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The Cost of Living Crisis Cause Portfolio
Five of the most forward thinking charities helping people across the UK cope with the impact of the cost of living crisis
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In the UK, 11M tonnes of food are wasted each year while 7M people are affected by food poverty. (Commons Library)
Who: FoodCycle provides a delicious communal three course meal for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation using surplus food. 239 tonnes of food waste were saved in 2023.
Trustees: 7
Income: £1.6M (2023)
% directly deployed to charitable activity: 86%
Reserves: 6 months
Relevant UNSDGs:
One million UK children were destitute in 2022, meaning they lacked essential basics, - triple the number since 2017. (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
Who: Little Village has supported families and over 32,000 babies and young children living in poverty across London by providing essential items via a network of baby banks.
Trustees: 9
Income: £4.5M
% directly deployed to charitable activity: 94%
Reserves: 7 months
Relevant UNSDGs:
94% of tenants who had served custodial sentences did not return to prison
Who: Hope Into Action allows individuals and organisations to invest in houses and lease them to the charity. Hope Into Action find, place and support tenants and do all maintenance. Investors receive a 2% annual return.
Trustees: 8
Income: £1.6M (2023)
% directly deployed to charitable activity: 98%
Reserves: 13 months
Relevant UNSDGs:
1 in 4 children in England and Scotland go to school hungry everyday.
Who: Magic Breakfast alleviates child hunger and poverty as a barrier to education through campaigning, building capability in school communities and by providing 200,000 free, healthy breakfasts to children everyday across England and Scotland. breakfasts.
Trustees: 12
Income: £10.5M (2022)
% directly deployed to charitable activity: 86%
Reserves: 8 months
Relevant UNSDGs:
700,000 children in London live in poverty - one of the highest rates of child poverty among European capitals.
Who: The Institute of the Imagination designs and delivers creative learning experiences across the arts, sciences and digital technologies for marginalised and disadvantaged children, helping to build skills in creativity, curiosity, critical thinking and problem-solving.
Trustees: 8
Income: £4.3M (2023)
% directly deployed to charitable activity: 98%
Reserves: 3 months
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