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Hello from our new Research and Learning Officer

I am so very excited to have joined 4in10 as Research and Learning Officer. My name is Emily Barker and I look forward to ensuring that 4in10 continues their amazing work of bringing together and providing support to London’s brilliant network of charities and individuals who are working to reduce the impact of child poverty across the city.  

It’s a privilege to be part of a team working hard to support all of our members as we fight to end child poverty in London. Sadly, it feels like this winter will be an uphill battle after an already exhausting several years for us all in both our individual professional and personal lives. But in partnership, we can do so much more and our collective voice has the potential to demand permanent change in our capital.  

So while this post serves as an introduction, it’s also an invitation. In my role, I want to provide our members with a balanced mix of events that fall under three main categories:  

• Capacity building-to equip you with new tangible skills relevant to your work and organisational objectives 
• Social Networking-to cultivate an active and supportive network of likeminded people working to respond to the growing inequality and demanding better for the future 
• Information sharing-to provide clear, succinct summaries of recent policy changes or emerging research that fosters creative responses to complex problems  

In addition, I will be facilitating some collaborative research with a few member organisations to ensure the voices of those with lived experience are centred in our calls to action of local and national leaders. This project is still being developed but would include a small research grant for participating member organisations.  

If you would like to suggest future events or learn more about our future collaborative research project, please do get in touch to continue the conversation! Equally, I’d be very keen to visit your offices or attend your own events to learn more about your current work and immediate challenges.  

I want to work together and ensure that the opportunities and information 4in10 provides is practical, relevant and not duplicating what’s available elsewhere. If there’s something you need or want to learn more about, you’re probably not the only one, so please share your ideas. 

I look forward to meeting you digitally or in person over the coming months and thank you for all the work you do.  

by Liza Dresner