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As we approach the bank holiday weekend we wish everyone across the network a very well deserved break and for those celebrating, a very Happy Easter. 

Child Poverty Free Community Events

Thank you to our Croydon members who joined us for an excellent event last week at which we discussed a wide range of of local issues from temporary accommodation to free school meal take up to support for families with a child with SEND. 

Bookings are now open for our event for Bromley members (or prospective members) on 21 May, 10.30 - 12.30 at Community House Bromley, BR1 1RH. Please sign up asap and share with anyone you know working to tackle child poverty in Bromley.

4in10 Policy Forum

Final reminder that our next policy forum meeting takes place next Tuesday (22 April 10.30 - 12.00). At the meeting we will hear from colleagues about the evaluation for the Mayor of London’s Free School Meal programme and also from the GLA about how they are engaging with the development of the Child Poverty Strategy. 

The link to join the meeting is here or drop Katherine an email to be added to the forum mailing list. 

New spotlight interview

We are delighted to be able to to share with you a new spotlight interview, profiling the work of a new member of the network Give. Help. Share. Do give it a read to find out about their work tackling food insecurity in London. 

Best wishes

Katherine, Emily and Maddie  

Calls to Action

• Young Lives Disrupted who's main aim is to eliminate homelessness among young individuals and empower them to achieve their full potential has launched a crowdfunding appeal to support the creation of special shirt pieces, provide essential equipment for young visionary artists, and establish a dedicated space for youth to collaborate and build a community. 
• The Magpie Project are asking people to share their experience of living in temporary accommodation without a kitchen by completing their anonymous survey  Please share with anyone in your networks who may be keen to take part. 

• Katherine Brickell and Rosalie Warnock from King’s College London, in partnership with the APPG on Households in Temporary Accommodation, the Shared Health Foundation, Autistica, and Miranda Keast, are running the first ever national Call for Evidence into the experiences of homeless families with neurodivergent children living in temporary accommodation across the UK, as part of the Sensory Lives project. They are looking for practitioners/campaigners to take part in an online focus group to share their experiences/perspectives. Time is tight and they hope to run this focus group in the next week or so (by end of April latest). If you are interested in taking part, please email rosalie.warnock@kcl.ac.uk 

4in10 Events: free training, information and advice and networking opportunities

Child Poverty Free Community Events - Bromley

21st May 2025 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

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 across Bromley with up to date information on the context of child poverty across the borough. We will highlight growing or emerging challenges as well as provide an overview of the training and support that 4in10 provides and our current activities. There will also be an opportunity to meet or catch up with local organisations in the network; finding out who might be working on similar issues in neighbouring communities. 

We are extremely grateful to our friends at Bromley Experts by Experience for helping to arrange the event and for Community House Bromley for hosting us. 

Training and Events

• Resolve Poverty are holding an online event to launch a new research report, 'Mission critical: The role of English regions and localities in a whole-system approach to tackling poverty' on Wed 7 May 2025 2:00 - 3:30 pm

• Citizens Advice are hosting an online talk on data insights and child poverty on Thursday 29^th April at 2 to 3pm. 

• National Energy Action’s (NEA) free Fuel Poverty Forum takes place in London on 23 April 2025 9.30am-1.00pm, Resource for London, London N7 6PA. The forums are aimed at frontline service providers to examine practical and policy initiatives related to fuel poverty. Register here. 

• Pro Bono Economics are hosting an online event 'Unlocking the power of the women and girls’ social sector' on 29 April 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

• Croydon Home Start are hosting their annual fundraising ball on 10th May at 7pm. If you are interested in coming please email Barbara.
• Money Guiders Network are hosting an event: 'The Psychology of Money' on Tuesday 29 April 10.00-14.00in person in London N7 with Stian Reimers – Professor of Psychology. 
• Superhighways are hosting a bring your own tech day on 28 April. This is designed to support small charities and community groups struggling with issues with the desktop computers, laptops, tablets, smart phones and other devices they are using to run their organisations. You can also join the HEAR Digital And Tech Networking Lunch from 12.30pm-2.30pm. Please indicate on the booking form if you would like to join for lunch.

