The story of the Evening Standard's Dispossessed Fund
Howard Lake | 18 September 2011 | News
The story of the Evening Standard’s successful Dispossessed Fund has been published as a book.
The campaign began as a series of articles on poverty in London by journalist David Cohen. So many readers responded with shock and concern about the conditions revealed that the London newspaper created the Dispossessed Fund to help counter the problem. The campaign’s original target was £1 million, but it has already raised £7.2 million.
Donations have been received from members of the public, from City companies and celebrities and the total keeps growing.
Cohen’s account of the Dispossessed Fund has been published as ‘Calling London’. It costs £10 (+£2.50 p&p) from the Evening Standard and is available as an ebook from Amazon.co.uk.
All Evening Standard proceeds from sales of the book will go to the Dispossessed Fund.
www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/dispossessed/
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.