Tag: Sadiq Khan

New £100m fund will tackle inequality among disadvantaged groups and young people

Stuart Mitchell

Funding organisations from across London are uniting to create a £100m fund to support voluntary and community groups to drive change and tackle inequality. Over the next ten years, Propel will support organisations led by and for disadvantaged groups, including young people, women and girls, LGBTQ+ communities, deaf and disabled people, and communities experiencing racial inequality.  The growing collaboration represents public, private, and independent funders, including Bloomberg, City Bridge Trust – the City of London Corporation’s charity funder – The National Lottery Community Fund, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,…

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Mayor publishes first data from Breathe London network

Stuart Mitchell

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has revealed new data showing some of London’s most polluted streets as his Breathe London sensor network gives a fresh insight into the capital’s air quality crisis. The Breathe London network highlights potential air quality hotspots, allowing solutions to be put inplace as quickly as possible and is just the latest stage in the Mayor’s ambitious programme to tackle London’s toxic air. More than 100 fixed sensors were placed in locations across the capital and found levels of pollution likely to exceed legal limits…

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London Mayor launches groundbreaking Creative Land Trust

Stuart Mitchell

A new independent Trust has been launched to protect and increase affordable artist workspace following the decline in artist studios in the capital. Speaking today at Bloomberg’s European headquarters, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, outlined how the new Creative Land Trust will help tackle the problem of rising rents in the capital by providing artists and creatives with affordable workspace. The organisation has been created with support from Arts Council England, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Outset Contemporary Art Fund. The Creative Land Trust is an independent organisation that will provide…

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London Mayor launches world’s largest air quality monitoring network

Stuart Mitchell

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched the world’s most advanced and comprehensive network of air quality monitors to help investigate and improve London’s toxic air. Breathe London will use a range of cutting-edge fixed and mobile sensors to build up a real-time, hyperlocal image of London’s air quality. The data these monitors collect from across the capital will provide an unprecedented level of detail about London’s air quality crisis and deliver new insight into the sources of pollution.   To deliver this world-leading project, the Mayor has collaborated with…

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London Mayor’s rough sleeping campaign hits £150k in first month

Stuart Mitchell

A campaign launched a month ago by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has already raised more than £150,000 to help homelessness charities go further in tackling rough sleeping in the capital. The campaign is part of the Mayor’s efforts to boost rough sleeping services in London, including using funding he has secured from national Government to double the size of City Hall’s street outreach team, and his agreement with London boroughs that all severe weather shelters London-wide will open if the temperature is predicted to drop to or below…

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