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We aim to change lives
We are a grant-making charitable foundation operating in Lambeth, London.
We help make change happen for those affected by modern day poverty and disadvantage. Over the ten years to March 2020 we made 3,372 grants totalling £19,655,000. Through our grant-making we create opportunities and possibilities. Our approach is not to give a hand-out but a hand-up. View our Annual Review 2020 Between April and September 2020 we handled grants of £872,487 to Lambeth projects as part of our initial response to the impact of Covid-19 - download the report here (PDF) BounceBack is our Phase 2 response to the pandemic: an additional £2 million - more |
Is there really a problem?
Yes. The problem is that poverty is widespread in the United Kingdom.
It harms countless lives, limits human potential, costs large sums of public money, undermines social relations,
all of which can pass from one generation to the next.
It feeds social inequality by denying many people the opportunities others take for granted.
43% of Lambeth's children are growing up in poverty
20% of Lambeth working people are paid less than the London Living Wage
In the UK, before the impact of Covid-19, 14 million people were estimated to be living in poverty:
8 million working-age adults, 4 million children, 2 million pensioners
(data sources: Joseph Rowntree Foundation UK Poverty Report 2019/20 and Lambeth Council)
It harms countless lives, limits human potential, costs large sums of public money, undermines social relations,
all of which can pass from one generation to the next.
It feeds social inequality by denying many people the opportunities others take for granted.
43% of Lambeth's children are growing up in poverty
20% of Lambeth working people are paid less than the London Living Wage
In the UK, before the impact of Covid-19, 14 million people were estimated to be living in poverty:
8 million working-age adults, 4 million children, 2 million pensioners
(data sources: Joseph Rowntree Foundation UK Poverty Report 2019/20 and Lambeth Council)