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City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2013 Registered Charity 1035628 Listening to London Effective g r a n t –making is all about asking the right q uest ion s… and listening to the an swers. Contents Message from the Chairman of the City Bridge Trust Committee 01 Message from the Chief Grants Officer 02 Our Mission 04 How did we make the most of all our assets? 10 How did we improve London’s environment? 16 How did we improve the lives of vulnerable Londoners? 22 How are we tackling unemployment? 28 How did we respond to changing needs? 34 Total Grants Spend by London Borough 1995–2013 36 List of Grants Approved 2012–13 44 City Bridge Trust 45 More Information Active Communities Network Showroom Gallery Ltd Deafinitely Theatre Fight for Peace Groundwork London Advice and Learning Bureau (ALB) Limited Embrace Cooperation Ltd Advocacy Plus (London) Limited Core Arts African Cultural Association - Barnet Fitzrovia Youth in Action Alzheimer's Society Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network Ambitious about Autism St Mungo Community Housing Association Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations Aston-Mansfield Bangladesh Youth Movement Hackney Caribbean Elderly Organisation Greenwich Action for Voluntary Service Bankside Open Spaces Trust Parish of Christ Church and St John Barnet Refugee Service Trees for Cities Barons Court Project Maytree Respite Centre Ltd Battersea Arts Centre Groundwork Thames Valley Bermondsey Artists' Group Hounslow Youth Counselling Service British Deaf Association Calthorpe Project Fowler Newsam Hall Trust Zoological Society of London Camden Carers Centre Blackheath Halls Capital Age Festival (2002) Limited Hackney Music Development Trust CB Hounslow Football Club Hackney Quest Interlink Foundation Charities Evaluation Services Green Alliance Charlie Chaplin Adventure Playground Organiclea Charterhouse Human Trafficking Foundation Chinese Mental Health Association City Temple Richmond Advice and Information on Disability CLIC Sargent Clink Charity British Red Cross Society Communities Welfare Network Somali Well Woman Project Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith and Fulham Community Cancer Centre St Luke's Trust Cricket for Change London International Festival of Theatre Croydon African Caribbean Family Organisation Kent Association for the Blind Culpeper Community Garden Depaul UK Rosetta Life Disabled Parents Network Eastside Community Heritage Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre EcoActive Education Services St Pancras Community Association Enfield Mental Health Users Group National Council for Voluntary Organisations Environment Trust for Richmond Upon Thames Soil Association Myatt's Fields Park Project Eye Music Trust Walworth Garden Farm Faith Matters Women's Environmental Network Trust Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens Froglife Trust Geddes Place United Reformed Church Bexleyheath Race On The Agenda Generate Opportunities Ltd Tree Council Chocolate Films Limited Green Corridor Samaritans, London Branch Catholic Children's Society (Westminster) Listening City Bridge Trust to London Annual Review 2013 Message from the Chairman Responding to Change We have continued to face the challenges to all in the voluntary and community sector serving disadvantaged communities. With the economy still in intensive care, public expenditure cuts deepening and both factors aligning with benefit reductions, London’s poorest communities have been disproportionately affected. Some commentators have called this a ‘perfect storm’. Responding to Change and middle-sized organisations and Whilst our grants have increased from decided against a root and branch £18.9 million in 2012 to £20.3 million overhaul. However, the economic this year, poverty and unemployment downturn and its consequences for has grown. As London’s largest grant- disadvantaged Londoners could not be maker we had to respond effectively, ignored and the new priorities will take making the most of all our resources. account of a very different London than City Bridge Trust is the grant-making five years ago. We thank our voluntary arm of Bridge House Estates, whose sector partners, fellow grant-makers and sole trustee is the City of London colleagues from research institutions ‘Grow bags for Gourmets’ which helps Corporation. This was a landmark for their enormously valuable feedback older people grow their own food, year and £20 million of Bridge House and insights, which have informed even on tiny balconies, we hope the Estate’s capital was designated for our new direction. The review took landscape of London and the well-being the ground-breaking City of London over nine months and the new policies of Londoners will be radically improved. will be