1. London’s Giving - transforming and energising local giving
Integration and Citizenship in London 24th November 2016, 10am-12pm Chair: David Robinson
London’s Giving - transforming and energising local giving

2. London’s Giving - transforming and energising local giving
Overview of poverty, inequality, migration and movement of people in London Hannah Aldridge, Haringey Council (previously New Policy Institute)
London’s Giving - transforming and energising local giving

3. Migration and movement in London
Hannah Aldridge, LB Haringey / NPI

4. Movements

5. London’s flows

6. London’s flows

7. London’s flows

8. London’s flows

9. Are the poor leaving London?
There were on average 835,000 housing benefit claimants in London in 2014; just over 10% moved home.
The majority of those moves (over 60%) were within the same borough
Less than 10% of those moves were to outside of London. A small increase since 2010 (from 7,200 to 7,500).
Not what we were expecting or are told

10. London compared
London has high migration which hasn’t changed, whilst some places with little migration now have lots

11. Migrants

12. Nationalities – stock
Two of the biggest have long standing migration with UK (Ireland and India); big increase in European migration , not just Eastern; no overlap in native languages

13. Nationalities – flow

14. Migrant poverty
A third of foreign-born people in the UK are in poverty compared to a fifth of UK born
Migrants are more likely to be: privately renting, young adults and/or single earner families – partly the reason for their higher poverty rate.
Those in the UK for less than 5 years had a higher poverty rate than longer-term migrants
But even those here 20+ years were more likely than UK born to be in poverty

15. Its not just about nationality
Oldest groups have lowest proportion born aboard and not British have highest proportion not able to speak English. Digging round in the data and looking at variations within groups and of different measues can tell you a lot more

16. Summary
London is a high churn place, but perhaps not in the way we think.
Unlike some places, its high levels of international migration is longstanding. The scale of migration hasn’t changed much but the nature is shifting.
Range of nationalities live in London – huge diversity within migrant population and their ‘barriers’ to integration.

17. London’s Giving - transforming and energising local giving
Proposal to establish an Office for Citizenship and Integration Sunder Katwala, British Future and Matthew Bolton, Citizens UK
London’s Giving - transforming and energising local giving

18. The role of the GLA Sarah Mulley, GLA
London’s Giving - transforming and energising local giving

19. Integration and citizenship
Sarah Mulley, Head of Diversity and Social Policy
Shanthi Gunesekera, Senior Policy Officer

20. Political context
Sadiq has made social integration one of his core priorities and as such has appointed Matthew R
Sadiq’s new visioning document sets out some of his early thinking on social integration
We see social integration as being about how all Londoners lead interconnected lives and how all Londoners can be active citizens (regardless of immigration status) – but social integration also has clear links to other elements of Matthew’s brief – equality and fairness, partnership/engagement with Londoners
Social integration is much wider than migrant/refugee integration but we do expect there to be some specific workstreams relating to the particular integration barriers faced by this cohort of Londoners too
Matthew Ryder, Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement

21. The role of the gla Leadership Convening Policy Devolution Delivery
We know there is already lots of exciting work happening at a grass roots level to support active citizenship and communities coming together
We have been working closely with Sunder, Will and others to think through how we can add value to that
We have limited policy levers so our involvement will need close collaboration with stakeholders across the city
But there is also a lot Sadiq and Matthew can bring to the table
strong political leadership which can make a difference locally, regionally, nationally and internationally on these issues at a time of potentially increased community tensions
The ability to convene and faciliate partnership working between London’s stakeholders
Develop policy
Demand devolved powers and funding to London
Deliver programmes – working with stakeholders across London

22. PrioritIES Ijeoma, Let Us Learn
Many of you will have seen the incredibly moving speech Ijeoma gave at the Citizenship Assembly at Copperbox where Sadiq powerfully expressed his support for young Londoners with irregular migration status. We expect supporting young Londoners to secure their legal rights to residence to be a priority workstream for the GLA. What this support will look like will need to be fleshed out with partners and politically, but this could be anything from building on the work of Let Us Learn to increase awareness of the rights of these young people in schools, to providing legal advice to those entitled to residency/citizenship
Encourage the take up of British citizenship – this could include increasing active citizenship elements of British citizenship, as well as potentially much bigger mayoral-supported citizenship ceremonies
Increase voter registration – this could include working with local authorities, schools, colleges to embed registration processes
Celebrate diversity and build shared identities - this could include engaging with Londoners on what it means to be a Londoner, and developing welcome packs for new Londoners (international, domestic and young new Londoners)

23. London’s Giving - transforming and energising local giving
How independent funders can engage and enable Bharat Mehta, Trust for London
London’s Giving - transforming and energising local giving

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