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Invisible Islington: A report by the Cripplegate Foundation (2008)
Child Poverty In London: The Facts
Further Information
For further information on child poverty in London and schemes that are currently underway to help reduce levels of child poverty in the capital, please visit:
Additional Borough Information
Key information and statistics about your borough supplied by government departments and the Office for National Statistics (including census information, performance indicators and school performance statistics) is available at http://www.go-london.gov.uk/boroughinfo/
Capital Gains
In February 2008, the London Child Poverty Commission published their final report. The report, Capital Gains, is the result of two years of extensive research and consultation on the key issues facing children and families living in poverty in London .
To find out more about the Commission and to download a copy of their final report please visit www.londonchildpoverty.org.uk .
Child Poverty Tool Kit
To support Local Authorities in their contribution to the national target, Inclusion and the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) have developed a Child Poverty Tool Kit. The Child Poverty Tool Kit provides up-to-date child poverty data, advice on child poverty proofing practices and good practice examples from Local Authorities around England . Visit www.childpovertytoolkit.org.uk for more information.
London Child Poverty Pledge
The government has recently launched The London Child Poverty Pledge, designed to raise awareness of the contribution people can make in their own organisations and jobs to drive action to reduce the capital's high and persistent child poverty rates.
The pledge enables organisations to commit to tackling child poverty by signing up to a set of actions to improve the services they provide for disadvantaged families and assessing how their own employment practices can be improved to ensure that they are family-friendly, and enable local parents to succeed in work. To find out more please visit http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/parents/thepledge/.