Of all the wards in Hackney, Hoxton has the highest number and proportion of 18-24-year-olds who have been claiming Job Seekers Allowance for more than a year.
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Monday, 2 July 2012
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Newham and Haringey demand equality with Hackney for schools cash
Two days ago Haringey MP Lynne Featherstone wrote about a campaign to equalise pupil funding with Hackney.
Today Newham joined the fray. The Newham Recorder said the borough receives £5,071 per head of pupil compared with boroughs like Hackney and Tower Hamlets which get £6,170 and £6,289 per student.
The paper said: "The Newham campaign, 4in10: The End Child Poverty London Project has handed in a petition to Ministers signed by close to 1,000 supporters, calling for the review to deliver a fair deal for Newham's children."
Some boroughs are also complaining that Hackney has more than its fair share of policemen.
Could this be a dilemma for Hackney politicians? Tone down the success stories on crime and education to encourage more funding - or tone them up to encourage more voters? Here Mayor Pipe discusses the cash gathering game... at least when there isn't an election around the corner: The message must be clear not true
Today Newham joined the fray. The Newham Recorder said the borough receives £5,071 per head of pupil compared with boroughs like Hackney and Tower Hamlets which get £6,170 and £6,289 per student.
The paper said: "The Newham campaign, 4in10: The End Child Poverty London Project has handed in a petition to Ministers signed by close to 1,000 supporters, calling for the review to deliver a fair deal for Newham's children."
Some boroughs are also complaining that Hackney has more than its fair share of policemen.
Could this be a dilemma for Hackney politicians? Tone down the success stories on crime and education to encourage more funding - or tone them up to encourage more voters? Here Mayor Pipe discusses the cash gathering game... at least when there isn't an election around the corner: The message must be clear not true
Friday, 16 October 2009
Religious charity anomaly in Tower Hamlets
It is odd that just 7% of charities based in Tower Hamlets claim to be faith-based organisations. The figure seems low not just because Tower Hamlets has a large and active Muslim population but also because it is a great deal lower than both its neighbours. In Newham 23% of charities claim to be primarily faith-based. In Hackney the figure is 22%.
(Figures in this story come from Cabinet Office of the Third Sector's National Survey of Third Sector Organisations)
The low level of faith-based charities in Tower Hamlets looks even more peculiar in the context of the main beneficiaries of their services. In Tower Hamlets 7% of charities say their main role is faith-based. Meanwhile 9% of charities in Tower Hamlets say that the main beneficiaries of their services are faith communities.
So there are more charities in Tower Hamlets that serve faith communities than there are faith-based charities.
The opposite is true in Newham and Hackney.
In Newham 23% of charities are faith-based. However, proportionately fewer - 15% - of Newham charities claim that faith communities are the main beneficiaries of their services.
In Hackney 22% of charities say they are faith-based but, again, proportionately fewer - 12% - of Hackney charities say that faith communities are the main beneficiaries of their services.
So, in Tower Hamlets, there are charities that claim not to be faith-based that serve faith communities. While in Newham and Hackney there are charities that claim to be faith-based but don't serve faith communities.
Is this discrepancy because charities in Tower Hamlets believe that if they describe themselves as faith-based they will not be eligible for public funding? Or is there a less sinister explanation for these differences?
The table below shows the answers given to the question "What are the main roles your organisation undertakes?"
Tower Hamlets -The first column is the answer to the question, the second column is the national average (as a percentage of 48,939 respondents nationally), the third column is the response of the borough's charities as a percentage of 281 respondents.
Compare this to Hackney: The first column is the answer to the question, the second column is the national average (as a percentage of 48,939 respondents nationally), the third column is the response of the borough's charities as a percentage of 285 respondents.
And compare it to Newham: The first column is the answer to the question, the second column is the national average (as a percentage of 48,939 respondents nationally), the third column is the response of the borough's charities as a percentage of 246 respondents.
(Figures in this story come from Cabinet Office of the Third Sector's National Survey of Third Sector Organisations)
The low level of faith-based charities in Tower Hamlets looks even more peculiar in the context of the main beneficiaries of their services. In Tower Hamlets 7% of charities say their main role is faith-based. Meanwhile 9% of charities in Tower Hamlets say that the main beneficiaries of their services are faith communities.
So there are more charities in Tower Hamlets that serve faith communities than there are faith-based charities.
The opposite is true in Newham and Hackney.
In Newham 23% of charities are faith-based. However, proportionately fewer - 15% - of Newham charities claim that faith communities are the main beneficiaries of their services.
In Hackney 22% of charities say they are faith-based but, again, proportionately fewer - 12% - of Hackney charities say that faith communities are the main beneficiaries of their services.
So, in Tower Hamlets, there are charities that claim not to be faith-based that serve faith communities. While in Newham and Hackney there are charities that claim to be faith-based but don't serve faith communities.
