ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23

THE CSJ ALLIANCE PHILANTHROPY At the heart of the CSJ Foundation is the CSJ In addition to driving our policy work, the CSJ Alliance, a game-changing network of more than Foundation provides a philanthropic grant giving 630 charities and social enterprises working on the platform for donors to give directly to the very best frontline in the fight against poverty Small and local charities to suppor. [...] PERSISTING WITH THE Since the CSJ first uncovered the dramatic rise in school UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF absence we have campaigned for the Government to WELFARE REFORM give this unfolding crisis the urgent attention it requires Following the publication of our ‘Lost and Not Found’ One of the most concerning legacies of the pandemic report we published a new ‘School Absence Tracker’ – a has been worse. [...] I need to be around for them.” POLICY UNIT: WORK AND WELFARE The CSJ has long argued that work is the best route out of poverty But in the long shadow of the pandemic, the rise of This year the CSJ published major reports on Work economic inactivity has seen thousands more people and Welfare including: denied the financial, social, and health benefits of work In the summer of 2022, we started work. [...] An examination of the To address this, we focused especially on current housing crisis and the effects of reforms the Government has been making to the undersupply—especially of the lack planning system to develop affordable homes of affordable housing The report through a new Infrastructure Levy Our paper Levying critiques live planning reform Up looked at this proposal in the context of the wide. [...] As the next General Election looms, it is crucial that the most disadvantaged members of society are not forgotten – particularly in the face of the cost of living crisis We believe that those growing up and living in our poorest communities should be at the centre of the election The CSJ has the expertise and the passion to put these important issues on the map and drive meaningful policy change.