Tag: City Bridge Foundation

Social justice focus as funder launches ​‘ambitious’ 10-year vision

Stuart Mitchell

London’s biggest independent charity funder has launched a new 10-year funding policy focused on tackling the inequality and injustice that blights the capital. City Bridge Foundation says the new policy, Standing With Londoners, will position it as a social justice funder, with a sharper focus on tackling the root causes of inequality. The foundation has awarded over £840 million in 30 years of funding London’s charity sector, including an extra £200 million funding which supported the sector through Covid and the cost-of-living crisis. The additional funding is now drawing to an…

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New Chair of City Bridge Foundation Board

Stuart Mitchell

Paul Martinelli has been elected as the new Chair of the City Bridge Foundation Board, responsible for the charity’s day-to-day governance. Having previously served as Deputy Chair, Paul takes over from Giles Shilson, who has been Chair for the past three and a half years and who will continue as its Deputy Chair. Paul has spent his career working in the food sector at Smithfield Market and holds a range of positions in the City of London, including serving as treasurer of the Smithfield Market Tenants Association and a liveryman…

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City Bridge Foundation closing to new applications for one year

Stuart Mitchell

City Bridge Foundation has closed its rolling grants programmes to new applications for one year, from Tuesday, 8 October 2024. This is due to an unprecedented surge in funding applications, with more applicants than we can possibly support. They explain in greater detail on their website here, reproduced below: Funding closing to new applications on Tuesday, 8 October 2024 for one year The pause in funding will enable our team to process hundreds of outstanding applications, while they continue to support and work alongside more than 1,150 grant holders. Organisations…

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10-year core funding for infrastructure organisations in London

Stuart Mitchell

City Bridge Foundation’s Anchor Programme has already awarded almost £14m to second-tier charities working to make the capital a fairer place and to bring about systems change. Now, London’s biggest independent funder is taking expressions of interest for the second and final phase of funding, which will award around £15 million. Organisations can apply for a maximum of £1.5 million for up to 10 years. The scheme is aimed at infrastructure organisations which support frontline charities tackling marginalisation among people with one or more protected characteristic such as race, sexuality, gender…

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‘Ground-breaking’ £10 million fund aims to reduce London suicide

Stuart Mitchell

London’s biggest independent charity funder has launched a ground-breaking suicide prevention programme with £10 million on offer to organisations in the capital. City Bridge Foundation has allocated £4.2 million offering seven-year grants to four strategic partnerships to tackle systemic issues around suicide prevention. Meanwhile, £5.8 million in five year core funding grants will go to community projects reducing isolation and boosting community connection for those most at risk. The foundation hopes it will drive down the shocking statistic that 10 people in the capital take their own life every week,…

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