Annual Review 2010

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Foreword Our Mission, Approach and Values Open Programme Special Initiatives Funding list Finance Trustees, Co-optees and Staff 2 3 4 14 18 20 21

The front page show the No Cuts for Kids campaign which was supported by the Daycare Trust. This is a campaign led by parents opposed to cuts to Sure Start Childrens Centres. A petition signed by over 50,000 people was handed into Downing Street on Mothers Day. We awarded the Daycare Trust 62,000 to support its London Childcare Campaign which will raise awareness of existing childcare support entitlements, monitor (and respond to) public funding cuts to childcare services, and deliver more in-depth work in five boroughs to improve take-up and provision of childcare. www.daycaretrust.org.uk

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Trust for London Annual Review 2010

About Trust for London

We are one of the largest independent charitable foundations in London and we exist to reduce poverty and inequality in the capital. We do this by funding the voluntary and community sector and others, as well as by using our own expertise and knowledge to support work that tackles poverty and its root causes. Established in 1891, Trust for London is our new name following the amalgamation of City Parochial Foundation and the Trust for London in July 2010. We brought the two organisations together to make us more efficient, allow us to use our capital more flexibly, and to avoid any confusion to groups seeking funding from us. This annual review highlights our work during 2010, all of which is described in more detail on our website www.trustforlondon.org.uk. This also features a number of publications and initiatives detailed in this review.

About Trust for London

Foreword
As public expenditure cuts begin to bite, many Londoners are feeling the impact. Most affected will be those living in poverty as a result of unemployment, lack of a living wage, poor access to housing or limited educational prospects. This is within the context of London having the highest rates of poverty and income inequality in the UK. Although our resources are small we aim to find creative ways of tackling deep-rooted problems relating to poverty and inequality. 2010 saw the amalgamation of City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London into one new body to enable us to focus our funding under the single clear banner of Trust for London. The Trust is independent of Government and special interest groups and we use this freedom to take risks. In 2010 we provided nearly 7 million helping Londoners tackle poverty and inequality. The funding programmes were designed to achieve social justice for people who need it most, tackling those important but unpopular causes such as human trafficking, domestic violence and the destitution of asylum seekers. This style of funding led us to invest in work addressing the problem of faithbased abuse amongst Londons African communities and an independent evaluation of this initiative was completed in 2010. To tackle poverty you also need facts as a basis for action. Through maps, graphs and data, Londons Poverty Profile provides stark statistics that enable the Trust and other organisations to understand key information relating to poverty in London. In 2010 we launched a new report on the impact of the recession. Our long established practice of visiting all grant applicants that are shortlisted at the first stage of the assessment process is a major source of insight for us. We have built on this, and developed an approach to learning from our work. Alongside the many groups we fund, we commissioned research, provided evidence, contributed to debate and proposed possible solutions on key issues affecting disadvantaged Londoners, including changes proposed by the Government. This report highlights the funding activity of the Trust by illustrating some of the work that has been undertaken in the past year. Underpinning this activity are the endowment funds which stood at 227 million at December 2010. Not only are we working to maintain the real value of these assets to support funding over the long-term but are looking at new ways of working these assets more effectively through mission related investing. None of our activities would be possible without the staff of the Trust. The Trustees consider themselves to be extraordinarily fortunate to work alongside such a committed and creative team. I want to record my appreciation for their hard work and skill.

Peter Williams Chair

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Our Mission, Approach and Values

Our Mission and Approach
Our aim is to enable and empower Londoners to tackle poverty and inequality, and their root causes; and to ensure that our funds reach those most in need. We achieve this by funding charitable work: making grants through our open programme (highlighted on pages 413); and funding special initiatives where we want to make a greater strategic impact on a specific issue (highlighted on pages 1417). Our funding programmes are about achieving social justice for people who need it most, particularly those who are excluded, disadvantaged and face discrimination. We are particularly interested in work that is viewed as challenging and we are willing to take risks. One of our longstanding principles is to support activities that Government is unlikely to fund. We also want to make sure that we are able to respond to new issues and ideas and find creative ways of tackling deep-rooted problems relating to poverty and inequality. We try to provide more than money, offering other forms of support and training to groups we fund, with a view to maximizing the grant we have awarded and helping organisations become more effective. We also encourage the organisations we fund to share their knowledge and use their experience and resources to try and influence policy and promote good practice. We support them in doing this as well as using our own knowledge, reputation and independence to achieve change.

