Kinship is the leading kinship care charity, operating across England and Wales. Established in 2002, we have over two decades of experience delivering services, campaigning and leading kinship care research.

Kinship care is when a child is raised by a family member or friend; it keeps children out of the care system and significantly improves the child’s long-term outcomes. Across England and Wales there are approximately 141,000 children growing up in kinship care.  

In our 2023 Forced Out report, based on a survey of more than 500 kinship carers, 68% said their employer didn’t offer any support to kinship carers. More than 4 in 10 (41%) kinship carers told us they had to leave work permanently and a further 45% were forced to reduce their working hours.

Find out about our Kinship Friendly Employer scheme via our social media and website:

Website – www.kinship.org.uk

Facebook – @Kinshipcarecharity

Instagram – @kinship_charity

X – @kinshipcharity

LinkedIn - @kinship-charity

Demand Logic has been shortlisted in the 'Excellence in Sustainability - Product' category at this year’s London Construction Awards. This award category celebrates innovative and outstanding products that benefit both the industry and the planet.

The London Construction Awards celebrates achievements, developments and innovation across the UK’s booming construction industry and features a wide range of categories for solution providers, suppliers, contractors, architects, civil engineers, developers, local authorities and more. 

Demand Logic has earned recognition for their data-driven approach to de-risking construction projects. Demand Logic's platform stands out by analysing real-time operational data to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, validate property performance, maintain design parameters, and address predictive maintenance needs. Demand Logic's commitment to sustainability and efficiency helps drive the construction industry towards a greener future.

Find us at:

https://www.demandlogic.co.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/demand-logic-limited/

People seeking asylum in London face food insecurity and malnutrition, but there is scope for local action. Sustain’s recent report released in partnership with Jesuit Refugee Service UK and Life Seekers Aid demonstrates that basic needs are not being met for people seeking asylum in London.

Sustain’s Food Poverty Campaign worked with partners to conduct focus groups, interviews and workshops to gather experiences of people seeking asylum and frontline workers relating to food and the changes they would like to see.

The report outlines shocking outcomes for physical and mental health, particularly in children, highlights case studies of good practice, and makes recommendations for action at the local and national level to make change. Read the report now to find out the key areas for local action and recommendations, and watch back the webinar to hear from researchers and participants about the project.

Link to report:  https://www.sustainweb.org/reports/mar24-food-experiences-of-people-seeking-asylum-in-london/

Link to webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PriK5WFaJUM

Follow us on X: @foodpoverty_uk

Sign up to the food poverty campaign newsletter: https://www.sustainweb.org/foodpoverty/

Earthsight's latest campaign - stemming from a year long investigation - is drawing attention to the links between fashion consumerism in Europe and North America and large-scale deforestation, land grabbing, human rights abuses, and violent land conflicts in the Brazilian Cerrado.

They say:

'For many years, global attention has focused on the devastating crimes against people and the planet in the Brazilian Amazon's forests, driven by the beef and soy industries. There is a growing awareness of the need to address the impacts on the Amazon of what we eat. However, similar destruction in another crucial South American biodiversity hotspot, driven by a different commodity, has gone largely unnoticed'.

Read their full statement here - 

And find them on social media:

Twitter/X @ Earthsight

Earthsight.org.uk

The Value the Caring Economy Campaign is a campaign led by 10 organisations in Bristol representing its diverse communities: Bristol Black Carers, Bristol Women in Business, Bristol Women’s Commission, Bristol Women’s Voice, Carers Support Centre, Chinese Community Wellbeing Society, Co-Produce Care, WECIL and Women’s Budget Group.

We are asking the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), Bristol City Council and the national government to prioritise care in their policies and manifestos. This is especially for those with caring responsibilities (paid carers, unpaid carers, parents), care workers and those who may be cared for.

You can find out more about the campaign with this short film: https://youtu.be/Mzivm6bduSM?si=bnt3pobYsfQNRujG

Read more about what we've achieved here: 

Step Into Schools at St Paul's Learning Centre

Step Into Schools is a programme run by the Workers' Educational Association designed to prepare learners to begin their careers in education. It was developed in order to meet the needs of local communities, many of whom were keen to start working in schools, but not necessarily sure where to start.

The Step Into Schools programme provides wrap-around support to learners in their journey to working in schools, including in-person classes which enable learners to achieve formal qualifications, and take part in collaborative learning alongside others who are also passionate about education and a career working in schools.

One learner said:

"I have finished today, and my whole placement experience was amazing. It was a wonderful opportunity for me, working practically in a class. Teachers were so friendly and helpful in Year 2. I got to learn a lot from this volunteering."

Find out more here! wea.org.uk

Rainforest Alliance

The Rainforest Alliance have our UK office at the Green House, Bethnal Green, and the office now appears in our latest promotional video.

The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. To achieve our mission, we partner with diverse allies around the world to drive positive change across global supply chains and in many of our most critically important natural landscapes. works at the intersection of business, agriculture, and forests. Our aim is to make responsible business the new normal so that people and nature can thrive together.

In September 2023, we had a film crew working in the Green House.  They were filming a promotional video to support our campaign, “We’re All In”.

Link to video - https://youtu.be/IDzigy6MYYE

Pragya

Pragya is an international federation of locally registered non-government organisations working to address poverty and hunger through socially and environmentally sustainable development, with a particular focus on remote and marginalised communities.

At the Ethical Property centre The Foundry, we form the UK branch of Pragya.

Pragya’s mission is to enable grassroots sustainable development for the poorest, most neglected communities in remote and marginal societies, in a way that preserves and promotes local cultures and fragile ecosystems. To achieve this, we work closely with the impacted communities, conduct policy research, and facilitate development projects focusing on underserved regions and marginalised people.

Glastonbury Festival Transport from Brighton Peace & Environment Centre 

Off to Glastonbury festival this year? Travel in style with Brighton Peace & Environment Centre (BPEC) coaches and help save the planet on route! 

Our coach service has been running for many years, and the best part is all profit goes towards funding our work. So every penny you spend will help to promote peace, equality and the environment. 

• Single and return journeys
• Travel from Brighton and London 
• Help support a local charity

Book your ticket here: Glastonbury Festival Transport » Brighton Peace and Environment Centre (bpec.org)