MagpieProjectUK

We don't give out clothes in plastic bags - ever it is a RULE.
Plastic bag of clothes don't offer the dignity and respect that our mums and minis deserve.
We want to give gifts with love, not tatty handouts.
So - we need a constant supply of cloth tote bags.
Got any? Send them our way!🛍️

When we moved in to the Grassroots Resource Centre, we dreamt of leveraging this space to serve our community.
Now we are doing it through Healing Community clinics.
You get - wonderful Osteopathy or Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy – our mums get the same, but free.
Our communities heal together!

Imagine you were Lincoln City FC, then you managed to sign Ronaldo. What a game-changer!
This is how we felt as our new Director of Operations started this week.
And... BTW we are not finished hiring.
There is still time to become our new Admin and Referrals Co-ordinator.
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"Promotional graphic for a free webinar titled 'Minimum Income Standard for London: Report Launch and Q&A.' The event is scheduled for 10 July at 3.30pm. Key questions to be discussed include: How much does it cost to live in London? How many Londoners are falling short? How can we use this data to call for change? Includes a call to action: 'Secure your free spot now.'

Half of London children growing up without enough for a basic standard of living, our new Minimum Income Standard report shows.

Join our free webinar to hear from the report’s author, Matt Padley, who'll explore the key findings and how we can use the data to drive change.

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This data illustrates how, in London, wealth and poverty sit side by side

Richmond, one of the most affluent parts of the city, borders with Hounslow, which has higher levels of poverty.

A map showing poverty levels by London borough, with boroughs shaded to indicate whether they are above or below the London average. Most outer boroughs have poverty levels below the London average, while higher poverty is concentrated in parts of north and east London

Which London boroughs have higher levels of poverty? How does the picture of inequality differ across boroughs?

The latest data on London's borough level poverty...

Three men stand together, holding signs that say 'I support the five basics for temporary accommodation' and 'fix the five basics'. Below this are icons representing washing, cooking, wifi, information and storage.

Could you get through a regular week without a kitchen, or a washing machine or WiFi?

Many of us couldn’t. But thousands of families in temporary accommodation are having to – often for months or even years.

So with the Better TA Alliance, we’ve launched a new campaign: Fix the Five Basics...

This has had great reach. Let's ensure the output of the consultation clearly considers the responses given

More than 13,000 people were seen sleeping rough on the streets of London in 2024/25 - the highest on record.

This is almost 4x higher than 15 years ago, in 2008/2009, and a 10% increase in just 12 months.

Launching The Five Basics of Temporary Accommodation Campaign   — South West London Law Centres - Helping local people access justice On Thursday 17 July, we launched our local chapter of the Five Basics campaign in Wandsworth, an urgent call for action to make temporary accommodation

Ealing Law Centre and South West London Law Centres are taking joint action to tackle #housing injustice. Both are backing @trustforlondon.bsky.social's campaign to Fix the Five Basics, which highlights the unacceptable conditions many families face in temporary accommodation. (1/2)

Not long now, we are looking for somebody AMAZING please come and join our team.

HIRING: We need someone AMAZING to
create welcome and calm, keep everything organised even when things get busy, and who always knows where the scissors, printer ink, leaflets are hiding!

Apply to be our New Admin and Referrals Co-ordinator.

www://themagpieproject.org/work-for-us/

So pleased to have been able to support @commissionerhr.coe.int to visit members of the 4in10 Network @magpieprojectuk.bsky.social & @xlplondon.bsky.social to listen to mums and young people about their experiences.

