City Parochial Foundation and the New Policy Institute have produced a website with details of research into levels of poverty, inequality and social exclusion in London. The information is designed to help organsations make stronger funding applications by giving them some of the information they need to show the level of need locally.

Details specific to Lewisham can be seen here (opens in new window)(external website).

The worse indicators for Lewisham are:

• Teenage Pregnancies (one of the five highest local authorities in England)
• Working age adults receiving out of work benefits
• Working age adults lacking work
• Low paid jobs

When using official statistics it is worth bearing in mind their warning about the effects of the hidden population (opens in a new window) (external website)

The full report into sixteen indicators can be found on the front page of the website  (opens in a new window)(external website)