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The #LBDI Day 5: International Anti-Slavery Day
Day 5 and the last day of #LBDI is International Anti-Slavery Day and yes, sadly, modern slavery remains an issue globally, including right here in London. Even for those able to escape, it often leads to other challenges. It’s no surprise that there are deep links between modern slavery, destitution, homelessness and abuse, especially for […]
The #LBDI Day 3: Physical & Mental Health
Day 3 of the LBDI looks at physical and mental health. In today’s modern world, mental health remains an issue for many of us, and especially for women and children in poverty. MindUK reports that young people in the lowest income bracket are 4.5 times more llikely to experience severe mental health problems than those […]
The #LBDI Day 2: Housing & Homelessness
On day 2 of the LBDI, we look at housing and homelessness and the statistics are shocking. In January 2024, London Councils estimated that 1 in 50 Londoners are homeless. Rough sleeping has increased by 58% in the past decade and temporary accomodation (the majority of which houses women and children) is inadequate to meet […]
The #LBDI Day 1: Adequate income, social security & work
On day 1 of the LBDI we focus on employment and social mobility. With 5.8% of women in London unemployed, we are grateful for our long-standing partnership with Smart Works. We’ve held clothing drives, provided womanpower and interview support to help vulnerable London women into work. If you’d like to support our programmes like this, […]
The #LBDI is back!
We are thrilled to be celebrating our 12th year of the LBDI campaign, which originated here in London. All across the city, women are campaigning to raise awareness about the realities of poverty in our local community and funds to help make a real impact for people here in our city. This work supports the […]
EmpowHER – JLL’s Autumn LEAD Conference
We are still buzzing from a big weekend of impact at our EmpowerHER Autumn LEAD Conference! Thank you to everyone who came out and spent the day with us, hearing from our powerful speakers, networking with other members and officially launching #LBDI for 2024. Melissa Allen showed us how being a cheerleader is good and that we are all […]