# Mayor of London's charity raises £7 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/06/08/mayor-london039s-charity-raises-7-million/
- Published: 2010-06-08T13:58:11+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

![](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/images/news/boris_johnson_201006.jpg)

The charity set up to fight child poverty in London by the Mayor of London Boris
Johnson has raised £7 million in its first year. The figure was contained in the
charity’s first annual report, published today.

The charity has secured funding from corporate sponsors including Barclays and The
Private Equity Foundation, and from grantmakers like The Big Lottery Fund. In the
next three years the fund expects to spend £16 million on projects.

The fund has worked in Hackney, Islington, Tower Hamlets and the City of London,
and will announce plans to expand to other parts of London in the autumn.

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

The Mayor Boris Johnson said: “In a short space of time the Mayor’s Fund has made
great gains in reaching some of the thousands of young people being brought up in
poverty stricken families… The charity is nurturing young people through mentoring,
and skills training, and despite the challenging financial climate, has triumphantly
secured £7 million in funding commitments”.

www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/mayor/publications/mayors-fund-london-annual-report-
2009

 * **[Evening Standard to raise £1 million in anti-poverty campaign](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/07/20/evening-standard-raise-1m-antipoverty-campaign/)**(
   20 July 2010)
 * **[How should London grants budget be spent?](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/09/06/how-should-london-grants-budget-be-spent/)**(
   6 September 2010)
 * **[Evening Standard’s Dispossessed fund raises £4.5 million](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/09/14/evening-standards-dispossessed-fund-raises-45m/)**(
   14 September 2010)