Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 15
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +15
Overall GiG Score: 27 ?

JUST FOR KIDS LAW LIMITED

THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHERE LEGAL AID IS NOT POSSIBLE; AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADVICE IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION , WELFARE, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE.THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO LAWYERS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND CHILD RELATED MATTERS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23?£2,663£3,126£-463£102£556£4681.8390
31/05/22£1,935£2,182£-247£59£1,019£7304400
31/05/21£2,575£2,338£237£74£1,266£8534.4383
31/05/20£2,174£1,764£410£54£1,029£73453525
31/05/19£1,895£1,719£176£31£619£4032.84365
31/05/18£1,502£1,501£1£38£443£3182.5360
31/05/17£1,288£1,162£125£17£442£2672.8350
31/05/16£790£909£-119£0£317£2313200
31/05/15£763£643£121£7£436£2574.8170
31/05/14£557£485£72£3£316£1804.5130
31/05/13£333£315£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/12£310£210£99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/11£150£157£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/10£66£117£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/09£158£69£89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/08*£102£42£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 45%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Comment: JfKL has had fairly steady growth, only affected in 2016 with a deficit of £119,429. No explanation was given on annual reporting, but it is noted the deficit was offset by designated funds brought forward from the previous year.

In 2018, unrestricted income was £528,733 (35%). Donations and legacies made up £325,272, Charitable activities including legal, programmes and policy accounted for £151,291 and events and sponsorships came to £51,438.

Restricted income was £972,958 (65%), which was made up of charitable activities including legal, programmes and policy.

