East End Community Foundation Jack Dash House 2 Lawn House Close London E14 9YQ Tel: 020 7345 4444 Email: [email protected] www.eastendcf.org BRINGING YOU EastEnd_CF Company No: 8104415 CLOSER Charity No: 1147789 ANNUAL REVIEW 20172018 Who we are Vision A philanthropic East End free of poverty. Mission To drive philanthropy and charitable giving that responds to community needs and aspirations in East London, both now and in the future. Bringing you closer to the... challenges facts people outcomes Welcome For the past six years at EECF, every year has been our most successful. This is an achievement we are extremely proud of, but the past 12 months have been particularly successful for several reasons. Firstly, we invested more money in the community than ever before, achieving our £1m target. We also won a national award for best practice in grant-making and we achieved exemplar status in the quality accreditation kitemark that UK community foundations are required to work towards. As a direct consequence of our increased investment in the East End last year, the impact we have achieved is greater than ever, with over 14,000 Howard Dawber residents directly benefiting from our support and almost 400 accessing meaningful employment. More impressive is the impact we have on Chairman people, as it can be life changing for some. A young person accessing an EECF-funded employment programme, and an example of the people we are helping, said “I joined the project as I really wanted to get into work. I’d spent so much time caring for my mum, who has mental health issues, and I needed help to get there. I feel like I’ve been re-awakened, I’ve learnt new skills and feel more positive. I’m now earning real money and feel positive, despite the challenges I may face.” These are the local people we are supporting, and there is so much more to do. These impressive achievements would not have been possible without the support of EECF’s trustees and the dedication and expertise of the staff, who are fantastic. As we enter 2018/19 we face a potentially challenging year in terms of the financial markets but with donor relationships flourishing as they see the benefit of their investment through us, and our locally elected Mayors all now in place, I am confident in being able to continue our ‘best year yet’ trend. The thing I love most about working for EECF is knowing that we have our finger on the pulse and our efforts make a genuine difference to those experiencing hardship. Our role as a grant maker, adviser and co-ordinator of social change means that our work is wide ranging, as you will see throughout this report. By investing EECF’s own resources and co-ordinating the generous donations of others, the amazing £1m awarded in grants was a collective achievement, and one that we could not have realised working on our own. This is a great accomplishment and something I anticipate being an ongoing trend for EECF and its donors. Tracey Walsh But success will not see us resting on our laurels as there is still so much Chief Executive to achieve. We will continue to strengthen our existing relationships and seek new partners who are committed to reducing inequality locally. 03 EASY,ACHIEVING RELEVANT A record-breaking RESULTS AND year EFFECTIVE A record-breaking year 1,424 CORPORATE VOLUNTEERHOURSBROKERED 241 WENTINTO FURTHEREDUCATION 2,200 ATTENDEDTRAINING £1m TOLEARNNEWSKILLS INVESTEDIN 5,726 13,000 GRASSROOTS 14,000 COMMUNITY PEOPLEDIRECTLY 23 TOOKPARTIN ACTIVITY BECAME SPORT & EXERCISE ACTIVITIESDELIVERED BENEFITTEDFROMOURSUPPORT SELFEMPLOYED 389 PEOPLEWERE SUPPORTED INTOWORK 2,910 193 PEOPLEFELT HEALTHIER & HAPPIER GRANTS WEREAWARDED 752 GAINEDA QUALIFICATION Thank you to all our corporate partners and fundholders for their support. 04 05 EASY,RELEVANT RELEVANT & EFFECTIVE AND EFFECTIVE The Societe Generale Community Fund is the latest in a number of initiatives we Established in 2017, the Societe Generale Community Fund supports have underway within our local young people on their journey into the world of work by improving community in East London literacy and educational development, through sport, arts or cultural activities. to support people through education and employability. In the first year of its five-year cycle, the £100k annual fund launched by By working with the East End The Societe Generale United Kingdom Group Charitable Trust delivered Community Foundation, we vital support to seven local projects in Tower Hamlets and Newham, hope to have a greater impact and has since extended its reach to include Hackney. Overall, more than 1,300 young people have benefitted from the fund, with 88 now on our local communities by established in full-time employment. leveraging their expertise, and we are delighted to have already Fight for Peace was one of the organisations to have benefitted from a supported seven local projects grant to deliver a one-year employability project targeting young people through the fund