How we work for migrants and refugees in London
The Citizenship and Integration Initiative is a pooled fund to support work on citizenship and integration in London. It was launched in 2017 with the aim to raise and distribute £1 million from a number of independent funders in the Mayoral term to further shared goals on social integration. The investment has been used the fund secondments from civil society organisation into the Greater London Authority.
At its core, this initiative is about testing a new model of cross-sector partnership working between London’s regional government authority, civil society organisations, and independent philanthropic funders.
The CII is based around three key areas: participation, encouraging active citizenship and increasing voter registration; equalities, supporting young Londoners and Europeans to secure their legal rights; and relationships, creating a hospitable environment for Londoners.
The initiative has enabled secondments from civil society organisations such as Just for Kids Law, Coram Children’s Legal Centre, Citizens UK and Migrants Organise.
This year the Migration Team has a secondee from Doctors of the World who leads on migrants’ access to health care and a secondee from New Europeans UK who leads on the work supporting European Londoners through Brexit.
You can find out more about the Citizenship and Integration Initiative in the programme evaluation.
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