News & Views

Westminster Befriend a Family works with volunteers to improve the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged families in Westminster.

This month for our members spotlight we spoke to Tony Kelly, Founder and Managing Director of Red Card Gambling Addiction Support

This month for 4in10's members spotlight, we spoke to Katie Akhurst, Partnerships and Operations Manager at Kids Matter. 

Our new report, Picking Up The Pieces, brought together examples from across the capital of VCS responses to London's child poverty crisis. 

Connie Cullen, London Hub Manager, Shelter reflects on last two weeks activity trying to allieviate slow grinding experience of poverty and points of crisis for families across the capital.

We’ve launched a new report, together with Young Women’s Trust, to draw attention to the fact that Job centres are already not working well to support young jobseekers. And that continuing to roll out Universal Credit, as it stands, will draw many families - whether in work or out – into a punitive inflexible system that is doing more harm than good. Based on interviews with JobCentre staff, young people and sector professionals its essential reading for those looking to tackle London's youth under employment.

For the first time in the UK, young adult carers in Hackney and Tower Hamlets are being offered ‘supportive housing’ i.e. affordable shared housing combined with one-to-one support to enable them to, in time, move into secure housing and progress towards independent living. Read more about this innovative project being run by Quaker Social Action.

London's VCS provides a vital life line for many families who are gripped by poverty.

If the sector's concerns for the future go unaddressed, vulnerable families could be left without somewhere to turn.