that are not in employment, education or training. Thanks to the funding, the clearly making a real difference charity has been able to support 44 young people at risk, developing their confidence and leadership skills, as well as providing access to to young people. mentoring and career guidance. Fifteen of these have now successfully Sadia Ricke, gained employment, with a further seven having started further Societe Generale’s education courses. UK Country Head As a direct result of the Fund, Societe Generale staff are now volunteering with the charity to inspire young people to pursue their career aspirations and the charity’s youth forum has been held at Societe Generale’s offices. Another organisation that Societe Generale teamed up with was SportInspired, whose mission is to connect communities via sports programmes. SportInspired works with secondary school pupils, helping 7 them to develop into young leaders by building confidence and other grants key skills, and organises large-scale sports events for primary school children. In the past year, over 400 primary pupils have taken part in two sports festivals, supported by 53 volunteers from Societe Generale. £90,000 awarded 1,378 children and young people benefitted from the fund 88 of those were supported into employment! 06 EASY,RELEVANT RELEVANT & EFFECTIVE AND EFFECTIVE We are committed to supporting the communities around London Dock and by Established in 2014 by developer St George, the London Dock working with the East End Community Fund supports grassroots groups in and around its Community Foundation we have development in Wapping. been able to support a range The developer, keen to engage and support the existing communities of local community groups and close to its site, has an annual fund that adapts to meet community activities, with the comfort needs and now has a strong emphasis on supporting children’s that we are assisting the most programmes. worthy local causes. The Fund has a focus on making the area around the London Marcus Blake, Dock development a better place to live, work and visit, and is an Managing Director, important source of support for those most in need. A beneficiary of St George City the fund and key provider of local sports activities, Shadwell Basin said, “We added an additional week to our summer programme to keep up with demand, with an average of 65 kids attending each day. Samia, who is on the autistic spectrum, amazed us by getting to the top of the high ropes course this year. She has always been very frightened of pushing herself physically but tackled this, which was really emotive for our staff that have worked so hard with her.” The continuation of the London Dock Community Fund has provided a level of sustainability to local organisations and has enabled the summer projects to further develop their services and reach more children and young people. Over 400 hours of community activity were funded, reaching more than 800 local residents last year alone. 10 grants £18,000 awarded young806 people benefitting 07 EASY,DIRECTING RELEVANT CHANGE AND EFFECTIVE Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour Launched in direct response to our regular community consultation, this initiative is proving to be an effective model for addressing anti-social The work of the Problem Solving Group behaviour (ASB) at a local level. has delivered fantastic results in some of With the number one concern of residents being Tower Hamlets most challenging areas. the increasing levels of anti-social behaviour close In communities suffering very serious to their homes we researched best practice and ASB and crime the group has brought discovered a new initiative being co-ordinated together key partners and the communities by local social landlord Poplar Harca. The model, themselves to deliver the sort of local which brings together local service delivery responsive solutions needed. We have agencies to work collaboratively, seemed like learnt from this and will continue to apply the perfect solution. EECF then took that model, it’s practices in other areas. added funding to support gaps in service provision and bingo, an effective programme known as a Martin Kirby, Problem Solving Group that has the potential to Temporary Superintendent for be rolled out across the country. Neighbourhood Policing (Tower Hamlets and Hackney) With Will Crooks estate in Poplar being identified as an area with one of the highest levels of reported ASB in Tower Hamlets, EECF was joined by the Police, Tower Hamlets Council, a local youth organisation, New City College and the area’s primary social landlord. Collectively the group actively contributed to a 16% reduction in ASB locally, at a time when surrounding areas saw 3 £44,747 an increase. Our initiative has also created positive grants awarded awarded working relationships between the agencies and established an effective intervention in the form Over of a late-night provision for young people.