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Our "Prepared for Life" Impact Strategy

 

Our new 2023 – 2026 impact strategy focuses on meeting the needs of children living poverty across four key impact areas.

Each impact area has two specific outcomes for monitoring and evaluation.

Impact monitoring & evaluation

Our mission is to alleviate the impact of poverty for children living in London. Understanding the impact that we create, through accurate monitoring and evaluation, ensures that our projects are continually meeting the needs of disadvantaged children as effectively as possible. As such, we monitor and evaluate the outputs, outcomes and impact of our campaigns and the projects we fund.  We are committed to accurately capturing and communicating our impact in order to better serve the needs of the children who benefit from our work.

 

Annual Report

Our 2022/23 Impact Report

Impact Reports

THE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE 2022 END OF PROGRAMME IMPACT REPORT

Read how our Christmas Challenge programme has helped over 130,000 children through the funding of 89 projects all across London.

ON THE BREADLINE - COST OF LIVING CRISIS APPEAL IMPACT REPORT

In response to the rising cost of living in London which continues to make life more challenging for children experiencing poverty, we partnered with The London Evening Standard, I News and Comic Relief to launch a Christmas appeal to alleviate its disproportionate impact on children living in poverty in London. Read how this programme has helped over 90,000 children through the funding of 18 projects all across London, successfully providing 1,412,831 nutritious meals and 4,261 child-led reading sessions.

Data from 2021-2022

Our Impact in Numbers

5.4% Increase From 2021/22
£ 6.83 M
Raised for charitable projects
38% Decrease From 2021/22
179329
Children engaged by funded projects (more in person activities)
15% Increase From 2021/22
178
Participating charity partners
62% Increase from 2021/22
£ 292250

In volunteering & pro-bono services (During Covid-19 Lockdowns)

100 %
Repeat participation in matched-fundraising
299% Increase From 2021/22
5186
Children supported by volunteer programmes
£ 4.60
Raised on average for every £1 invested

"Before I joined Spark, I didn’t really have anyone I could talk to - but I really trust the girls I’ve met and I know they have my back"

Kayla, Beneficiary of The Baytree Centre (Funded Project)

Our Research

We regularly conduct research on our programmes and projects to better understand how to effect positive change in the lives of disadvantaged children and young people. Additionally, we produce literature reviews, articles, and reports that examine social issues affecting low-income families in London and the conditions contributing to the capital’s disproportionately high child poverty rates.