THE REGENT’S PARK

CLERKENWELL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON HACKNEY

THE BRITISH EAST MUSEUM HAM

SOHO

ST PAUL’S CITY OF COVENT CATHEDRAL GARDEN LONDON MAYFAIR

WATERLOO BRIDGE POPLAR

MILLENNIUM BRIDGE

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE

SOUTHWARK BRIDGE

LONDON BRIDGE TOWER OF LONDON

TOWER BRIDGE

ROTHERHITHE SOUTHWARK

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

GREEN PARK 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES KNIGHTSBRIDGE ANNUAL REVIEW 2015

ISLE OF DOGS LAMBETH BRIDGE BERMONDSEY LAMBETH

PIMLICO Registered Charity 1035628

VAUXHALL BRIDGE

CHELSEA BRIDGE VAUXHALL THE REGENT’S PARK

CLERKENWELL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON HACKNEY

THE BRITISH EAST MUSEUM HAM

SOHO

ST PAUL’S CITY OF COVENT CATHEDRAL GARDEN LONDON MAYFAIR

WATERLOO BRIDGE POPLAR

MILLENNIUM BRIDGE

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE

SOUTHWARK BRIDGE

LONDON BRIDGE TOWER OF LONDON

TOWER BRIDGE

ROTHERHITHE SOUTHWARK

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

GREEN PARK KNIGHTSBRIDGE

ISLE OF DOGS LAMBETH BRIDGE BERMONDSEY LAMBETH

PIMLICO

VAUXHALL BRIDGE

CHELSEA BRIDGE VAUXHALL THE REGENT’S PARK

CLERKENWELL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON HACKNEY

THE BRITISH EAST MUSEUM HAM

SOHO

ST PAUL’S CITY OF COVENT CATHEDRAL GARDEN LONDON MAYFAIR

WATERLOO BRIDGE POPLAR

MILLENNIUM BRIDGE

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE

SOUTHWARK BRIDGE

LONDON BRIDGE TOWER OF LONDON

TOWER BRIDGE

ROTHERHITHE SOUTHWARK

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

GREEN PARK KNIGHTSBRIDGE

ISLE OF DOGS LAMBETH BRIDGE BERMONDSEY LAMBETH

PIMLICO

VAUXHALL BRIDGE

CHELSEA BRIDGE VAUXHALL 01

CONTENTS Messages from the Chairman & Director 02 Our Mission, Our Values 03 01 Trust the Media 04 02 Making London More Sustainable 07 04 03 Investment with Impact 08 04 A More Inclusive London 09 05 Our Response to the London Bombings 7 July 2005 12 06 Inspiring Philanthropy 14 07 Greening and Growing 15 03 08 Supporting Older Londoners 16 09 Better Together 18 10 Mental Health Matters 19 11 Investing in Our Future 21 12 Giving Londoners a Voice 23 13 Strengthening the Voluntary Sector 24 14 London’s Giving 25 15 Making a Fresh Start 27 16 Arts Apprenticeships 28 17 Listening to Children and Young People 29 18 Spotlight on Modern Slavery 30 19 More Than Food 32 20 Is London a Fair City? 33 Total Grants Spend by London Borough 34 List of Grants Approved 2014/15 36 10 16 City Bridge Trust 48

18 20 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

This year marks our 20th anniversary as a funder. This 2015 Annual Review showcases some of the fantastic projects and extraordinary people we have supported over the years. MESSAGES FROM THE CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR

“I was delighted to announce that our “Over our 20 years we have been annual grant-making will increase, privileged to fund some extraordinary to around £20 million for the next people working at the heart of three years.” London’s communities.”

