Lauren Watson's Contact Details

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Beam

London, London, UK • 50 - 99 Employees
City Government/Municipal Government

Beam is the world's first crowdfunding platform for homeless people.Funded by the Mayor of London and some of the world's top tech entrepreneurs, and partnered with leading national charities like Shelter and St Mungo's, Beam has proven a powerful new model to help disadvantaged people get into stable work and support themselves. In Beam's first year, Beam won the London Homelessness Award and 'Best use of Technology'​ in homelessness. Beyond homelessness, Beam was recognised by The FT as one of the top 100 most innovative organisations in Europe and was named by The Guardian as one of the most important social innovations of 2018. A breakthrough innovation in social mobility, Beam has been covered widely, including by the BBC, The Times, The FT, The Independent, Evening Standard, Sky, Time Out and others. As for the growing social impact we're making? Check out our Live Data page which transparently shows over 100 live data points:https://beam.org/transparencyAny questions? Get in touch any time on hello@beam.org