Last night I attended the annual Centre for Social Justice awards ceremony in London, which rewards innovative and effective British poverty fighters. It was inspiring and in the words of Amanda Platell who presented one award, very humbling.
The work being undertaken by these organisations is truly remarkable: fighting drug and alcohol addiction, getting young people who have fallen out of the education system back into work, rehabilitating ex-offenders into the workforce, addressing behaviour problems in children and young people (who are at risk of developing anti-social or criminal offending behaviour later in life), combating gang culture and running courses for young mums and dads to be (and this is just the work covered by those organisations that won awards on the night!).
Information on the charities that were recognised can be found at http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/client/downloads/CSJAwards%202009%20Brochure%20FINAL%20LOW%20RES.pdf.
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