Our Values
We recognise the freedom and responsibility that spring from our endowment and our independence from Government or vested interests. We accept our responsibility to act with integrity and transparency. We are committed to working in an approachable and accessible way, listening to and learning from those that we fund. We believe that commissioning research can improve understanding of the causes and effects of poverty and inequality in London. We look to partnerships, particularly with other funders, to help us to increase the impact of our work. In all we do, we expect our Trustees and staff to work ethically, collaboratively and with open minds.

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Improving employment opportunities

29 grants 1,697,087
and Mind for its work with employers to help them manage mental health issues within the workplace, which is particularly critical in supporting this group to remain in work. Some of the difficulties faced by disabled people were highlighted in recent research we funded. Building Our Futures, co-ordinated by Disability Action in Islington, found that deaf and disabled peoples organisations often have a pioneering role in employing disabled people. However, many face human resource challenges and need tailored support to address these. There are also a number of lessons for other employers and recommendations for funders and Government, including reform of the Department for Work and Pensions Access to Work scheme. Another key area of work during the year was funding specialist employment legal advice including initial advice, representation at employment tribunals and enforcement of awards arising from the latter. Taking early action can result in an individual maintaining their employment, their income and their self-respect as well as reducing stress. Getting an appropriate settlement or award helps people to manage their finances while they are out of work and gives them the confidence to seek work from a secure base. The impact on peoples lives of unresolved disputes at work or the loss of their job can be immense. We funded several law centres to provide an employment legal service including those in Barnet, North Kensington and Hammersmith & Fulham. A new development which we hope will be beneficial has been the creation of the London Employment and Skills Policy Network which aims to provide a collective policy voice for voluntary and community groups working in this field. Run by London Voluntary Services Council, it also provides a forum for groups to share intelligence and best practice and the Network has been addressing key issues such as the delivery of the Governments Work Programme.

We believe employment is one of the most important routes out of poverty, though we are concerned about simply shifting people from workless poor to working poor. Our focus remains on those who are most disadvantaged and vulnerable in the labour market and how they can be best supported into rewarding and sustainable employment; as well as tackling discrimination and exploitation in the workplace.
Although there continues to be considerable economic uncertainty, this has not yet translated into the very high levels of unemployment which followed the UKs previous two recessions. Whilst Londons unemployment has risen over the past three years from around 300,000 to 400,000 people the overall employment rate is only two percentage points down over the same period. However, these figures are before the significant public sector redundancies expected in 2011 and, a key concern is the impact on young adults, who now represent 1 in 3 unemployed Londoners. As with previous years, around 30% of our funding under this aim went towards employment support for disabled people a key group the Government is keen to move into employment through the Work Programme. Our funding included grants to Blind in Business, towards the expansion of its employment service for visually impaired young people in Newham; Bromley Mencap to provide a specialist employment service for people with autism;

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Spare Tyre Theatre Company provides training and opportunities for voiceless people, including older and disabled people, to engage with community theatre. Since 2007 we have supported its work to help people with learning disabilities to make the transition into paid work in the creative industries, and in 2010 we awarded a further grant of 25,000. Im an Artist, let me in! was a performance which showcased the creative potential

of people with learning disabilities to an audience which included professionals from the creative industries and broadcasting. The work, and a similar project being run by Heart n Soul, is being independently evaluated and key findings from this will be launched in 2011. www.sparetyre.org

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Promoting the inclusion of recent arrivals to the UK

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therefore highly vulnerable to exploitation. We believe it is important to support these disadvantaged individuals who are at the margins of society. Praxis, an organisation supporting displaced people, produced a new resource for people advising undocumented migrants, which covers issues such as education, housing, healthcare and ethical considerations; and we continue to fund this work. A key challenge for many migrants is knowing their rights and dealing with often complex legal issues, which can be even more difficult if their first language is not English. To help address this we funded a variety of specialist advice projects including a grant to Tower Hamlets Law Centre which supports women experiencing domestic violence who have arrived in the UK on their spouses visa. Many women in this situation often feel trapped in their marriage, risking destitution and possible deportation if they leave their husband. We also continued funding Asylum Support Appeals Project which prevents destitution amongst asylum seekers through the provision of free legal representation to help them claim basic support (such as rights to food and shelter); and Redress towards legal work with asylum seekers and refugees who have experienced torture to enable them to secure justice and reparations. During the year a strand of work we funded was support for young unaccompanied migrants. This included a grant to Baobab Centre for its counselling and therapeutic services for children and young people who have faced trauma such as war, violence and trafficking; Voice towards its specialist advocacy service for refugee and migrant children who are in local authority care; and Hillingdon Refugee Support Group which supports unaccompanied asylum-seekers and refugees who are leaving care, so that they can live independently in the community.