Is this discrepancy because charities in Tower Hamlets believe that if they describe themselves as faith-based they will not be eligible for public funding? Or is there a less sinister explanation for these differences?
The table below shows the answers given to the question "What are the main roles your organisation undertakes?"
Tower Hamlets -The first column is the answer to the question, the second column is the national average (as a percentage of 48,939 respondents nationally), the third column is the response of the borough's charities as a percentage of 281 respondents.
| Q6 Community development and mutual aid | 17 | 20 |
| Q6 Delivery of public services (e.g. social housing, health care, day centre, counselling, community safety) | 14 | 21 |
| Q6 Delivery of other services (e.g. business services, financial services, leisure, retail, manufacturing, community support) | 16 | 18 |
| Q6 Buildings and/or facilities (e.g. community centres, village halls, religious buildings but NOT social housing) | 15 | 10 |
| Q6 Advocacy, campaigning, representation, information or research | 10 | 24 |
| Q6 Capacity building and other support to third sector organisations (e.g. acts as a coordinating or resource body) | 4 | 11 |
| Q6 Grant makers (e.g. make grants to individuals or organisations) | 11 | 11 |
| Q6 Provides other finance | 4 | 1 |
| Q6 Provides advice to individuals | 10 | 16 |
| Q6 Helps people to access services or benefits | 6 | 9 |
| Q6 Provides staff and/or volunteers | 8 | 5 |
| Q6 Advancing religion and / or spiritual welfare by supporting religious or spiritual practice | 10 | 7 |
| Q6 Advancing cultural awareness | 7 | 13 |
| Q6 Other | 13 | 11 |
| Q6 Cannot say | 3 | 1 |
| Q6 No answer given | 9 | 9 |
| Number of respondents | 48939 | 281 |
Compare this to Hackney: The first column is the answer to the question, the second column is the national average (as a percentage of 48,939 respondents nationally), the third column is the response of the borough's charities as a percentage of 285 respondents.
| Q6 Community development and mutual aid | 17 | 17 |
| Q6 Delivery of public services (e.g. social housing, health care, day centre, counselling, community safety) | 14 | 21 |
| Q6 Delivery of other services (e.g. business services, financial services, leisure, retail, manufacturing, community support) | 16 | 14 |
| Q6 Buildings and/or facilities (e.g. community centres, village halls, religious buildings but NOT social housing) | 15 | 7 |
| Q6 Advocacy, campaigning, representation, information or research | 10 | 18 |
| Q6 Capacity building and other support to third sector organisations (e.g. acts as a coordinating or resource body) | 4 | 6 |
| Q6 Grant makers (e.g. make grants to individuals or organisations) | 11 | 12 |
| Q6 Provides other finance | 4 | 1 |
| Q6 Provides advice to individuals | 10 | 18 |
| Q6 Helps people to access services or benefits | 6 | 9 |
| Q6 Provides staff and/or volunteers | 8 | 6 |
| Q6 Advancing religion and / or spiritual welfare by supporting religious or spiritual practice | 10 | 22 |
| Q6 Advancing cultural awareness | 7 | 14 |
| Q6 Other | 13 | 7 |
| Q6 Cannot say | 3 | 1 |
| Q6 No answer given | 9 | 7 |
| Number of respondents | 48939 | 285 |
And compare it to Newham: The first column is the answer to the question, the second column is the national average (as a percentage of 48,939 respondents nationally), the third column is the response of the borough's charities as a percentage of 246 respondents.
| Q6 Community development and mutual aid | 17 | 26 |
| Q6 Delivery of public services (e.g. social housing, health care, day centre, counselling, community safety) | 14 | 17 |
| Q6 Delivery of other services (e.g. business services, financial services, leisure, retail, manufacturing, community support) | 16 | 10 |
| Q6 Buildings and/or facilities (e.g. community centres, village halls, religious buildings but NOT social housing) | 15 | 11 |
| Q6 Advocacy, campaigning, representation, information or research | 10 | 14 |
| Q6 Capacity building and other support to third sector organisations (e.g. acts as a coordinating or resource body) | 4 | 12 |
| Q6 Grant makers (e.g. make grants to individuals or organisations) | 11 | 6 |
| Q6 Provides other finance | 4 | 1 |
| Q6 Provides advice to individuals | 10 | 21 |
| Q6 Helps people to access services or benefits | 6 | 11 |
| Q6 Provides staff and/or volunteers | 8 | 8 |
| Q6 Advancing religion and / or spiritual welfare by supporting religious or spiritual practice | 10 | 23 |
| Q6 Advancing cultural awareness | 7 | 16 |
| Q6 Other | 13 | 10 |
| Q6 Cannot say | 3 | 2 |
| Q6 No answer given | 9 | 7 |
| Number of respondents | 48939 | 246 |
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