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

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 of London Calls for Closer Ties With San Francisco on Promoting Inclusivity for Tech Sector

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for closer collaboration between the cities of London and San Francisco, highlighting the importance of stronger relationships based on shared values of openness and inclusivity, and the need for cities to work together to promote greater gender diversity. Speaking at the SXSW tech conference earlier this week, the Mayor talked about the growing role for US cities, such as San Francisco and London to work together in shining a spotlight on diversity, particularly in the tech sector. The Mayor has launched a major…

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Mayor of London vows to tackle ‘injustice’ of pay inequality

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has stepped up his fight against pay inequality in the capital by publishing for the first time ever comprehensive data on the pay gap affecting Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees for all organisations in the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group, making it among the first employers in the UK to do so. Alongside this data, Sadiq has today revealed how he plans to tackle the ethnic pay gap across the organisations under his control – and called on other businesses and public…

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