London is super-diverse with around onethird of its population born outside the UK. Whereas in the past its migrant population was characterised by large communities from the Caribbean, South Asia and other parts of the Commonwealth, the capital is now also increasingly home to smaller and more varied communities, attracting all social classes. It is, as has been noted by several commentators, the world in one city.
However, a diverse migrant population in London presents a number of challenges. We funded a new report by Migrants Rights Network, which highlighted key policy issues. Migrant Capital contends that Londons policy makers will find it more difficult to maintain a progressive stance on immigration but that it is well placed to develop a cohesive and forward-looking city strategy for maximising the benefits and addressing the challenges presented by migrants to the capital. While the majority of new arrivals to the UK are able to navigate the complexities of the capital, there are some who are disadvantaged and living in poverty, particularly destitute asylum seekers and other undocumented migrants who do not have any legal status and are

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Hackney Migrant Centre runs a drop-in service for asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, attracting people from over 50 different countries. Most of its visitors have no recourse to public funds and are homeless and destitute.

It was awarded 46,000 over two years towards the salary of its Coordinator and running costs of the Centre. This will enable it to provide advice on immigration and housing and help individuals to access basic health services, including registering with a GP. It also provides a free nutritious meal as well as social activities. www.hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk 7

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Promoting social justice

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influence policy-makers and practitioners to improve their services in order to make women safer. Another area of equalities work we funded in 2010 was supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender peoples rights. We funded four organisations working in this field including Age UK Camden, where we continued to support its campaigning work with older LGBT people (described opposite). A key area of work we are currently exploring relates to the shocking levels of income inequality in the capital. This means that even the lower end of the richest 10% of Londoners have 273 times more wealth than the higher end of the poorest 10% of Londoners. This compares with an England-wide ratio of 96. A growing body of evidence has highlighted the negative consequences this can have for everyone. The Government has also recognised this is an issue and in 2010 established the Hutton Review of Fair Pay in the Public Sector, which we made a response to. To help us think through the implications of growing inequality to the work we fund, we ran a series of seminars at which leading commentators on the subject gave their views, including Sir Michael Marmot, Professor John Hills and Professor Danny Dorling. We also ran a conference in partnership with London Voluntary Services Council to further explore how this inequality gap could be closed. An accompanying report featured articles from a number of individuals including Mayor Boris Johnson who noted that there are still too many who are not sharing in the citys economic success. To develop this area of work we made a grant to IPPR to examine pay inequalities in the capital and to explore and market-test with Londoners realistic policy responses to reducing these differences key findings of which will be launched in 2011.

Empowering people to speak out about inequality and poverty, particularly those who are most affected, and campaigning for changes to policy and practice, are essential to meeting our mission. This is because we recognise that influencing those with significantly more resources than us, such as the Government, as well as changing public attitudes, can have a significant impact on tackling poverty and its root causes.
Across our funding aims, 35% of our funding was spent on policy change and campaigning work in 2010, and a further 30% on projects within which this was a significant element. Improving womens rights and preventing violence against women was a significant strand of work during the year. Seven of our grants were for work relating to this issue including funding Rights of Women to undertake research on womens experience of accessing the law and legal remedies to protect themselves and their children from violence; Object for its campaigning and lobbying of local authorities to implement new licensing regulations on lap dancing clubs; and the End Violence Against Women coalition for new London-focussed work, which aims to

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Age UK Camden provides support to older people aged over 50, including information, advice, advocacy and befriending. We provided continuation funding for the organisations work with older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. With over 500 members the project is expanding to cover more London boroughs.

A growing body of evidence highlights the difficulties older LGBT people face in accessing mainstream services and the discrimination they experience. The organisation was awarded 75,000 for its campaigning and policy work on issues of concern to older LGBT people, particularly day and residential care services. www.ageukcamden.org.uk
Promoting social justice

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Strengthening the skills of the voluntary & community sector

5 grants 273,500
Alongside grants, we continued to provide funding plus support to groups. This is where we offer additional support alongside a grant, to help organisations become more effective. For example, we enabled eight of the organisations we fund to participate in a programme, developed by the Carnegie UK Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, to explore the link between analysing power and achieving social change. The key focus was to understand and demonstrate how those with least power in society could actively engage and exercise power in decision-making processes in order to achieve their goals. A report on this power analysis approach has been produced by Carnegie and JRF. All organisations we fund are encouraged to attend free training on monitoring and evaluation, which is delivered by Charities Evaluation Services and, during the year, 10 training sessions were delivered. We piloted a new fundraising course for a small number of groups we support and which we hope to develop. We also commissioned Rights of Women to deliver three training sessions related to the law and violence against women. We ran a number of learning seminars in 2010, including one examining the potential of entrepreneurship and social enterprise to act as routes into employment for those out of work. This looked at the critical factors needed to try and make this work a success, particularly by reflecting on where goals had not been achieved. We plan to run more of these seminars in the future, bringing together the groups we fund to learn from each others work.