wenty years ago a cy près scheme was ur 20th anniversary year has marked agreed by the Charity Commissioners, a pivotal moment to review the Trust’s allowing Bridge House Estates to use past and current work and to inform funds – surplus to those required for the its future. We look forward to maintenance of its bridges1 – for charitable implementing the review’s findings Tpurposes to benefit Londoners. Oduring 2015/16 when we will aim to more closely align our three key areas of work (grant-making, social We remain indebted to David Carrington (then Director investment and encouraging more philanthropy of the Baring Foundation) and his team who used among young City professionals) so that they better their extensive expertise and experience to establish, complement one another. quickly and efficiently, the grant-making operation. In September 1995, the first grants were awarded. The additional money that has been agreed for grant-making will not only provide a welcome boost As so often, London’s communities and voluntary to the funds available for our Investing in Londoners sector face new and different challenges: our city, programmes, but will also allow us to develop further whilst rich and vibrant, is also home to extremes our work in two key areas: firstly, to fund charities of poverty and deprivation. In June, I was, therefore, working to address the shamefully low numbers of delighted to announce that our annual grant-making disabled people within London’s workforce; and will increase, to around £20 million for the next secondly, to support work that will strengthen three years. London’s voluntary sector at a time when its services The Trust occupies a distinctive space – situated, as it are needed more than ever. is, within one of London’s oldest institutions. We remain Over our 20 years we have been privileged to fund committed to using this privileged position to bring some extraordinary people working at the heart of together the private, public and voluntary sectors – to London’s communities. We hope the following pages harness our collective skills, energy and commitment, will bring some of their work to life. in order to make London a fairer place in which to live and work.

DAVID FARNSWORTH Director, City Bridge Trust JEREMY MAYHEW Chairman, The City Bridge Trust Committee

1London, Blackfriars, Southwark, Tower and Millennium Bridges

2 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 OUR MISSION, OUR VALUES

OUR VISION A fairer London

OUR MISSION To support disadvantaged Londoners through grant-making, social investment, encouraging philanthropy and influencing public policy.

OUR VALUES Independence Inclusion Integrity

BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES London Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, The City of London Corporation Southwark Bridge, Tower Bridge and is the sole Trustee of Bridge House Millennium Bridge. Estates which reaches out across The maintenance and replacement London in many important and of these bridges remains the prime diverse ways. objective of this ancient charity. This review concentrates on the CITY BRIDGE TRUST grant-making and related activities of City Bridge Trust, but the core business This review looks at the Trust’s grant- of the Estates, for many centuries, has making and related activities in 2014/15. been looking after its bridges. The Also available is the Trustee’s Annual Estates in some cases built, and now Report and Financial Statements, which maintains, five of the bridges that cross contains the full annual statement of the Thames into the City of London – accounts and auditor’s report.

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 3 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

Trust the Media

Over the years, the Trust has enjoyed a rich and fruitful partnership with Media Trust, the UK’s leading communications charity that supports charities, community groups, young people and not-for-profit organisations to deliver creative communications by connecting them with expert-led resources. We are especially delighted to have worked with them on this special edition of the Annual Review.

01

Below is more about three of these initiatives: LONDON360 Established in 2011, London360 is a programme that provides young Londoners with training and mentoring in community journalism. Some 400 young people have been trained to produce over 2,000 pieces of content, broadcast across TV, print, radio and online, since its inception. Media Trust provides an intensive six-month training course for cohorts of 5-10 in-house reporters, working in partnership with a number of media professionals to equip the teams of 18-25 year olds with the practical media skills and journalism knowledge needed to produce a fortnightly TV show, broadcast on the charity’s TV channel the Community Channel and London-wide TV channel London Live. The reporters also produce blogs, vlogs and radio packages that are broadcast on a number of different platforms including SKY, MTV, The Huffington Post and BBC London, giving them a potential audience reach of nearly 15 million people per month. Amanda Hall, Digital Producer at London Live, says: “The quality of work we’ve received from London360 reporters

4 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 “The quality of work we’ve received from London360 reporters has been amazing, and their young voices have added real value to our live news and current affairs programming, telling the stories of Londoners.”

Image caption: Officabo assedia quos Image caption: Officabo assedia quos has been amazing, and their young voices have added real value to our live news and current affairs programming, telling the stories of Londoners.” The young reporters are passionate about the area they live in, and want to bring a fresh viewpoint to the capital’s news agenda, with subjects ranging from politics and religion to feminism and sport. Through reporting and campaigning, they come into contact with decision- makers and opinion-formers from across London, including MPs, councillors, campaigners, local authorities, service providers and celebrities. As young reporter Mike Walsh says: “As a young person from a working class and disadvantaged part of north west London, being involved in London360 is something that I am very proud of. It gave me the opportunity, and encouraged me, to turn my experiences of the world as I know it into TV features, which I like to think critique our society’s ills.” Following their six months with London360, each of the reporters is paired with a mentor from a range of media backgrounds who provides further guidance and supports the reporter in finding new opportunities and paid employment. Over 85% of its alumni now work in full-time roles within media institutions. Former reporter Usman Butt says: “My mentor has been an executive producer on shows like Newsnight, Panorama and Horizon. From the outset, she has been very strict with me and has given me no-holds- barred advice and mentoring. She has been a huge help.”

