Guest blog: Jake Ferguson, CEO of Hackney CVS tells us about the Violence Reduction Unit which has been set up by the London Mayor and MOPAC to reduce serious violence in London through a multi-agency approach. What role can London’s local infrastructure play to reduce youth violence in the capital?
Changes in the Children’s Centre structure and funding have brought uncertainty in the early years’ sector and many community venues have closed. Enfield Voluntary Action shares with us their innovative ‘discover and share’ project, which is making a positive impact to the lives of young parents in the borough.
Small voluntary sector organisations play an important role for London’s residents. Working at a ‘hyper local’ level, often run by volunteers and with very little public funding they are a lifeline to communities that public bodies see as ‘hard to reach’ and are able to achieve a significant impact for the individuals they support.
At their current rate of spend in 2017, Greenwich CVS would cease to exist by 2020. However, Greenwich CVS have survived funding cuts of over 50% due to merging with METRO. METROGAVs share their learning from the merging process with us.