blog

November 18, 2024

Community Linking - creating a long term impact

September 30, 2024

What makes our Link Workers unique?

September 29, 2024

All About Lego Therapy

September 23, 2024

Using data to inform cohort selection

AllChild beyond London: an update from Greater Manchester

Saying Goodbye: What happens at the end of the AllChild programme

A day in the life of an AllChild Link Worker

Introducing AllChild

The why behind corporate partnerships

Using data to support our young people

Suspensions, proactive identification and a holistic approach

February 26, 2024

Predicting the future: The challenges of evaluating preventative impact

February 22, 2024

Innovating our methodology – our reflections based on our Year 3 interim evaluation results

February 7, 2024

A holistic approach to Children's Mental Health

January 19, 2024

A response to rising absenteeism

January 18, 2024

‘Closing the Gap’ a holistic approach to building preventative methods to tackle child poverty

December 12, 2023

Balancing school and home life – Cameron’s journey to building positive relationships

November 27, 2023

Connecting communities – our expansion into Chelsea

September 26, 2023

Link Worker Brandy shares her experience of empowering young people

September 26, 2023

Enjoying the summer with West London Zone

Developing our evaluation process to support a higher standard of evidence

Miquita Oliver inspires pupils with the power of skipping and physical fitness

The benefits of qualitative methods

Our early years qualitative developmental evaluation with The Centre for Education and Youth

Our Development Board – harnessing the collective power of community

Our Development Board – harnessing the collective power of community

West London Zone and children and families of Old Oak primary school win campaign for better facilities at Wormwood scrubs park

Our evaluation methods – exploring how one size doesn’t always fit all

February 27, 2023

The Joy of Reading programme…one year on

February 10, 2023

Unlocking the virtues within us – the importance of children’s mental health

January 9, 2023

Why we do what we do –the power of sharing stories

November 24, 2022

Film and philanthropy helping to build our local network of supporters

November 21, 2022

Our 2022 impact results are in – and they are some of our best results to date

October 31, 2022

West London Zone is growing – in numbers and impact

October 31, 2022

Bank of America and West London Zone – a shared vision and an innovative approach to philanthropy

October 31, 2022

A charity for West London - based in West London – why representation within our charity matters

October 17, 2022

The power of representation – how having a role model helped me become a role model

September 29, 2022

Our work doesn't stop at the end of term

September 26, 2022

Fundraising in the community; sharing our mission with local philanthropists

September 16, 2022

“Proud of my growth” – Three young people share their West London Zone journey

August 31, 2022

Bringing the community together again - in all weathers

A SEA change by the sea? Taking WLZ out of London

West London: a city within a city

The power of deep listening

Sharing our relational approach and its impact

My role as People and Culture Director

How we work with schools to identify young people for the WLZ programme

Bank of America and West London Zone: Clearly Communicating Impact

Engaging and building relationships with new families

January 25, 2022

Collaboration coordination and collective impact

December 14, 2021

Literacy support bringing schools together across our community

December 13, 2021

Local Partnership and Integration: Working with and in existing systems

November 29, 2021

Measuring our academic impact with Analysis Group

November 2, 2021

Relationships and goals: creating the right balance

October 26, 2021

Using drama to help young people to communicate and reflect

October 11, 2021

Creating change through community organising

September 28, 2021

Summer engagement has never been so important

September 27, 2021

Thinking about Thinking

August 24, 2021

Working with parents is key to supporting young people

August 18, 2021

‘Our City’: growing up in West London

Creating a network of local support

Why I'm excited to be starting at West London Zone

Why local is important

Using data to identify which young people would benefit from our support the most

Why become a Link Worker?

Understanding our West London community with DataKind UK and Bank of America

We must support children’s emotional wellbeing from an early age

How can we continue to focus on outcomes when a pandemic hits?

The reality of returning to school

February 23, 2021

Our deep data analysis is shaping our programme and improving our impact

January 26, 2021

Children need personalised specialist support to catch up

December 21, 2020

Relationships are the key to driving real change

November 24, 2020

Lockdown has impacted on young people’s self-confidence and engagement in school

October 9, 2020

What a year it has been so far

September 30, 2020

Our West London: Emily Maitlis interviews Ben Bailey Smith

September 11, 2020

Why we must stay hopeful about children’s futures

August 21, 2020

The Attainment Gap

August 19, 2020

Zone sweet home: London charity wins national award for improving educational opportunities

August 18, 2020

Social Impact Bonds: A tool for reforming public services?

August 15, 2020

Home Feature West London Zone: the cradle to career neighbourhood project

The attainment gap

Recovery planning for London’s civil society

Covid 19 - How our work has changed

November 14, 2019

Impact for Children - Recent Results

Link Worker Diary: Jamie's Farm

LBHF Community Fun Day 2019

Link Worker Diary: Small Talk TV

Link Worker Diary: Trip to the Nelson Mandela Exhibit

Coffee, Cake and Impact

Link Worker Diary: Hammersmith BMX trip

Link Worker Diary: February Half Term Trips

Link Worker Diary: Trip to the Lyric Theatre

February 6, 2019

Link Worker Diary: Bluebird Masterclass

December 12, 2018

Code Club Partnership with West London Zone

December 11, 2018

West London Zone Collective Impact in Practice Report

December 7, 2018

Leo, aged 11

December 4, 2018

Link Worker Diary: The Wider Earth

December 3, 2018

Simon, aged 15

August 29, 2018

Innocent Drinks Work Experience Day

West London Zone and Onside Youth Centres

together, every child and young person can flourish.