Source: Giving is Great

Established: 17 years

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Listed activities
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£708,000
National Lottery Community Fund£494,020
Mission 44£374,922
Trust for London£337,725
The Legal Education Foundation£315,786
The Blagrave Trust£305,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£300,000
Access to Justice Foundation£200,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2024
£122,476 23/05/2024
A grant to Just for Kids Law to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£66,600 16/03/2024
36
Holding the Government to account on its response to the pandemic and creating change for children and young people impacted by Covid-19
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Just for Kids Law
£30,000 25/01/2024
A restricted grant of £30,000 for 3 years towards the project costs of 'Tackling racial disproportionality and infringements of rights in police treatment of children' (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Just for Kids Law provides ....more
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2023
£10,000 28/12/2023
Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice sector.
The Blagrave Trust - Policy and Advocacy Grants
£155,000 30/11/2023
Policy and advocacy 2
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£120,000 06/10/2023
This grant will fund organisational running costs supporting children and young people affected child criminal exploitation who are in contact with the criminal justice system. The support will positively empower children and increase their ....more
CAF - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£34,937 26/05/2023
To build resilience of this organisation
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Just For Kids Law Limited
£48,000 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2022
£10,000 22/12/2022
Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice sector.
National Lottery Community Fund - Surviving to Thriving: advocacy for children & young people in crisis in London
£494,020 30/11/2022
This funding will be used to continue to provide advocacy legal and youth opportunities services to disadvantaged children and young people across London (aged 10-25). The project will help young people overcome difficulties they face including ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Dulverton Trust - Youth Justice Advice Line
£30,021 19/10/2022
Youth Justice Advice Line
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£16,725 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.2022-9495
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£7,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-06.10.2020-8802
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£150,000 13/09/2022
Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS) is a programme of The Access to Justice Foundation with the Ministry of Justice. We are working with organisations to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal advice, to enable users ....more
Mission 44 - Grant to Just For Kids Law
£374,922 22/07/2022
To scale the impact of JfKL's strand of work focused on preventing exclusions and it's harmful consequences on young people
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Turning 18: Timely Justice 2022-24
£65,000 09/07/2022
To continue making the case for change for 'turning 18', how courts deal with people who commit offences as children but are prosecuted or sentenced after the age of 18.
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards the work of the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE)
£15,000 04/07/2022
Just for Kids Law?s vision is for all children and young people in the UK to have their legal rights and entitlements respected and promoted, and their voices heard and valued.This is a one year grant restricted to the work of the Children's Rights ....more
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£199,500 05/04/2022
The funding is for JfKL’s holistic representation of young people through the continuing provision of specialist immigration (non-asylum) legal support across London. We will take the evidence from our casework to fight for reform through ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£150,000 27/01/2022
36
Towards supporting the next stage of their development to bring together local advice and representation, advocacy and participation, the Children's Rights Alliance for England and the Youth Justice Legal Centre
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2021
£10,000 14/12/2021
Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice sector.
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£50,000 30/11/2021
24
To support core costs
The Blagrave Trust - Policy and advocacy 2
£150,000 25/11/2021
Unrestricted funding that Just for Kids Law plan to use to continue and strengthen their policy work; particularly that delivered through thematic groups that combine the skills of young people with lived experience, lawyers, practitioners, and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Just For Kids Law Limited
£600,000 14/09/2021
60
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation providing children and young people, including those who are care experienced, with direct legal support and advocacy whilst driving change through policy and strategic litigation.
Greenwood Place - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£75,000 01/07/2021
Unrestricted funding
The Childhood Trust - Championing a child-centred coronavirus recovery
£5,193 22/06/2021
Children and young people?s rights have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with their health, education, and material wellbeing negatively impacted for years to come. We stand up for children and young people, ensuring that their voices are ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Just for Kids Law
£20,000 22/04/2021
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of 3 years). Just for Kids Law support children and young people with direct casework, advocacy and legal representation, and campaign for wider reform.
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2021
£99,122 24/03/2021
A grant to Just for Kids Law to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting vulnerable young people - annual package of support
£40,000 08/03/2021
Just for Kids Law supports vulnerable young people with multiple complex needs from crisis to stability and into independence through a unique model of holistic representation. This grant forms part of an annual package of support to underpin ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£50,000 01/03/2021
£50,000 over 12 months towards the salaries of the Operations Manager (0.6 FTE), Operations Support Assistant (0.5 FTE), Director of Finance and Resource (0.1 FTE) and the cost of the Apricot Licence.
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£110,000 24/02/2021
The funding is for a new project to empower young care leavers in London to have their voices heard and campaign for change. It will focus on the right to safe and secure housing, which is frequently not realised for young care leavers resulting in ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth Engagement Officer for Young People Excluded from School
£45,000 18/01/2021
Just for Kids Law works with and for young people to ensure their legal rights are respected and promoted, and their voices heard and valued. The grant will support Just for Kids Law to commission a case study to tell the story of how their Let Us ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£25,656 14/12/2020
They are required to challenge new regulations which have increased the Custody Time Limits for defendants, including children, by a further 56 days.
The Childhood Trust - Helping BME children fight the impact of Covid-19
£6,250 08/12/2020
BME children and young people face entrenched inequality and discrimination. They have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and will remain in crisis long after the virus has passed. We stand up for their rights and empower them ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£50,000 16/07/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Barrow Cadbury Trust - BAME young people: improving legal representation
£60,000 11/07/2020
24
This grant will investigate the legal support provided to young BAME people and make recommendation for an improved service.
The Childhood Trust - Standing up for children and young people
