Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2024
Hackney CVS

Impact Report 2024 (covering 2022/23)

Hackney CVS is the voluntary and community sector infrastructure body for City and Hackney, supporting 2,627 registered charities. In 2022-23, 540 organisations received infrastructure support; 93 grants worth £881,138 were distributed through Hackney Giving including 43 cost-of-living grants supporting 4,467 households; 37 training events reached 472 attendees; and £1,492,887 was invested across the local VCS. 97% of forum attendees rated content as high quality.

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Organisational development (training, advice, governance); Hackney Giving grants programme; VCS Neighbourhoods Programme; health transformation / VCS Enabler Programme; Lunch Club Network (12 clubs, residents 55+); youth leadership programmes; VCS Assemblies; anti-racist commissioning; neighbourhood forums Custom geography from upload: London Borough of Hackney / City of London

📊Key Metrics

540 organisations provided with infrastructure support; £1,492,887 invested across City & Hackney VCS Key Metric 1
93 grants made to 71 VCS organisations totalling £881,138; 43 cost-of-living grants supporting 4,467 households Key Metric 2
37 training events with 472 attendees; 34 network meetings with 297 attendees; 24 neighbourhood forums with 286 attendees Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 97% of forum attendees rated them as high quality; 94% rated information and advice as high quality; 92% would recommend Hackney CVS
  • Anti-racist commissioning principles co-produced through VCS Enabler Programme; Tree of Life mental health programme delivered in schools through Youth Leadership Model
  • VCS Neighbourhoods Programme expanded to all 8 Hackney neighbourhoods; 88.7% of local VCS organisations reported increase in demand for services (60% said drastic increase); 25,326 individuals visited hcvs.org.uk

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