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 5 TELLING YOUR STORIES Media professionals engage the charities MEDIA TRUST AWARDS We have worked with Media Trust in the process through workshops and At City Bridge Trust, our approach since 2012 on their Telling Your training that enable them to contribute has always been to adopt a ‘grants Stories project, an initiative that to the concept of their final film. A plus’ approach. Through offering partners small charities with representative from a participating charity, additional, non-monetary support to professional filmmakers to create The Who Cares? Trust, says: “This film is grant holders, we hope to improve short, tailor-made promotional films. the first professional film we’ve ever had the effectiveness of organisations and made about our work. It was made with therefore add value to our investments. Now in its fourth year, Telling Your sensitivity, professionalism and care. Our small grants programme ran Stories has seen 36 London-based It has helped to give a voice to young between 2000 and 2005, awarding charities have films created. The people too – which is what we’re around 1,700 grants totalling over charities, selected from a shortlist all about.” £6 million. compiled by City Bridge Trust, are all The Media Trust Awards began in 2004 with the aim of acknowledging “The charities we select have free rein to use the films for excellence and encouraging better communications practices amongst any purpose they want, in order to promote their services. applicants to our small grants initiative. Some charities choose to use the films for fundraising The programme operated on three purposes, some use them as a reference for donors, different levels: for unsuccessful whilst others use them to promote campaigns that applicants of the small grants programme, ten basic workshops they’re running.” were held to improve their standard of communication and development. First-time small grant recipients followed a similar course over 20 workshops, with organisations that might not otherwise Films are broadcast online, on Media a focus on identifying their key messages be able to afford professional marketing Trust’s TV Channel the Community and improving their communications of this kind. Mairi Ankers, Producer of Channel and at an annual festival materials and basic media relations. Telling Your Stories, explains: “The in the Barbican Centre. Mairi says: Finally, repeated grant recipients were charities we select have free rein to use “Filmmaking is neither cheap nor easily offered advanced workshops, tailored to the films for any purpose they want, in accessible. By offering this service for build on the lessons of their previous order to promote their services. Some free, Telling Your Stories allows charities year’s funding. charities choose to use the films for to access and engage new audiences. fundraising purposes, some use them This is why the project fits so perfectly as a reference for donors, whilst others into the ethos of Media Trust, of giving use them to promote campaigns that a platform to people and organisations they’re running.” who do not traditionally have that voice.”

6 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 Making London More Sustainable

Throughout our funding history, London’s and then City Bridge Trust would ask us to visit the mosque to conduct the environment and issues around sustainability eco-audit and develop an action plan,” have been a key priority for City Bridge Trust. explains Ben Hudson, Project Officer So far, we have invested £25 million to bring global at LSx. environmental issues, as they impact on London, Harrow Mosque is one of the mosques to the forefront of the charitable sector’s agenda. that have completed the eco-audit. The mosque is purpose built and it aims to become a beacon of sustainable environmental practice. Nadeem Farooqi, Operations Manager at Harrow Mosque, says: “At the design 02 stage the requirements of green policies were taken into account. For example we have solar panels on the roof that provide hot water. We have water taps in washing rooms which are movement sensitive, resulting in saved water.” LONDON SUSTAINABILITY and skills of communities in order to Mosques have the potential of becoming EXCHANGE (LSx) achieve these goals. ambassadors for an environmentally It soon became clear as our friendly lifestyle. In Harrow Mosque ECO-AUDITS environment programme took shape, alone, 400 to 600 people visit each day, In 2011/12 the Trust piloted a and through our ongoing, cross-sector soaring up to 3,000 during Friday programme of eco-audits under a new consultations, that a new independent prayers. Nadeem adds: “If greener programme, Greening the Third Sector. voluntary organisation was needed policies and initiatives are promoted in LSx is one of the Trust’s partners to coordinate, inform and advise mosques the attendees will take notice providing eco-audits on this programme. on sustainability and good practice. and it will spread.” We commissioned URBED (Urbanism The programme enables voluntary Environment Design) to research the organisations to review their waste, feasibility of such a centre and in 2000, energy use, water, transportation, LSx was born, with a consortium led by raw materials and carbon emissions, Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi Forum for the Future acting as parent with the aim of reducing their body until its independence in 2004. environmental footprint. The Trust invested a total of £1.5 million One of the initiatives within the towards its inception during its first programme is Greening London’s five years. Mosques, helping them to become By 2004, with the launch of the London more environmentally sustainable. Plan, LSx began focusing less on policy The process of supporting mosques development and more on community- includes practical help and professional led projects, shifting away from being advice from an environmental consultant. a think tank to becoming a ‘think-and- A third partner in Greening London’s do’ charity. City Bridge Trust funding Mosques is MADE in Europe, a Muslim- is currently helping LSx to achieve led movement of young people who are its core aims of reducing London’s committed to fight global poverty and environmental footprint, improving injustice. “As part of their Green Up Your the lives of London’s disadvantaged Community project, MADE in Europe communities, improving Londoners’ would approach mosques and help them health, and improving the knowledge complete the online form for an eco-audit,