£5,000 03/07/2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed young people further into crisis and left them with less support available from statutory services. We ensure that their voices continue to be heard and respected and they can access the support they need, from legal ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Just for Kids Law
£20,000 02/07/2020
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Just for Kids Law support children and young people with direct casework, advocacy and legal representation, and campaign for wider reform.
Comic Relief - Just for Kids Law Recovery Funding
£25,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
The Legal Education Foundation - Strengthening sector capacity, skills and knowledge to work with vulnerable children and young people
£94,188 17/06/2020
Encouraging the wider adoption of integrating criminal and civil legal casework; and developing a business and future delivery model for JfKL's School Exclusions Hub which provides advice and representation on school exclusions across England and ....more
KPMG Foundation - Responding to the immediate needs of young people in care and leaving care, specifically during the Covid-19 pandemic.
£50,000 16/06/2020
This grant enabled JfKL to advocate on behalf of young people in the care system at a time of national crisis. It enabled practical support and modest finance to young people and campaigning for change to the Coronavirus Act of 2020 to ensure Local ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£30,000 27/05/2020
refurbishment of office for a charity that works with disadvantaged young people in Islington
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting vulnerable young people
£100,000 27/05/2020
Just for Kids Law is a London-based legal charity working with vulnerable children and young people from birth to the age of 25. This grant provides core funding to support strategic and operational growth, particularly to grow impact through ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£20,470 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£60,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Greenwood Place - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£80,000 27/04/2020
Unrestricted funding
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£4,000 07/04/2020
3
The funding is for supporting the urgent needs of young people aged up to the age of 25 facing immediate crisis, such as paying for food, utilities, accommodation, heating and clothing, as well as providing for the essential needs of their own young ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 02/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Just For Kids Law
£100,000 26/03/2020
36
£100,000 over three years (£45,000; £35,000; £20,000) of core support for JFKL’s holistic casework in London, including rent and core expenditure.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth Engagement Officer for Young People Excluded from School
£5,000 16/03/2020
Just for Kids Law works with and for young people to ensure their legal rights are respected and promoted, and their voices heard and valued. The grant will support Just for Kids Law to commission a case study to tell the story of how their Let Us ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Just for Kids Law - organisational infrastructure
£50,000 16/03/2020
Just for Kids Law is a London-based legal charity working with vulnerable children and young people from birth to the age of 25. This grant provides Just for Kids Law with exceptional organisational development and infrastructure support to ensure ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting vulnerable young people - annual package of support
£40,000 16/03/2020
Just for Kids Law supports vulnerable young people with multiple complex needs from crisis to stability and into independence through a unique model of holistic representation. This grant forms part of an annual package of support to underpin ....more
The Childhood Trust - Education Solicitor preventing school exclusion
£6,250 10/12/2019
Free legal representation and advice for children at risk of being excluded from school. There is no legal aid to challenge school exclusions, and so many are left to challenge these life-altering decisions alone. We make sure children are treated ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Just for Kids Law
£99,000 13/11/2019
36
Youth Advocacy
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£45,000 19/09/2019
36
Advocacy casework support to young mothers
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Just For Kids Law
£22,500 16/09/2019
£22,500 for the delivery of the proposed resilience support programme to deliver the following outcomes and outputs: two learning days delivered by external consultants for all (23) frontline workers, focussing on the impact of trauma on Children ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Advocacy
£525,982 06/09/2019
36
Youth Advocacy
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - We Belong - a case study of a youth-led project becoming independent
£5,000 17/07/2019
3
To tell the story of how the Let Us Learn project led by young people who migrated to the UK became an independent charity, We Belong, and to share learning from this process.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£88,037 12/07/2019
36
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Advisor and activity costs _x000D_
Greenwood Place - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£50,000 01/07/2019
Unrestricted funding
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Just for Kids Law
£20,000 27/06/2019
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (this grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Just for Kids Law aims to support children and young people in the UK to have their legal rights and entitlements respected and promoted, and their voices heard ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£30,000 25/06/2019
To support work relating to a previous grant to the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), part of Just for Kids Law to ensure the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child are fully utilised as an advocacy ....more
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£7,500 05/06/2019
12
The funding is towards of the costs of the work of our Finance and Resources team including the Director of Finance and Resources and the Finance Officer. Ensuring we have effective infrastructure systems for the operational running of the charity ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£30,000 21/05/2019
36
This project will provide a youth ambassador project to young people who are affected by local deprivation, homelessness, disability and abuse to increase self-confidence, self-esteem and communication skills
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Additional package of support 2018-19 (part of the Growth Fund support)
£40,000 11/03/2019
0
Just for Kids Law is a legal charity working with young people, supporting them to understand their rights and providing specialist advocacy and representation through their youth-led service model. This grant will support organisational growth and ....more
Comic Relief - Preventing homelessness and insecure shelter through direct legal support and advocacy
£132,380 06/03/2019
36
The Project aims to provide specialist legal support to children and young people facing homelessness and insecure housing. Justice for Kids Law will recruit a lawyer with expertise in housing and community care law and increase the number of Youth ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£128,552 28/02/2019
36
This project provides a youth advocacy service for young people across London with complex & multiple needs, supporting them to access essential services. This will increase stability, increase knowledge of entitlements and improve communication ....more
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£147,000 20/02/2019
36
The funding is for JfKL's holistic representation of young people through the provision of specialist immigration (non-asylum) legal support across London. It will take the evidence from our casework work to fight for reform through lobbying, ....more
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards the work of the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE)
£45,000 09/01/2019
36
Just for Kids Law?s vision is for all children and young people in the UK to have their legal rights and entitlements respected and promoted, and their voices heard and valued.This is a three year grant restricted to the work of the Children's ....more
Mark Leonard Trust - MLT portfolio
£250,000 03/01/2019
For participation in the Trustees' Portfolio of Venture grants.
