Last week we celebrated the official launch of London Plus. Margaret (CEO, London Plus) spoke about our work at London Plus and what this will look like in the year ahead. If you were unable to attend the launch please read this blog to see what Margaret had to say about London Plus.
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.
Welcome to London Plus! It feels like more than six months ago since we announced the new name for ‘the hub for London’ at the Way Ahead conference. A lot has happened during that time. London Plus is here with a new look, a new team and our own website.
Guest blog: Manny Hothi, Director of Policy at Trust for London, and Rachel Rank, CEO of 360Giving, outline the work their organisations are doing to open up data about London, making it easier for civil society, researchers and policymakers to access information about poverty, inequality and funding flows.
Do you know where to look for London based data? Download our practical datasets sources guide created in collaboration with the Greater London Authority (GLA) for civil society organisations to use when gathering data.