Mornings provide a free space for us all to listen, learn, connect, network, and voice concerns on a variety of topics related to child poverty in London.
4in10 Open Coffee Mornings are open to everyone. This includes 4in10 members, voluntary community sector organisations in London, those with lived experience, public sector workers and anyone who shares concern on issues relating to growing child poverty in our capital.
Launching with ‘Health Inequalities in London’ (5th August 2021 | 10:00 – 11:00), Open Coffee Morning sessions are thematic, meaning there is one overarching area in which frames the discussion. However, the sessions are truly flexible; attendees can contribute, participate, and engage in ways and on areas that matter to them.
4in10 is nothing without its membership. Some of our proudest moments at 4in10 have stemmed from shared ideas, cross-organisational collaboration and issue discussion amongst our members and voluntary community organisations. Our Coffee Mornings will provide a regular informal space for this to occur organically and more frequently.
The first Coffee Morning (Health Inequalities in London) is on 5th August, 10:00 – 12:00: sign up here
Sign up to the event to receive email notifications for the session, the ZOOM link, and information on future coffee mornings.
4in10 Coffee Mornings are held roughly every six weeks. Sign up to future sessions:
- 4in10 Open Coffee Morning: Benefits and Income – Wednesday 15th September (11am – 12am): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/162051573619
- 4in10 Open Coffee Morning: Housing and Homelessness – Tuesday 30th November (10am – 11am): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/162053060065
The following session will be at the end of January and the theme will be Family and Child Poverty in Outer London.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Members Spotlight: West London Zone
SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW
West London Zone
- How are you helping young people in London?
We help children and young people build the relationships and skills they need to get on track Socially, Emotionally and Academically. We call this creating a SEA change.
We believe that by targeting these key areas of development we can empower children to fulfil their potential.
We work in West London - an area of deep inequality where 1 in 5 children and young people aren’t getting the support they need to thrive. Our research shows that there are 12,000 children and young people currently living in our community that need additional support.
- Share with our members something positive about your organisation’s achievement or service.
During the COVID-19 lockdowns we adapted quickly to provide online support to children and young people. In the first lockdown, between 23 March - 17 July, we provided on average 3 Link Worker interactions per child per week. We also delivered remote support, working really closely with our partners to adapt to this way of delivering.
Now that we are able to provide face to face support, we are extending it for those who would normally be finishing their two-year programme in July to provide experiences and opportunities until the end of August.
Our aim is to offer children the opportunity to participate in sport, drama, music, art and crafts and a range of trips and visits - as well as accessing some additional support from where needed.
These activities will support them with much needed social interaction with their peers, to promote positive emotional wellbeing and have the chance to take part in some fun-filled activities after a very challenging year.
We raised £21,135 this month to go towards funding these activities throughThe Childhood Trust’s Champions for Children campaign!
- What can other network members learn from you or find out more about through you?
We have a funding model that sees each child supported by their local council, central government, their school and philanthropy. This means we are not reliant on one source of funding alone and can provide more support with these parties together than any one of them on their own.
We work to ensure that every child gets on track socially, emotionally and academically – and we have designed our funding model in a way to help us deliver this. Our commissioners pay us in instalments over the course of a child’s two-year programme, when we provide evidence of their participation in the programme and their progress at the end.
With payment explicitly tied to each individual, we are driven to achieve for every single child on our programme.
Our funding model means we work really collaboratively with our funders and partners - we have learnt a lot about how to do this effectively over the years. You can find more about our insights on this in our most recent Impact Report.
- What would most help you achieve your goals?
We are continuing to be purposeful and strategic with our aims for growth so that we can reach more of the 12,000 children in our Zone that could benefit from our support. We are growing so we can be truly 'deep' in our place - supporting children across the community and working together to impact a generation of young people in West London. We’ve grown quickly, and aim to support 3,000 children and young people a year by 2025.
We have a big ambition - and we are focused on one place. By working with local organisations and people, we think it is possible to enable all children in our community to have access to the support they need to thrive in adulthood.
- Why did you join 4in10? What do you enjoy about being part of the 4in10 network?
4in10 is a really important network, and we believe it’s important to constantly share our insights and learn from other organisations. We really enjoy receiving 4in10’s newsletter filled with details on events and opportunities for organisations. 4in10 do a brilliant job of bringing together organisations to unite to tackle inequality in London.
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