Greenwood Place - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£30,000 01/01/2019
Unrestricted funding
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth Engagement Officer for Young People Excluded from School
£87,200 21/11/2018
24
Just for Kids Law works with and for children and young people to fight for the wider reform needed to secure their legal rights and entitlements. This grant will fund a Youth Engagement Officer to bring together young people who have been excluded ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Strengthening policy and advocacy
£150,000 20/11/2018
Strengthening policy and advocacy
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Turning 18: Timely Justice
£31,250 20/10/2018
12
To seek changes to how the courts deal with people who commit offences as children but are charged or sentenced after the age of 18.
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£7,500 02/10/2018
6
The funding is for delivering support to children and young people from crisis to stability to independence. We do this through innovative, community-based legal representation, advocacy and opportunities programmes. We drive change through ....more
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£105,000 25/09/2018
36
To support the core costs of the organiation
Comic Relief - Just for Kids Law Sustainability Fund
£41,000 25/07/2018
6
Just for Law have a track record in delivery high quality and in demand training. Their Youth Justice Legal Centre provides youth justice training to legal professionals with young people who have real experience of the youth justice system to ....more
Comic Relief - Change It!
£65,000 25/07/2018
12
The Change It! project is unique. It is the only campaign led by children and young people which is focused on children being housed illegally in B&Bs. No other organisations are currently working on this issue in this way, despite the growing ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£60,000 13/07/2018
12
For support of We Belong, a youth-led campaign employing organizing techniques to effect change
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Just for Kids Law
£20,000 03/07/2018
£20,000 towards core costs. Just for Kids Law aims to support children and young people in the UK to have their legal rights and entitlements respected and promoted, and their voices heard and valued. It uses casework, advocacy and support, ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£195,000 19/06/2018
36
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation that provides children and young people with direct legal support and advocacy, and also drives systemic change through strategic litigation and legal campaigns.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£168,700 28/02/2018
36
Towards the salary of a leaving care advocate and associated project costs to ensure young people leaving care obtain the support they need and are legally entitled to.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Additional package of support 2017-18 (part of the Growth Fund support)
£40,000 26/02/2018
12
Just for Kids Law is a legal charity working with vulnerable young people, supporting them to understand their rights and providing specialist advocacy and representation through their youth-led service model. This grant will support organisational ....more
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£40,400 21/02/2018
13
The funding is to second a member of staff to the Greater London Authority’s social integration team. The secondee will work on the Citizenship and Integration Initiative, specifically on the Civic Engagement and Young Londoners strands of work. ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Learning Films: Using the Law for Social Justice
£10,500 22/01/2018
3
Just for Kids Law delivers holistic, client-led support to children and young people through innovative, community-based legal representation, advocacy and opportunities programme. The organisation drives systemic change through strategic litigation ....more
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£7,500 03/11/2017
12
The funding is for youth advocates are led by the needs and wishes of each individual child andonly ever act according to these. Support is unique to each individual case. Often,advocates accompany children and young people to meetings to ensure ....more
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards the work of the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE)
£15,000 01/11/2017
12
Just for Kids Law?s vision is for all children and young people in the UK to have their legal rights and entitlements respected and promoted, and their voices heard and valued.This is a one year grant restricted to the work of the Children's Rights ....more
Trust for London - Just for Kids Law
£27,000 12/10/2017
12
The funding is towards the support Influence policy and practice to improve the treatment of children by the police in London; particularly BAME children; Facilitate the campaigning of London (VSOs) and equip organisations with better knowledge and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£91,900 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Youth Advocate at a project providing advocacy, support and advice to disadvantaged children and young people in London
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - External case study of a strategic legal challenge
£5,000 18/05/2017
3
Just for Kids Law is interested in learning lessons from their campaigning and communications activities in relation to a key legal case on student finance for young people whose immigration status meant they were unable to access student loans: ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Just for Kids Law
£15,000 27/04/2017
£15,000 towards core costs. Just for Kids Law aims to support children and young people in the UK to have their legal rights and entitlements respected and promoted, and their voices heard and valued. It uses casework, advocacy and support, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core funding to support strategic and operational growth
£500,000 21/03/2017
48
Just For Kids Law plans to grow impact through its policy and influencing work, by building on success of recent campaigns, and by advocating for a new Youth Justice Legal Centre. It aims to set up an office in East London to respond to increasing ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards Advocacy Year, providing youth justice work
£50,000 26/01/2017
24
Towards the costs of training new law graduates to work alongside lawyers and youth advocates to offer one-to-one, holistic support to young people with legal and other difficulties
National Lottery Community Fund - Advocacy First (East)
£479,304 09/03/2016
36
This project will support 10 to 24 year olds living in East London who experience multiple and complex issues including being involved in the care or youth justice system, excluded from school or in unstable or non-existent housing. It will offer ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£149,760 10/02/2016
Capacity building the voluntary sector to build knowledge of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and empower organisations to use child rights approaches in their work
Comic Relief - See It, Say It, Change It
£131,012 25/11/2015
24
Just for Kids Law provides advocacy, support and assistance to young people in difficulty; particularly those in trouble with the law, looked after children and those at risk of exclusion from school. These problems are sometimes made worse by the ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£2,580 02/11/2015
Towards post-merger integration costs to enhance the support provided to vulnerable young people involved in legal processes.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Let Us Learn
£100,000 07/10/2015
24
Grant towards towards a youth-led campaign (Let us Learn) to develop a movement around migrants’ rights in the UK, focusing on equal access to higher education for young people with immigration status issues in England and Wales.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Just for Kids Law
£47,992 08/07/2015
12
To undertake developmental work for a campaign to change the youth justice system from one which penalises and stigmatises young people to one which nurtures and protects them.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Just For Kids Law
£75,000 08/07/2015
36
supporting disadvantaged young people to move forward into education, training and employment. The grant will fund the salary of a Youth Opportunities Worker.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How do they operate?