Poverty is absolutely a human rights issue first and foremost

On day 2 of my visit to the #UnitedKingdom I spent the day listening to the voices of young people, families and those supporting them on the #HumanRights of children in precarious situations
@magpieprojectuk.bsky.social‬
@xlplondon.bsky.social‬
@endchildpoverty.bsky.social‬
@4in10.bsky.social

↗️ Newham led by TELCO @citizensuk.org itizensuk.org and @magpieprojectuk.bsky.social rojectuk.bsky.social with Cabinet Member Cllr Amar Virdee

↙️ Lambeth led by @4in10.bsky.social n10.bsky.social @IRMO @advicenow.bsky.social & Lambeth Citizens @citizensuk.org with Deputy Leader Danial Adilypour

The newham charity @magpieprojectuk.bsky.social have been campaigning for ages to stop families being housed without access to kitchens. Families are being forced to live in places with nowhere to cook suitable food for children, nowhere to make an iftar meal, nowhere to make baby formula.

HIRING: We need someone AMAZING to
create welcome and calm, keep everything organised even when things get busy, and who always knows where the scissors, printer ink, leaflets are hiding!

Apply to be our New Admin and Referrals Co-ordinator.

www://themagpieproject.org/work-for-us/

Fix the Five Basics is a campaign of Better TA - an informal alliance of London organisations working with & alongside people living in temporary accommodation @magpieprojectuk.bsky.social @trustforlondon.bsky.social @@positiveeast.bsky.social @4in10.bsky.social @@citizensuk.org and many more

Are you an incredibly capable director of operations – at ease keeping a diverse, grassroots, values-driven, child-centred, deeply co-created, occasionally chaotic, always joyful charity on the road?

Apply now!
themagpieproject.org/work-for-us/

The Just Ideas' Spring Quarterly Review is now online. We are delighted to share some of our highlights from 2025 so far.
just-ideas.co.uk/blog/2025/03...

Our Spring Quarterly Review features two projects - for @magpieprojectuk.bsky.social and for Hammersmith & Fulham Health and Care Partnership - which focus on early years. Focussing on working in an integrated way, both with local organisations and with residents and families.

FUNDRAISING UPDATE! @helengarforth.bsky.social says:
"Delighted to have completed the London Marathon! The amazing @magpieprojectuk.bsky.social Mums inspired me to keep going. We have raised £2700 for @magpieprojectuk.bsky.social ! Could we get to £3000? Thanks x"
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-g...

What a woman!! It just shows how wonderful Helen is that her stretch fundraising target is already history.

Do go and give her even more support.

Your monthly donation is a stand against far-right hate. When politicians and the media divide us and spread hatred, together we’ve fought back at every turn and been there for people when it mattered most. But we need your help to keep fighting. Step up wi...

When politicians have tried to divide us from our neighbours, we’ve fought back. But we need your help to keep fighting.⁠

Can you set up a monthly donation? Your sustained support provides the resources we need to advocate for people’s rights & campaign for change.
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Rights groups urge Starmer to dial down anti-migrant rhetoric Exclusive: 136 organisations tell PM to stop using ‘demonising language’, after his remarks before crime summit

Hostile & dehumanising rhetoric about migrants and refugees fuels racism and division in our communities. It lays the foundation for violence, like we saw last summer.

We urgently need a wholesale shift in how we speak about migrants and refugees in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Helen is 80% of the way to her fundraising target for us. Let's get her over the line and show her some love and support as she takes on the #londonmarathon2025.
Massive respect, and love.
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-g...

YouTube video by London Rhymes 'Beautiful Mama' ❤️ by London Rhymes and The Magpie Project ❤️

What a lovely way to celebrate Mother's day with a song co-written between Magpie Mums and our long time partner London Rhymes www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqmI....
Flowers, and tears all round today as we launched it with mums and minis today.

This sheer excitement at a helicopter landing outside our building today reminds us that these are not migrant children, nor children of families seeking asylum - our minis are children and A CHILD IS A CHILD IS A CHILD.🧡

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Louder for those at the back - nobody staying in a home office hotel is an illegal immigrant - every single one is going through the legally recognised process of seeking and being assessed for asylum.
I don't understand how MPs can call people illegal with impunity - they KNOW they are not.

Thank you to all those who donated to our clothes club. We gave clothes to 90 families on Monday and will do it all again tomorrow.
@claptoncfc.co.uk @52lives.bsky.social Children's Salon.