Over £22m funding has been distributed to London's civil society orgs through the London Community Response - an unprecedented funder collaboration.



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The collaborating funders have placed a strong emphasis on equity and inclusion, recognising that the pandemic is disproportionately affecting already marginalised and discriminated-against communities.

Analysis of the grants made shows that:

43.8% went to Black and Minority Ethnic-led orgs
8% went to Deaf and Disabled-led orgs
5.8% went to LGBT-led orgs
58.8% went to Women-led orgs

This was achieved through funding the valuable expertise, reach and proactive support of equality-led infrastructure groups who are working alongside the funding partnership.

@LGBTConsortium @ubeleinitiative @InclusionLondon @whywomen @CSO_Somali @LondonGypsyTrav

Funder spotlight @BloombergDotOrg has provided much-needed direct support to over 50 orgs, many of which are long-term partners and are focused on helping vulnerable and excluded groups.

They include @aktcharity & @WOWisGlobal...

@TimSigsworth "The young people facing homelessness who akt support have been significantly affected by the pandemic. The funding received from Bloomberg, through the LCR, has enabled akt to provide young people with safe accomm, food, phone credit and other vital resources"

At the height of lockdown, the WOW Foundation launched the WOW Global 24 Great Big Virtual Festival.

It was attended by more than 11,000 people live, from over 50 countries speaking 20 different languages.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/women-of-the-world-culture-in-quarantine

Yvonne Field @ubeleinitiative: "It has been refreshing to see a partnership of funders that have really put equity at the heart of their approach, and to see that when we work together we can ensure that communities get the resources they need".

The LCR is now open for its third wave of funding. Priority is being given to:

Equity and inclusion
Strong connections
Smaller orgs

Find out more: https://londoncommunityresponsefund.org.uk/news/new-funding-available-london-community-response