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We've amalgamated!
Posted 30 June 2010 City Parochial Foundation and our sister fund Trust for London amalgamated on 30 June 2010. Our new organisation will be known as Trust for London and will continue to give out funding of approximately £6 million...
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Living Wage Campaign making progress
Posted 29 June 2010 Around 1 in 10 working Londoners earn an income that keeps them below the poverty threshold. To address this issue of low pay we invested approximately £1 million into a London Living Wage initiative. The campaign...
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Building Our Futures Report Launch
Posted 28 June 2010 There are over 120 user-led Deaf and disabled people's organisations (DPOs) in London promoting the rights of disabled people and providing a wide range of essential projects and services. DPOs have a prioneering role in employing...
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Tackling FGM initiative launched
On 24 June 2010, the Tackling Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) special initiative was officially launched at the House of Lords, hosted by Baroness Ruth Rendell, Ambassador to the initiative. Established by Trust for London in partnership with Esmee Fairbairn Foundation...
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UK anti-trafficking measures 'not fit for purpose'
The UK's new anti-trafficking measures are 'not fit for purpose' and the government is breaching its obligations under the European Convention against Trafficking, said a coalition of British human rights organisations as it published a new report funded by Comic...
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Human rights centre for London under consideration
We are planning a new centre in partnership with the Ethical Property Foundation (Plans for the Future) to bring together a range of human rights and social justice organisations into one central London centre. The aim is to create a...
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Survey Results: what you think of us
Posted 25 March 2010 As part of a mid-term review of our work, we undertook a survey in Summer 2009 to get feedback on all aspects of our work. This was an electronic survey of a sample of applicants, both...
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Consultation Response to Safeguarding Children
Posted 2 February 2010 City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London have responded to the Government's consultation on guidance for Local Safeguarding Children Boards, which have responsibility in each borough for keeping children safe from harm. In particularly, we are...
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Read a first person account of Female Genital Mutilation in the UK and abroad
Posted 13th January 2010 City Parochial Foundation has just launched a new UK-wide Special Initiative in partnership with Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Rosa (the UK Fund for Women and Girls) to fund community-based, preventive work to safeguard children from the...
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Maggie Baxter appointed OBE
All at City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London would like to congratulate our trustee Maggie Baxter on being appointed an OBE in the New Year's Honours list. Maggie has been an active and invaluable Trustee of City Parochial Foundation...
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