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Londoners unite to tackle poverty
By Will Horwitz | November 23, 2009
Next Tuesday 1st December a coalition of anti poverty charities and organisations from around London, including Community Links, will meet to share successes and look ahead to next year. Stephen Timms MP for East Ham will open the event, but after that we’ll be hearing almost exclusively from activists and charities working locally around London, including from Community Links co-founder and local councillor Kevin Jenkins.
The event, being held in Stratford, is being organised by the European Anti Poverty Network London branch. The EU have declared 2010 the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (nothing like a snappy title), and this meeting is to allow London charities to start deciding what they can do throughout next year.
As well as Community Links, organisations participating will include the Migrants Resource Centre, End Child Poverty London, ATD Fourth World, Leonard Cheshire Disability, City Parochial Foundation, and more. There will also be an exhibition of the charities’ work open to the public all day.
For more information, or to reserve a place, download the programme and booking form here
Topics: Informal Economy, News, Voices from the Ground Up |
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