Communities for Children

BBC Children in Need, in partnership with City Bridge Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund and Pears Foundation, has announced the first four locations set to benefit from Communities for Children – a major new funding programme supporting community-led change to reduce the impact of child poverty.

Wishaw in North Lanarkshire has been named one of the places that will receive £1.5 million funding over the next five years.

Corra is the lead organisation for Communities for Children in Wishaw and will work closely with local people, and partners, to design and deliver community-led solutions that will help tackle child poverty.

The work in Wishaw adds to Corra’s place-based approaches and draws on our experience, including established relationships in North Lanarkshire through the Getting Alongside Communities programme.

Backed by a £15 million investment, Communities for Children will support ten areas across the UK with high levels of child poverty, providing long-term funding to help local communities design and deliver their own solutions. 

By placing power and resources directly in the hands of communities, the programme aims to create lasting change for children and families, addressing local challenges while building the leadership, partnerships and learning needed to influence wider policy and practice.

The other three locations and organisations involved in the programme are:

• Holyhead, Anglesey (Wales) – Medrwn Môn
• Hackney (London) – Coffee Afrik CIC
• Seacombe, Wallasey (Liverpool City Region) – Right to Succeed

Contact us

If you have any questions or are interested in the programme please contact Gordon McLean, Communities for Children Programme Manager, gordon@corra.scot.