Hi readers!

Wow, October already! It definitely seems like it with these grey days and peeking sunshine every so often.

With just one week to go until London Challenge Poverty Week, I thought it would be great to tell you about the amazing work my colleagues over at 4in10 have been doing to gear up to this vital week. If you didn't know already, London Child Poverty Week is a week to highlight the reality of poverty in the capital as well as some of the innovative responses the sector has seen in the last few months to tackle it. 

The week is definitely going to be a busy one, with new local data on poverty being released and new research published during the week, alongside other media work and online content fronting the voices of people with experience of living in poverty. 

So to cheer you up from this gloomy afternoon, here's a spread of what you can get involved in to combat poverty in the capital from your home:

Go to an event!

You can see the list of the events happening over London Challenge Poverty Week that may be of interest; Please do share with your networks. Among many others, 4in10 hosted events include looking at:

• Health inequalities, with Professor Ingrid Wolf, Director of the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership in Lambeth and Southwark, London Clinicians and Karen Buck MP.
• Young Women's Employment & Support Needs with the Young Women's Trust, Seema Malhotra MP Shadow Employment Minister and Sian Elliott, Women's Equality Officer, TUC
• Race, Poverty and School Exclusions with Nels Abbey from Just for Kids Law and Hussein Hussein from Cape Mentors
• and Poems to Challenge Poverty an evening of poetry organised by people with experience of living in poverty. 

Book your tickets today!

Download the supporters guide!

Click here for the supporters guide with some key messages, themes and draft tweets which might be helpful if you'd like to join with us to mark the week. Please do use #LDNChallengePoverty to take part. 

Please add your voice to others and make some noise to challenge poverty.

That’s it from me, I hope you enjoyed this week’s edition of #MaketheMostofMonday. In the meantime, I hope you have a lovely rest of your week, stay safe, and stay positive 😊