We know that in order to deliver our aims, London needs to have a strong and diverse voluntary and community sector, so for many years we have funded work which improves the skills of the sectors staff, volunteers and trustees. Our focus is on three areas which we feel need strengthening: campaigning and policy change; research; and learning and evaluation.
Our funding during 2010 included a continuation grant to the Sheila McKechnie Foundation for its Influencing Public Policy course, which we piloted in 2008 and 2009 and will now run for a further three years. This provides training for small and medium-sized organisations and focuses on how local authorities, Parliament and central government make decisions - offering information and expert advice on how to influence them. Participants learn about developing a campaign strategy, working with the media, and involving key stakeholders. We also continue to sponsor one of the Foundations annual awards for campaigners (described opposite).

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The Sheila McKechnie Foundation connects, informs and support campaigners, running a wide range of training and events. We awarded it 70,000 for its work including sponsoring one of its annual awards for new and emerging campaigners. In 2010 the London Social Justice award, which we sponsor, was won by Noori Bibi who runs Young Muslim Voices. Noori is working to break barriers between

communities and challenge negative perceptions about young Muslims, women and refugees. Young Muslim Voices has been running for two years and has engaged thousands of young people, while impacting on services and policies in Islington. Award winners receive a wide range of tailored support from the Foundation to help develop their skills. www.smk.org.uk 11

Strengthening the skills of the voluntary & community sector

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Supporting small community groups

36 grants 707,028
most vulnerable, provides them with mutual support and aims to improve the quality of care provided by the statutory sector. Key to the success of this work is providing training and support to currently well and exservice users to volunteer to visit those who are detained under the Mental Health Act on the wards at Highgate Mental Health Centre. In our revised funding guidelines published in 2010, we expanded this area of work to include all groups that were empowering disadvantaged people to speak out and campaign for change, whilst continuing to emphasise our support for disability groups. We continued to fund migrant and refugee community groups to promote integration and inclusion, which represents 60% of our funding under this aim. Grants are often for the salary of a part-time co-ordinator or advice worker, or a contribution to the groups core costs. We made 19 grants, supporting a range of migrant communities including Russian-speakers, Somalis, Congolese and Filipinos to name a few. One example was a grant to Abagimigambi, a self-help group of Rwandan women based in Barking. It provides advice and guidance in their mother-tongue, as well as building links with the settled community by organising dance performances at local sheltered housing units. We are one of the few funders to invest in mother-tongue and supplementary schools, as we believe these provide an excellent way for children and young people to reach their potential. In 2010 we funded 13 schools to provide creative educational opportunities offering a wide range of activities. For example, Kidbrooke Vietnamese Chinese Supplementary School, who, in addition to its mothertongue and supplementary classes, also provides a range of cultural activities including singing, dance, poetry and drama as well as establishing links with pupils and teachers in Hanoi via Facebook.

From its creation in 1986 the original Trust for London had a long tradition of supporting small groups to undertake a range of work, particularly to support newer migrant and refugee communities to settle in London to become more familiar with the language and to access mainstream services and opportunities.
Following the amalgamation with City Parochial Foundation, the new Trust for London will continue this strong theme, as we believe small groups play a vital role in responding to their communities needs. This may be by providing advice and support to help people access their rights; or by creating cultural projects to generate a sense of belonging; or by providing a structure for people to highlight their concerns and campaign for change. The lessons learned from funding small groups have often been used to develop other parts of our work, as reflected in our funding aims and special initiatives. Over half the groups we funded in 2010 are based in Outer London boroughs, reflecting the growing poverty in Outer London as highlighted in Londons Poverty Profile. During 2010 we supported three groups to strengthen the voice of disabled people. One such example is the Islington Borough Users Group, where we provided funding for its Patients Council. The Group encourages mentally ill people to voice their feelings when they are

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Nene Tereza is an Albanian community group, working with young people in Enfield and Haringey since 2008. It was awarded 15,500 towards its mother-tongue classes and cultural activities such as traditional dance. It believes that promoting a positive Albanian

identity and teaching children their mother-tongue will not only build their self-esteem and confidence, but will also improve their relationships with their family and community. www.nenetereza.co.uk