Just for Kids Law Programmes

Objectives: To provide youth advocacy, legal advice and representation

Intervention period: Dependant upon individual

Beneficiaries: Lawyers, judges, magistrates, youth offending teams, professionals, children, young people and their families

Description: A team of advocates, lawyers and youth opportunities workers co-located who provide a joined-up package of help to address housing, social care, education, immigration and criminal justice issues

Let Us Learn Project

Objectives: To fight for the rights of young UK migrants who are denied access to education due to their residency status and provide them with advice

Intervention period: Dependant upon individual

Beneficiaries: Young people excluded from access to student finance due to their migration status

Description: Started in 2014 as a campaign by young people excluded from access to student finance due to their migration status, Let us Learn is a long-running project of Just for Kids Law. The project aims to inspire young people to take a lead in their schools and communities, and offers practical support and training including immigration and student finance advice, presentations and workshops in schools and online resources

Youth Justice Legal Centre (YJLC) Project

Objectives: To provide expertise, guidance and training to lawyers and other professionals

Intervention period: Dependant upon individual

Beneficiaries: Lawyers, judges, magistrates, youth offending teams, professionals, children, young people and their families

Description: YJLC is a centre for youth justice law, providing guidance and expertise to safeguard children’s rights in the youth justice system. It provides a dedicated web site with comprehensive information, legal resources and best practice guides. Training is provided on youth justice issues for lawyers and non legal professionals working with children, and free specialist legal advice is given to children, their families, youth offending teams, the judiciary and lawyers

How effective are they?
Commentary: The results above are taken from a client survey conducted by Just for Law Kids, with interviews completed with around 10% of young people on programmes

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Commentary:Very experienced board, including criminal justice professionals and students who have been helped by Just for Law Kids.
  • BRENDA MARY CAMPBELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Barrister
  • BRIEANN SCHELLBY CAMPBELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Administrator
  • ELIZABETH CLAIRE HUBBERSTEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • HEMINI PARMAR PATEL MS Appointed: 2023
  • JANET LATINWO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MICHAEL ALEXANDER-WALL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • PROFESSOR EMERITA GERALDINE VAN BUEREN Appointed: 2023
  • SHAUNEEN LAMBE (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • TIMOTHY POTTER Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/11/2007, number: 1121638
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/05/2006, number: 05815338
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR08: 176 days late,
Main office

EC 1 Offices
338 City Road
LONDON
EC1V 2PY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK AND ABROAD, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, INCLUDING BY ADVANCING THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF CHILDREN THROUGH 1. RESEARCH, EDUCATION, TRAINING, AWARENESS-RAISING, AND INCREASING UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE 2. MONITORING, ADVOCATING AND PROMOTING CHILDREN'S HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING COMPLIANCE AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL 3. THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST LEGAL , ADVICE, SUPPORT AND REPRESENTATION INCLUDING TAKING LEGAL ACTION TO PREVENT DISADVANTAGE, DISCRIMINATION OR EXCLUSION 4. THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND DIRECT ADVOCACY TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND PROMOTING PARTICIPATION 5. ALL OTHER SUCH LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THESE AIMS

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE LONDON AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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