Reports, Data and Resources

• Andrew Harrop from Public First has written an article 'Why child poverty went up and how to bring it down' first published in Prospect Magazine. 
• Trust for London have carried out an analysis 'Are we heading for a London without children?' 
• CPAG have produced two briefings:
  • Short briefing on Pathways to Work green paper
  • New costings: scrapping two-child limit is 'by far' most cost-effective way to cut child poverty
• End Child Poverty have looked at new data [which shows] scrapping the two child limit lifts children out of poverty and could boost local economies 
• Centre for London have published a report Arts for All: Tackling Barriers to Arts and Cultural Participation in London
• Gingerbread have written a blog introducing their single-parent campaigners.
• In their most recent newsletter South West Law Centre discusses how low rates of #benefits are contributing to indebtedness and poverty 
• Superhighways: have released their new manual outlining the list of training opportunities they offer

Jobs and Trustee Vacancies 

Funding Opportunities

Leathersellers

Leathersellers' ACEs main grants programme is now open. The Programme will provide unrestricted grants between £20,000-£25,000 for up to 4 years.

They are welcoming expressions of interest from charities and CIOs with a planned annual income of £200,000-£2m, with a core focus of preventing or reducing the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Deadline to submit expressions of interest: 5pm on Wednesday 30th April 2025 

Austin Hope Pilkington

The Trust gives grants to those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are most limited. Round 2 grant closes on 30th April.

Charles S. French Charitable Trust 

The principal objective of the Charles S French Charitable Trust is to provide grant giving support to a wide range of charitable activities, primarily within Essex and North East London. 

They focus primarily on the following areas:

– Education
– Elderly
– Arts
– Disabled
– Disadvantaged
– Holidays and Sports (including respite breaks)
– Medical
– Hospices
– Health Support
– Children and Youth

BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme at Family Fund 

Delivered by the team at Family Fund Business Services, the Emergency Essentials programme provides items that meet a child’s most basic needs, such as a bed to sleep in, a cooker to provide a hot meal and other items critical to a child’s wellbeing. Our dedicated suppliers work hard to get grant items out quickly to families. Everything is taken care of from – delivery, installation/build (furniture) to recycling of old white good appliances.

Go London

Go! London young entrepreneurs programme - Got a bold business idea in sport? Let’s make it happen.

If you’re 16-24, live in London, and want to build a business in sport, this is your chance to take it to the next level. Whether it’s an innovative app, a new fitness brand, cutting-edge sports tech, or something completely unique, this programme will give you the tools to grow and succeed. Up to £15,000 in funding to launch, expand, and scale your idea. 

Applications close 5th May.

Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust 

In the UK, the Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust supports registered charities with grants up to GBP 10,000. The London Committee is responsible for selecting which charities receive grants. 

Chapman Charitable Trust 

New grants are focused on one of three areas: promoting physical and mental wellbeing; conserving our natural environment and promoting the sustainable use of resources; increasing the accessibility of the arts, especially for young people. Trustees prefer to support work addressing the root cause of an issue. Funds national charities or local ones operating in: North Wales or South East England (Greater London, Herts, Cambs, Essex, Kent, East and West Sussex, Surrey and Hants.) 

D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust 

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust funds United Kingdom Registered Charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement – please read specific areas of interest and priorities for support in our Downloadable Guidelines

The Trustees will consider applications for core costs or projects and are very conscious of the work involved in applying for a grant and encourage charities to consider whether their work aligns with the Trust’s priorities for the next three years before submitting an application. 

London Catalyst 

London Catalyst's aims are to alleviate the effects of poverty, and to improve the health and well-being of Londoners (within the M25 orbit). It prioritises support to people living with mental and physical ill health, life limiting health conditions and people with disabilities. 

PROJECT GRANTS support new initiatives and service developments targeted at people disadvantaged as a result of long term ill-health, disability and poverty. Grants range from £1,000 to £5,000.

SAMARITAN GRANTS: a hardship fund which we make available to frontline health, social work and advice agencies to offer immediate assistance to people in an emergency. The partner agency distributes small one-off grants on the organisation's behalf. 

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.

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