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Special Initiatives
Special Initiatives are where we want to make a greater strategic impact on a particular issue, and to which we commit additional resources, including significant staff time. We are currently working on a number of programmes highlighted below.
In the run up to the May election, party leaders Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron gave their support to the living wage at a public assembly organised by London Citizens. Their presence was seen as a very clear signal that there was strong cross-party commitment for this work. During the year many higher education institutions signedup to the living wage including University College London, following an investigation by the London Evening Standard. At a major event in November held at KPMG, Mayor Boris Johnson announced a number of new employers who had signed up to the initiative including Merryl Lynch, Goldman Sachs, LOreal, JP Morgan, UBS and Bank of America. The event also helped to publicise the launch of the Living Wage Foundation, funded by Trust for London. The Foundation, to be launched in 2011, will help with the accreditation of living wage employers and to market and promote the concept.

Tackling Female Genital Mutilation (201013)

Recent estimates produced by FORWARD (2007), indicate that nearly 66,000 women with FGM are living in England and Wales and 21,000 girls under the age of 15 are estimated to be at risk of FGM. The main practising communities in the UK are from sub-Saharan Africa as well as some sections of the Kurdish Iraqi community. Depending on the degree of mutilation, the procedure can lead to many health complications and in all its forms can contribute to severe psychological and psychosexual problems. In partnership with Esme Fairbairn Foundation and Rosa (the UK Fund for Women and Girls) we made grants totalling 1 million to 14 organisations to undertake communitybased, preventative work to safeguard children from the practice of FGM. The formal launch event at the House of Lords in June 2010 was hosted by Baroness Ruth Rendell, a long-time campaigner against FGM. In addition, Options UK was commissioned to oversee the learning and evaluation associated with the work, including organising events so the projects can come together to share their knowledge and experiences about how best to change attitudes and behaviour regarding this harmful practice. A study has also been produced providing insights into current attitudes amongst the communities being worked with.

Londons Poverty Profile (200711)

We commissioned New Policy Institute to produce a special Londons Poverty Profile report on the impact of the recession, which was published in October 2010. The research showed that although some areas, especially Inner West London, survived the recession relatively well, many others, particularly in Outer East London, saw large increases in unemployment and mortgage repossessions. In addition, the report highlighted a dramatic increase in inwork poverty across London. Nearly a million Londoners in working households are living in poverty up by 50% over the past decade. The result is that over half of the capitals low-income population lives in a household where at least one adult is working. The report was launched at the ICA, with speakers including the Mayors Advisor for Health and Youth Opportunities, Pam Chesters. The event also featured a performance of a new script from iceandfire drawing together testimonies from in-depth interviews with Londoners living in poverty. The data is available on a dedicated website, www. londonspovertyprofile.org.uk, which provides more analysis and links to other resources. Further research has been commissioned to assess whether there has been any improvement in the poverty and inequality indicators we examined in the first report in 2009, which will be published in October 2011.

London Living Wage (200813)

Although work is the most important route out of poverty, half of all poor households in the capital now include someone who is working 10% of all full-time and 40% of all part-time workers in London are low-paid. One approach to tackling this in-work poverty is the Living Wage campaign initiated by London Citizens in 2001, which we have supported since its inception and in 2008 we made a major investment of nearly 1 million for this work. The London Living Wage, calculated annually by the Greater London Authority, stipulates an hourly pay rate set above the National Minimum Wage. 14
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The Tackling FGM special initiative is funding 14 groups, including FORWARD and Africa Advocacy Foundation (pictured above). We are supporting seven groups in London, investing 554,000 in this work. This includes a grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust of 94,000 for its health advocacy work on this issue. One volunteer with the project was circumcised when she was five and gave her views on FGM in The Guardian:

We need education that is respectful and sensitive. It cant be a cultural confrontation, a judgement. People have been practising this for centuries and see it as embedded in their culture. You cannot approach them aggressively you have to invite them to talk, to show them the consequences of FGM later on, during menstruation, during childbirth and so on. Many in our generation are fighting it.

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Safeguarding Childrens Rights (200712)

This initiative aims to strengthen community-based preventive work to promote the rights, safety and wellbeing of Londons African children, with a particular focus on tackling abuse linked to beliefs in witchcraft and spirit possession. It responded to concerns raised by African community groups as well as high profile cases such as Victoria Climbi and Boy Adam, although we recognise this is an issue in many faiths and cultures. There was renewed media interest in the issue during the year, with a Channel 4 Dispatches programme about accusations of witchcraft by pastors in African churches in London. It featured interviews with staff from three of the organisations in our initiative. The independent evaluation, by the Centre for Social Work Research, was completed during 2010 and will be launched at a joint conference with the London Safeguarding Children Board in 2011. Key achievements include: Over 3,000 African church leaders and officers trained, leading to improved child protection. The Safeguarding African Children Network created a forum for community organisations to collaborate in discussing and promoting child safety. A new youth forum and parenting workshops built a network of African young people and families speaking out against abuse. Significant work with Local Safeguarding Children Boards and those working in child protection. The initiative was extended through to summer 2012, with additional grants made in 2010, bringing our total investment up to 750,000.

