# John Lyon’s Charity commits extra £4 million in a year to support children & young people

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/03/25/john-lyons-charity-commits-extra-4-million-in-a-year-to-support-children-young-people/
- Published: 2022-03-25T09:39:00+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**John Lyon’s Charity, a London funder supporting the children and young people 
sector, has committed an additional £4 million across the sector in one year.**

This is to help tackle the impact of Covid-19, and is on top of its usual grant 
giving of around £12 million.

The extra funding is part of a strategic plan, launched a year ago to protect the
sector in the long term, with the core focus on Home – School – Community (HSC);
the three main points of reference in any child’s life. Last March this saw [John Lyon’s Charity](https://www.jlc.london/)
ring-fence an additional £22 million from its endowment to be spent over the next
six years to help protect the children and young people’s (CYP) sector survive the
Covid-19 crisis.

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Dr Lynne Guyton, CEO of John Lyon’s Charity said: 

> “The Charity has spent the last thirty years contributing to the maintenance and
> effectiveness of a varied and vibrant CYP sector in London. Therefore, we could
> not sit by and watch the pandemic threaten and destroy the many vital organisations
> we have supported over the years. Just one year on from our HSC launch, we are
> already seeing the positive effects on many grassroots charities and organisations
> who have benefitted from this funding strategy. Our groups are starting to rebuild
> all that was lost during the pandemic but there is no denying that these organisations
> will need support for the foreseeable.”

[Catholic Children’s Society (CCS](https://www.cathchild.org.uk/)) is one of the
charities to have been awarded funding from the HSC strategy. 

Greg Brister, Trust & Grants Officer at CCS said: 

> “JLC’s Home-School-Community Strategy has been hugely important in helping the
> Catholic Children’s Society respond effectively to the devastating impact of the
> pandemic. JLC’s grant enabled us to significantly scale up our efforts to provide
> specialist support for children struggling with mental health issues.
>  
> “We have now launched our Connect-Ed therapy service in eight new schools, providing
> vital early intervention support for children who have experienced many challenges
> as a result of Covid-19 (including isolation, bereavement and family breakdown).
> This work has had a profound impact, helping vulnerable children develop greater
> resilience and putting them in a much stronger position to engage with school 
> life and achieve their full potential.”

The funder offers a [range of grant funds](https://www.jlc.london/grants/our-grant-funds/)
for charities in its area, from its Main Grants Fund and Small Grants Fund to its
Bursary Fund and School Holiday Activity Fund.