Summary
Progressing shared goals on social integration and migration in London through secondments from civil society to the Greater London Authority
Aims and activities
Aims and questions
Aims and activities
The Citizenship and Integration Initiative (CII) brings together funding from independent foundations to work with the Mayor of London and civil society to advance shared goals on migration and social integration.
The model of change is to second experts from London’s civil society organisations into the Greater London Authority to develop policy and practice that supports Londoners born outside of the UK access their rights and to play an active part in their community. Secondees have identified and led on addressing issues such as pathways to citizenship for young people without status, settled status for European Londoners, democratic and community engagement for migrant Londoners, access to healthcare for migrants during Covid, addressing migrant worker exploitation and Modern Slavery. All of these are issues in which the Mayor of London has a keen interest but requires expertise rooted in communities to develop effective solutions.
How to get involved
We continue our current focus on labour exploitation of migrants, and are developing a new programme of work on No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) which we'll be launching this autumn. NRPF is a significant issue in London and other cities, and we want to consider how what we build in London can be used as a model across the UK.
For more information, please contact Klara Skrivankova at Trust for London at k.skrivankova@trustforlondon.org.uk
Who's involved
Who was involved
The pooled fund is hosted by the Trust for London, and contributors to the fund so far are Unbound Philanthropy, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, City Bridge Foundation and the Pears Foundation, with the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust’s Democracy Fund making an aligned grant.