A distinct clinical psychotherapeutic model for women trafficked into sexual exploitation was developed. New legislation outlawed the purchase of sex from someone forced to sell it. In addition to 600,000 of funding, the involvement of the Trusts staff had direct benefits, including improving data collection and creating space for more multi-lateral working. The report was launched in September 2010 and featured a rehearsed reading of a new script from iceandfire, created from the testimonies of three people who had experienced slavery or exploitation in the UK.

Changing Minds (201013)

Hostile public attitudes to migrants are a major barrier to balanced, constructive debate on migration in the UK. To better understand this issue, provide better evidence, challenge negative media coverage and move beyond the polarised framing of this issue, we have been working together with a number of independent funders to develop a more strategic approach to this area of work. One of the key areas of work we funded in 2010 was the creation of a new social justice communications agency, which will become operational in 2011. Working with and through the media, the agency will aim to provide a clear, evidenced-based and consistent narrative on migration, which will be delivered by advocates from all walks of life. We hope this will complement and strengthen existing work undertaken by the refugee and migrant sector. As part of this initiative, we also funded the Institute for Social Change to develop and analyse a module of questions relating to migration to be included in the British Social Attitudes survey. We hope this will provide a clearer analysis of public attitudes on this issue, including changes over time.

Tackling Modern Day Slavery (200710)

2010 marked the end of this initiative, which aimed to strengthen the voluntary sectors role in improving the position of people exploited through trafficking, prostitution and forced labour. A final report, drawing together what was achieved, showed that the five organisations we funded made enormous strides in campaigning and service delivery. For example: Migrant domestic workers retained their existing employment rights. A new criminal offence of servitude and forced labour was passed into law.

Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy (200611)

At the end of 2010 we launched an independent evaluation by the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University, of this joint initiative with The Henry Smith Charity. It concluded that Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy support to high-risk victims enhanced safety and reduced repeat incidents. With The Henry Smith Charity we invested 1.3 million over five years, which increased to 2 million with match

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funding from statutory sources. This funded specialist advocacy provided by four projects working with victims of domestic violence in London, assessed to be at high risk of serious injury or homicide. Each scheme operates in a different borough and setting, including a police station in Barnet, a community centre in Newham, the A&E department at Guys and St Thomas hospital, and a specialist service targeting Black and minority ethnic communities in Hackney. To coincide with the launch of the evaluation we organised a policy roundtable, attended by Lynne Featherstone MP, Minister for Equalities, to highlight its findings. This included the need to invest in comprehensive wraparound provision for victimsurvivors of domestic violence to prevent low and medium risk victims becoming high risk.

initiative has left a legacy of practical tools and good practice, which continue to be shared through a dedicated website www.fearandfashion.org.uk.

Latin Americans in London (200810)

Working with the Latin American Womens Rights Service, we commissioned Queen Mary, University of London to research the Latin American community in London. This included estimating the size of the population and providing a better understanding of the lives of this largely overlooked community. The survey of over 1,000 Latin Americans, completed in 2010, is the most comprehensive study of this population to date, and will be launched in May 2011.

Mission Related Investment Preventing Racist Violence (200711)

Three organisations were funded to work with young people to prevent their involvement in racist violence. We developed this initiative after research highlighted that, although young people tend to be the main perpetrators of racist violence, there was little preventive work being targeted directly at those at risk of such involvement. The work in Thamesmead, Bexley and Barking & Dagenham has taken place in schools and youth centres, and has focused on conflict resolution and identity issues. Using tools such as sports, arts and residentials the projects have engaged with a wide range of young people and have had a positive influence over attitudes and behaviour. An evaluation of this work was completed in 2010 and will be published by the Runnymede Trust in 2011. Alongside our grants programme, we have continued to develop what is commonly known as mission (or programme) related investments. This is a method of working that involves making an investment in projects that have a social purpose but which also generate a financial return. We have already had considerable success in this area by providing loans, letting land and creating the Resource for London on Holloway Road. Previously known as the Resource Centre, the Resource for London provides the social benefit of good quality, affordable, office and meeting space to voluntary and community organisations whilst at the same time creating a financial return from rental income. In 2010 we began working with the Ethical Property Company to develop another property-related investment: a new Human Rights and Social Justice Centre. With an estimated cost of 7 million, the aim is to create a dynamic centre where human rights groups can occupy space on affordable and flexible terms; share resources and facilities; and educate and influence the wider public on social justice issues. The focus of this work is not solely on large-scale projects and we wish to attract proposals from smaller organisations. Early in 2011 we plan to launch Capital for London, which will be the new vehicle for this work, and we will publish criteria and guidelines for organisations seeking investment.

