Dear

Happy New Year! Like many of you we are desperately hoping that 2025 will be the year that we see real progress made towards ending child poverty in our city. There are reasons for optimism; the forthcoming child poverty strategy due to be published by the Government in the summer presents an opportunity to set out concrete actions to improve children's lives and we are determined to make sure that it is not squandered. In this spirit why not come along to the next 4in10 Policy Forum meeting on 23 January 10.30 - 12.00 to discuss how we can campaign together over this period. Joining link is here. 

Less that two weeks until the 4in10 childcare conference 

On Tuesday 21 January 2025 we are holding a half-day conference on childcare at City Hall hosted by Marina Ahmad AM to hear about the experiences of families living on low incomes when it comes to childcare and early education and discuss the actions that are needed to make these services more accessible and affordable for them.

“Make Childcare Make Sense” How can we make childcare and early education more accessible and affordable for low-income families in London?  will take place from 10:00 – 13:00 at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE. Last Chance to book a spot! More details and booking here. 

Katherine, Emily and Maddie  

Calls To Action

• SUFRA are launching a new community well-being service for families living in poverty in Brent. For £4 a week they will have access to a food shop, free meals, welfare advice and well-being support. Applications are now open, more details here.
• London Plus and London Lifelines are calling for people to give comment and make suggestions on the draft London Vision and Action Plan for Volunteering  

21st January 2025, 10:00am-1:00pm

In Person - free

You are invited to a half-day conference on childcare at City Hall hosted by Marina Ahmad AM to hear about the experiences of families living on low incomes when it comes to childcare and early education and discuss the actions that are needed to make these services more accessible and affordable for them.

Training and Events

• Cardboard Citizens are inviting people to come a workshop introducing their services hosted by Hamish Pirie on Thursday 16th Jan 2:30pm - 5:30pm
• Community Southwark are hosting a series of training sessions including specifically a session with Superhighways on Power BI by Microsoft
• Media Trust and The Marketing Trust are offering free marketing knowledge training, various dates are available
• Community Links Bromley are hosting an Introduction to bid writing on Tuesday 14th January 2025, 10.00am - 12.30pm
• Clean Slate Ltd have rolled out their Money Guidance drop-ins across more of London (Haggerston, Leyton, Lambeth, Croydon). The full timetable can be accessed here

Reports, Data and Resources

• Toynbee Hall have released a video to celebrate their 140th anniversary which celebrates the work they have done
• Trust For London have produced '10 charts to help us understand poverty in London in 2025' 
• Shelter have published a report 'Homelessness in England 2024'
• The Guardian reported on new analysis examining how 'English councils pay millions to move homeless families out of big cities'
• CYMHC have written an article summarising their achievements for 2024
• The Resolution Foundation have released two reports:
  • Working poverty out, The role of employment and progression in a child poverty strategy
  • Housing hurdles, The changing housing circumstances of young people in Britain 
• Changing Realities have produced an article 'A Foot in The Door; One Step Closer to Ending Child Poverty' 
• IFS have produced their Annual report on education spending in England: 2024–25

Jobs and Trustee Vacancies

Funding Opportunities

• • A B Charitable Trust provide grants to smaller charities registered in UK with annual income of between £150k and £1.5m. They have four priorities which they fund 'The Human Rights Framework', 'Access to Justice', 'The Criminal Legal System and Penal Report' and 'Migrants and Refugees'. The next deadline is 31st January 
  • The Baobab Community Fund supports groups working to challenge oppression and disparity. Applications are welcome from Black and Global Majority individuals, organisations and collectives who are working towards racial justice. Grants range from £5,000 - £30,000 per year, for up to five years. Deadline for applications: 11:59pm on Monday, 3rd February 2025 
  • Wise Music Foundation provides financial support for people experiencing hardship, distress and illness, with a focus on children, the homeless and people living in poverty. The deadline is the end of February
  • Lloyds Bank Foundation's Specialist Program is for small, local, specialist charities supporting people facing complex issues. Under this programme they support charities to strengthen their capacity and capabilities and become more resilient through a range of tailored development support offers alongside a three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000. The next deadline is 23 January 2025, 5pm
  • Amplify London is a fund supporting grassroots music organisations that provide training opportunities and industry pathways for London’s young people. They are offering Five grants of up to £6,000 to support projects starting from February 2025 onwards. The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday, 20 January 2025.
    www.londonmusicfund.org/amplify-london
  • The Masonic Charitable Foundation's Charity Grants programme is on a rolling basis and is open to registered charities in England and Wales working with any of their four main priority groups:
    • Improving the health and wellbeing of older people with dementia and their carers
    • Early years (0-5) with a focus on poverty and neglect
    • Children affected by domestic abuse
    • Children with special needs and disabilities

    The Foundation offers two sizes of grant - small unrestricted grants range from £1,000 – £5,000 per year, for up to three years and arge grants restricted for specific projects with defined goals and budget - usually ranging from £10,000 to £60,000.

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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