The AGM gave us a great opportunity to offer attendees a sneak peek of our brand new London Plus logo! We are really pleased that our website and branding is starting to take shape and can’t wait to share this with you at our launch event. Please save the date for our launch event, which will be taking place at City Hall, 31st January 2019, 3pm-6pm. More details to follow nearer the time.
Have you booked a spot to our annual AGM and networking event held at Toynbee hall? This will be a great opportunity to network with other volunteer centres, CVS’s and civil society organisations. There will also be presentations on how to make better use of data and intelligence and London Plus updates.
How can you take part in London challenge poverty week? Our CEO Maragert Cooney is hoping to amplify the voice of London’s civil society in her new role as a board member on the Skills for Londoner’s board. A new measure of poverty is launched by the social metrics commission.
Welcome to our first ebulletin from the London Plus team. This month we introduce you to our new employment and skills policy lead Rayhan Haque. Did you know that datakind offer FREE advice sessions to civil society organisations? Additionally, for all aspiring or current female CEO’s take a look at the Jane Slowely memorial fund programme.
We are currently working to put together the data and intelligence strategy for London Plus. A large part of this strategy will be to develop original research on the state of the civil society sector in London. As a first step we have been using data from the Community Life Survey to explore how many people have been involved in civil society in London over time.