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London Challenge Poverty Week  2024 

As this newsletter arrives in your inboxes, some of you will be touring the country; attending the party conferences to persuade our politicians to address deepening poverty and gaping inequality. Others of you remain in London working in myriad ways to alleviate both the material deprivation and mental strain that poverty causes for so many families. What we all share is a sense that now more than ever we need to raise our collective voice to a volume where it can no longer be ignored. London Challenge Poverty Week, which takes place from 14 – 20 October, is one opportunity for us to do just that! If you haven’t yet decided how you will take part NOW is the time to do so - visit the website for inspiration.  

The What’s On page is now live on the LCPW website with details of events for you to take part in, these include the ever-popular London Child Poverty Summit on Monday 14 October; a range of fabulous webinars from partners including Just Fair, Policy in Practice and Cash Perks; report launches from IRMO and Coram Family and Childcare and an Open House event hosted by ATD Fourth World. If you have any events or activities taking place you’d like us to share let us know as soon as possible.  

And a couple of quick reminders: 

• We still have a few spaces for the Data Essentials for Raising Voice and Influencing Change training session for those taking part in LCPW on 1st October. Book here. 

• Our social media toolkit to help you take part in LCPW via your socials is coming very soon – keep an eye out for it on the website 

4in10 Policy Forum 

The next meeting of our Policy Forum will take place on 8 October 11am – 12.30pm. We will be discussing  how we can influence the Government’s forthcoming child poverty strategy and how we can make sure that the experiences of migrant and refugee children are included in this. Use this link to join the meeting. 

Spotlight Interview 

We are delighted to have another Spotlight Interview to bring you, this time from our fantastic member The Family Fund. Grab yourself a cuppa and read it here. 

Calls To Action

• 4in10 is gathering evidence about young people, parents and carers and their experience moving around the city, to present to the London Assembly Transport Committee which is conducting an investigation into Accessibility and Inclusion in Transport Planning.  We want to draw attention to experiences of exclusion from public transportation that families living on low incomes face. Evidence we'd like to collect may be about fare costs, lack of availability of transportation, safety, lack of awareness, service unreliability, complexity of travel across London or something else. To share any stories or data you have, please email Emily at emily.barker@4in10.org.uk before 30th September. 

• Action for Children are asking people to  'Tell your MP: Every child in care deserves a loving home' 
• Centre for Young Lives and The Play Commission are gathering evidence and expertise to inform the policy recommendations. They are calling for organisations and individuals with professional expertise or lived experience to share their knowledge and views by submitting evidence to their commission. 
• Contact wants to find out about the financial situation for UK families with disabled children
• Z2K are calling for people to ask [their] MP to defend vital disability benefits ahead of the Autumn Budget
• In Kind Direct are looking for more schools to sign up to their services

12th December 2024, 1:00pm-3:00pm

In Person - free

4 in10 is hosting an in-person two-hour event for current or prospective members of London’s Child Poverty Network.

The purpose of this event will be to provide local organisations and residents across Westminster with up to date information on the context of child poverty across the borough. 

20th November 2024, 10:30am-11:30am

Online – Free

Lucy Leon from COMPAS will be highlighting the vital role of local authorities in London as they support destitute families with consideration of the importance of meeting children’s needs and supporting families with limited access to other means of support.

This has been cancelled and will be rescheduled next year.

7th November 2024, 10:30am-11:30pm

Online – Free

At this latest Coffee Morning, we are excited to be joined by Tessa Kirby from National Energy Action to discuss their ongoing Warm Welcome project.

Other Training and Events

• ATD Fourth World UK are hosting an annual online webinar, welcoming friends, allies, and those who are merely curious about ATD Fourth World on 26th September 16:30 - 17:45 
• Community Southwark are hosting their annual State of the Sector event on 4th October 9:00am-12:00pm
• Community Links Bromley are hosting a series of training even and the next is Cyber Security for Small Charities Tuesday 22 October 2024, 10:00 to 12:30pm
• Just Fair have fFree online ‘Introduction to the right to health’ session on Monday 30 September 16:00 - 17:30. For more information contact Rossella De Falco, Just Fair’s new Head of Right to Health Campaign (rossella.defalco@justfair.org.uk). 
• Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organisation are launching their report 'Right to Education for Migrant Children in the UK' on 17th October
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation have a webinar called 'Framing numbers, statistics and the economy to talk about homes' on 9 October 12:00 PM
• Superhighways have a new training program called 'build your own community website in 7 weeks' starting on 17th October
• This Way Up (part of QSA who also host 4in10) have launched This Way Up Coaching and Mindfulness Programme Autumn 2024, dates to be arranged with them
• Project Alix have an event to promote their new tool 'Whatsapp for Non-profit Impact Measurment' on 5th November 12:30-13:15
• Winston's Wish are holding a training session called 'introduction to Supporting bereaved children' 22 October 10:30 - 11:30

Reports, Data and Resources

• CPAG have released several articles:
  • Response to chancellor's speech at Labour conference
  • Why scrapping the household benefit cap is vital for families, children and survivors of abuse
  • Universal credit: A three-step plan, the full report can be read from here
• Gingerbread have released a report called 'They are sanctioning the children'
• Buttle UK have released a new report, The Stark Reality of Growing Up in Poverty' insights from it can be read here
• The Children's Society have released The Good Childhood Report for 2024
• Institute for Public Policy Research have published 'Breaking the cycle: Essential pillars for an effective child poverty strategy'
• Trust for London have released 'the latest data on London borough-level poverty'
• Sustain have released recommendations for the government ahead of the budget - 'Budget wise: Sustain publishes recommendations for Government ahead of the Spending Review'

Jobs and Trustee Vacancies

Funding Opportunities

• City Bridge Foundation are closing for new applications for one year from 8 October. This does not affect any funding already committed to but if you are in process of applying they request you to send in any application before the deadline. More details can be found here.
• The Nuffield Foundation's Racial Diversity UK programme aims to be broad in its reach, interested in questions of socio-economic equality, senses of place, belonging and identity, barriers to and opportunities for inclusion, demographic trajectories, and the interrelationship between these themes. Deadline is 14th October
• Foundation for Future London's Year 5 Community Grant Scheme fund aims to support local diverse-led organisations and individuals to create new jobs, learning, skills, training, and educational programme through the means of arts, culture, innovation, public realm and creative placemaking.
• Go London have a fund for not-for-profit organisations that run sports and physical activity programme for children and young people in London
• Community Links Bromley are hosting a series of meet the funder events:
  • Meet the Funder: Sport England
  • Meet the Funder: Easyfundraising
  • Meet the Funder sessions with The National Lottery Community Fund
  • Meet the Funder The Leathersellers' Foundation
  • Meet the Funder - Veolia Environmental Trust Tuesday 29th October, 11.00am - 12.00pm

You are welcome to pass this newsletter onto your networks. We welcome new members and although much of what we do is available to members and non-members, members are the first to know and get first chance to book training and so on.

As well as your reports, news and data, please send us information about small local grant givers, discounts and vouchers available, new support services, in fact anything that might help alleviate the impact of poverty in small ways and support other organisations to do their work. We will continue to demand systemic change but hope that these tips will be of immediate use. Anything you can share send it our way!

Check your entry on the 4in10 database of all voluntary organisations changing and challenging the impact of poverty on London’s children and their families. Let us know of any errors or changes you would like and please tell us about any organisations we may have missed.

With very best wishes

Maddie, Katherine & Emily

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