Fear and Fashion (200710)

Concern about the level of knife crime among young people became a central part of the law and order debate following a significant number of deaths in 2007 and 2008, which has thankfully since reduced. This generated high levels of public concern and media attention. This joint initiative with five other funders (City Bridge Trust, Esme Fairbairn Foundation, John Lyons Charity and Wates Foundation) to tackle the use of knives and other weapons by young people started just before the sharp rise in this problem and concluded in 2010. An evaluation report was produced highlighting the achievements, and it was launched at a practitioners learning seminar, organised by Lemos and Crane. The

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Funding list
Improving employment opportunities
Apex Charitable Trust Barnet Law Service Black Training and Enterprise Group Blind in Business Bromley by Bow Centre Bromley Mencap Camden Society Copenhagen Youth Project Crisis Disability Times Trust Futures Theatre Company Hammersmith and Fulham Law Centre Hillside Clubhouse Island Advice Centre Kalayaan Kensington and Chelsea Mind Legal Advice Centre Mind North Kensington Law Centre Refugees into Jobs Refugee Council Refugee Womens Association Royal Docks Learning & Activity Centre Spare Tyre Theatre Company Storm Trees for Cities Trinity Homeless Projects Wise Owls Employment Agency Women Like Us Working Chance Sub-Total

50,000 80,000 100,000 30,000 33,000 37,000 60,000 30,000 15,000 60,000 38,000 116,376 58,711 50,000 108,000 60,000 63,000 50,000 90,000 81,000 58,500 57,000 25,000 50,000 34,000 60,000 65,000 80,000 57,000 1,697,087

Congolese Refugee Womens Association Detention Action Elfrida Rathbone Camden Farsophone Association Female Prisoners Welfare Project Hibiscus Finsbury Park Homeless Families Project Hackney Migrant Centre Hillingdon Refugee Support Group Hodan Somali Community Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester Iraqi Community Association Mind in Enfield Mind in Harrow Minster Centre Notre Dame Refugee Centre Prisoners Abroad Redbridge Carers Support Service Redress Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK Tower Hamlets Law Centre Voice Sub-Total

60,000 85,000 80,000 80,000 30,000 60,000 46,000 60,000 20,500 50,000 36,000 35,000 50,000 60,000 72,500 40,000 60,000 70,000 38,500 55,354 45,000 1,535,354

Promoting social justice

Against Violence and Abuse Age UK Camden Anti-Slavery International Camden LGBT Forum Daycare Trust Disability Action in Islington Disability Alliance Disability Croydon

88,557 75,000 75,000 44,929 62,000 25,000 90,000 16,783 75,000 65,000 30,000 55,000 25,000 120,000 69,120 45,000

Promoting the inclusion of recent arrivals in the UK

Action Aid Asylum Aid Asylum Support Appeals Project Bail for Immigration Detainees Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile

Eaves Housing for Women

15,000 100,000 90,000 140,000 56,500

End Violence Against Women Enfield LGBT Network Family Rights Group Galop Inquest Charitable Trust Institute for Public Policy Research Institute of Race Relations

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London Voluntary Service Council Newham People First Object Public Law Project Quaker Social Action Rights of Women Save the Children Southwark Mind Speak Out in Hounslow Toynbee Hall Women for Refugee Women Womens Resource Centre Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K) Sub-Total

139,000 24,300 50,000 41,000 36,000 48,942 81,000 60,000 42,000 76,000 55,200 35,000 64,000 1,713,831

Islington Borough Users Group Kanlungan Filipino Consortium Kidbrooke Vietnamese Chinese Supplementary School Kids Collective Community Arts Group Lwo Cultural Group Mother Teresa Albanian Union Nene Tereza Newham Somali Homework Club Our Voice Riana Development Foundation Network Russian Community Association Sante Refugee Mental Health Access Project Somali Welfare Trust Waltham Forest Somali Womens Association West London Somaliland Community

30,000 36,000 8,000 21,600 16,220 16,000 15,500 16,000 24,000 15,000 16,500 12,000 25,000 21,000 15,000 14,000 12,000 707,028