launched later in 2013. A Dedicated Team Billy Dove Finally I would like to thank colleagues on the City Bridge Trust Committee “...we hope the landscape of London for their wise counsel, commitment and their enthusiasm for visiting our and the well-being of Londoners grantees. Heartfelt thanks go also to our dedicated grants team who have coped will be radically improved.” so ably in this exceedingly busy year. Sadly, our Chief Grants Officer Clare Social Investment Fund. This is an There were some issues which Thomas has announced her resignation exciting opportunity to use some funds simply couldn’t wait. Tackling after 17 years of service. We will all miss for investments which deliver social youth unemployment was urgent. her and we thank her for her exceptional as well as financial returns. Whilst In September we launched a £3.2 contribution in developing City social investment is not relevant to million initiative ‘Get Young People Bridge Trust as the hugely successful every charity, we are confident that Working – The Youth Offer’. It aims to and much admired and respected it is a useful addition to our funding foster partnerships in every London organisation it is today. We are delighted repertoire. Social investments borough addressing the issues which to announce that her successor, David complement grant-making, making the those described as NEET (not in Farnsworth joined us in June 2013 Bridge House Estates’ money go further. employment, education or training) face. and we welcome the experience and Listening to Londoners But there were opportunities for the fresh perspective he is bringing. Listening to Londoners is critical in celebration. In April we launched ensuring our grants are responsive and ‘Growing Localities’, a £2 million grants relevant. Consultation is vital and in programme to mark Her Majesty the April we commenced our Quinquennial Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. I hope you Review. This looked back over the last enjoy reading about this innovative work Mr Billy Dove MBE JP five years, reflected on what we had in local communities which is exciting, Chairman learnt, recycling what had worked best. sustainable and will bring lasting City Bridge Trust Committee During that period we awarded over improvements to communities across 1,200 grants to 990 organisations. London. From edible playgrounds, We know our responsibilities to small new orchards and edible hedges to City Bridge Trust Listening Page Annual Review 2013 to London 01 Message from the Chief Grants Officer How is our Support Helping? A year of growth and change presented us with a dilemma. How should we balance a response to new needs, thrown up by economic turmoil in a rapidly changing operating environment, while maintaining our core programmes? These include issues facing older Londoners, the environment and our flagship programme supporting work with and for people with disabilities. Needs in these areas have not diminished and sticking with these has enabled us to build up our knowledge. Collaborative Thinking grants, as potential grantees are offered Additional resources from Bridge House high quality, free advice on how to Estates have enabled us to increase our improve the accessibility of their response to the unemployment crisis community buildings. and forge collaborations with new We never underestimate the value of partners such as local authorities and the resources of Guildhall and the City work-training charities. of London Corporation, including the Tough times are making us reflect Mayoralty. The power of the City of even more on how we can use all the London to convene networks resources at our disposal. This year we comprising both the business and joined forces with colleagues in the charity worlds can be enormously outreach team at the Barbican Centre. fruitful. In March the City of London, The team works closely with several City Bridge Trust and ShareAction of our grantees, blending talents on jointly organised a lecture at Guildhall both sides to add value to our grants where former US Vice President Al Gore and leading to energised and gave an inspirational address on ‘creative learning’. This is making a real Sustainable Capitalism to an audience difference to the communities in areas comprising a wide range of business under-served by the arts in east London. and charity leaders. Valued Resources A Debt of Gratitude Another example of our ‘funder plus’ On a personal note, it has been an approach is our support of Charities enormous privilege to have helped Evaluation Services which provides develop City Bridge Trust. Even in these monitoring and evaluation training, at dark times there are many inspirational discounted rates, for some of our funded examples of committed staff and groups. This is helping them improve volunteers who are doing so much to how