Trust for London Newsletter - August 2014

 

August 2014 Research   137,000 FGM survivors living in England and Wales New research finds that 137,000 women and girls are affected by FGM living in England and Wales.  Read more   Safeguarding children's rights: voices and views from African communities   A new report by African Policy Research Network explores the views of African communities on children's rights and traditional practices such as FGM and faith-based abuse.  Read more   Employment not providing majority of working single parent families with income they need New research by Gingerbread based on the views of more than 2,000 single parents. Read more   Comment   Blog: The International Girl Summit 2014 and the hopes of an FGM survivor Alimatu Dimonekenel, Prevention Caseworker and FGM survivor, shares her own experience of FGM and why the practice needs to end. Alimatu spoke at the recent Girl Summit 2014. Read more   Blog: No agreement on the causes of young black male unemployment Jeremy Crook OBE, Director of Black Training and Enterprise Group, presents the key findings of the new Action Plan to Increase Employment Rates for Young Black Men in London.   Read more   Blog: Three years on from the 2011 London riots This week marks the third anniversary of the London riots - new analysis by Professor Danny Dorling throws up a few surprises.  Read more   Blog: Economic recovery rings hollow for London's working single parents To accompany Gingerbread's new research, Sumi Rabindrakumar writes about the struggles faced by single parent families in London. Read more   Funding   Moving On Up: Funding to increase employment amongst young black men The Trust is pleased to announce the Moving On Up initiative that aims to tackle rates of unemployment amongst young black men – a group that has higher unemployment rates than all other minority ethnic groups of young people. Read more   Next deadline for Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants  The current phase of the Strategic Legal Fund has been extended and the next deadline for applications is 15th September. Read more   News   New home for social change organisations The Foundry is opening next month; this vibrant new centre in Vauxhall will be home to 25 social change organisations while offering state of the art meeting spaces available for conferences, events, seminars and exhibitions.   Read more   A Supreme Court win for victims of trafficking Trafficked people have the right to recover damages from their traffickers irrespective of their immigration status, the Supreme Court ruled after intervention from Anti-Slavery International - funded by the Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants (SLF). The claimant in this case was represented by Trust for London grantee ATLEU. Read more   Events and Training   Applications open for subsidised campaigning and influencing course Influencing Change is an introductory level course for London-based individuals on how to gain influence, and campaign for change in public policy.  Read more   Event: what can we do to support people to move out of low paid work? Research shows 570,000 Londoners have been stuck in low pay for at least a year and the number in low pay has increased significantly over the last five years. This event will focus on developing programmes that help people to earn more, gain more secure employment and develop a career ladder. There are increasing reasons (and funding available) to develop progression programmes. Read more   © 2014 Trust for London - Contact us   @trustforlondon   To unsubscribe click here