Strengthening the skills of the voluntary & community sector

Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse Evelyn Oldfield Unit Institute for Voluntary Action Research Refugee Council Sheila McKechnie Foundation Sub-Total

48,500 100,000 15,000 40,000 70,000 273,500

Yalta Association of Russian Speaking Community in Hammersmith and Fulham Your Space Sub-Total

Special initiatives
Africa Policy Research Network Africans Unite Against Child Abuse Changing Minds

47,000 60,000 300,000 40,000 85,000 100,000 632,000

Supporting small community groups

Abagimigambi Action for Refugees in Lewisham Advice and Learning Bureau African Community School African Future Development AUC UK Bajuni Womens Advocacy Group Bangladeshi Parents Association in Newham Barking and Dagenham Yu Hua Chinese Association Brent Alliance for Human Rights and Equality Bromley Somali Community Association Bromley Sparks Community Language Support Services Congolese Voluntary Organisation Downright Excellent Focus Forth UK French African Welfare Association Friends of Arnold Circus Harrow Association of Somali Voluntary Organisations

15,000 25,000 30,000 16,208 20,000 10,000 25,000 18,000 10,000 25,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 25,000 18,000 16,000 25,000 12,000 28,000

Churches Child Protection Advisory Service Congolese Family Centre Funding Plus work Sub-Total

Exceptional/New Emerging Needs

Naz Project London Sub-Total

10,000 10,000

Trustee Distribution Fund

Arvon Foundation Besom Calibre Minds Carers UK Spitalfields Festival Ltd Starting Blocks Charitable Trust Women for Refugee Women Sub-Total Grand total

7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 52,500 6,621,300

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Finance
Trust for London (formerly City Parochial Foundation) combined with The London Trust (formerly Trust for London) Central Fund accounts summary
2010
From a 60% share of a permanent asset base of and an expendable asset base of we generated income of After charitable and governance costs of net amounts distributed were 207 million 19.1 million 7.1 million 0.9 million 6.2 million

2009
187 million 17.3 million 7.5 million 0.7 million 6.8 million

This summary financial information relating to the Central Fund of the charity is extracted from the draft full Annual Accounts in order to give an overview of the financial activity of the Fund. These figures are unaudited. Copies of the audited Report and Financial Statements can be obtained after 1 July 2011 from the Chief Executive at 6 Middle Street, London EC1A 7PH. On behalf of the Trustee Peter Williams Chair

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Trustees, Co-optees and Staff

Trustees
Peter Williams (Chair) Nigel Pantling retired July 2010 Miles Barber Maggie Baxter retired April 2010 Peter Brooks appointed September 2010 Luis Correia Da Silva appointed July 2010 The Venerable Peter Delaney Tzeggai Yohannes Deres The Revd Dr Martin Dudley Naomi Eisenstadt Roger Evans Sophie Fernandes appointed April 2010 Deborah Finkler Archie Galloway Jeff Hayes appointed July 2010 Councillor Lynne Hillan retired April 2010 Robert Laurence Sue Logan appointed December 2010 Loraine Martins Elahe Panahi Robert Hughes-Penney retired April 2010 Ingrid Posen Wilfred Weeks

Staff
Chief Executive Bharat Mehta Director of Finance & Administration Carol Harrison Director of Policy & Grants Mubin Haq Director of Special Initiatives & Evaluation Sioned Churchill Grants Managers Helal Uddin Abbas, Douglas Gunn, Rachael Takens-Milne and Austin Taylor-Laybourn Publications & IT Manager Tina Stiff Office Manager Mara Normile Finance Manager Linda Curry Dominic OReilly Communications Manager to July 2010 PA to the Chief Executive Diana Clarke (Christina Donaldson to June 2010) Senior Grants Administrator Jaspal Babra Grants Administrator Laura Harrison Accounts Assistant Sue Caller Office Assistant Martin Reynolds Receptionist Pat Harrison

Co-optees
Maggie Baxter Grants Committee from April 2010 Emma Brookes Finance & Resources Committee David Bryan Grants Committee Azim El-Hassan Grants Committee Tara Flood Grants Committee - from June 2011 Professor Julian Franks Asset Allocation Committee Bryn Jones Finance & Resources and Investment Committees Denise Joseph Finance & Resources Committee from March 2011 Muge Dindjer Grants Committee Richard Martin Estate Committee John Muir Grants Committee retired April 2010 Albert Tucker Grants Committee

Trustees, Co-optees and Staff

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Trust for London 6 Middle Street London EC1A 7PH t: +44 (0)20 7606 6145 e: info@trustforlondon.org.uk www.trustforlondon.org.uk www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk Registered Charity No. 205629