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 7 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

Investment with Impact

In July 2013 the City of London Corporation set aside Three key aims of the pilot are: £20 million from within Bridge House Estates for a Social • to test whether a sustainable business Investment Fund. The Fund is administered by City Bridge model can be delivered; • whether the provision of secure Trust and governed by a Social Investment Board. The aim accommodation enables those is to place investments that deliver both a financial return destitute migrants to make and measureable social impact. successful new applications or appeals whilst building self- confidence and well-being; and • whether the provision of section 17 accommodation by specialist and expert asylum and migration support organisations offers an attractive and 03 replicable model for local authorities to use. STEPPING STONES FUND There are many issues to consider before taking on any form of repayable finance and the capacity of an COMMONWEAL HOUSING AND The income derived from that organisation may need to be enhanced PRAXIS COMMUNITY PROJECTS contracted service to local authorities to manage an investment. Organisations The Social Investment Board has can then be used to cross-subsidise may also need to test out new business invested £500,000 in the No Recourse the provision of either further property models, to create new services and to Public Funds partnership project or individual bedrooms within the partnerships and, in so doing, develop a of Commonweal Housing and Praxis property portfolio (on a mixed deep understanding of the cost bases to Community Projects, which aims to household basis). These will then be any such innovations and the strength pilot housing provision for those who let to destitute migrants where Praxis of the impact they generate. Our have insecure immigration status and believes there is a prima facie likelihood Stepping Stones Fund seeks to provide are destitute because they do not have of a positive appeal or fresh application targeted support in the form of grants permission to work and are not entitled if clients are provided with appropriate to benefits. support and legal advice. Destitute migrants with insecure status include those whose asylum application has been refused, victims of trafficking or domestic abuse and human rights applicants. Commonweal is using social investment funding to purchase properties which it will then lease to Praxis. Praxis will in turn let some of the properties to local authorities, which will use them to house destitute migrants to whom they have a duty to provide accommodation, under section 17 of the Children’s Act 1989 as the household contains a child who would otherwise be homeless. (Properties will be provided on a shared housing basis under licence agreements.)

8 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 and risk finance to test out the viability programme at London Youth, says: properties and community spaces in of different propositions. “There are 25,000 new jobs needed and Lambeth. The charity’s aim is to plan for what we have found through the local contract work with housing associations Federation of London Youth Clubs, a authority is that most local young people that can host trainees and with whom network of 400 community organisations don’t get them. So we’re here to help they can test income generation models. serving young people and their families young people get those opportunities.” in neighbourhoods across the capital, James describes the Stepping Stones supports and challenges young people London Youth was awarded a Stepping Fund as “unique” because it allows the to raise their aspirations. This is Stones grant of £50,000 to develop charity to develop a sustainable model: delivered through a range of social investment financing plans for “We have a plan for earning 70% of our programmes and activities such as London Youth’s Build-it programme for income. To make this shift will require youth leadership, sports development, young people in the construction trades. money and this is what the fund will employability, environment, tackling enable us to do. It will help us make the The Build-it programme, which has so youth crime and youth job training, programme work, instead of just making far supported over 1,200 young people, it an ongoing project.” In terms of employability, James brings young people and professional Alexander, Head of the Build-it tradespeople together to renovate empty A More Inclusive London

Twenty years since the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, much has been done to improve the lives of disabled people, but there remains much more to be done. Over the 04 years we have invested more than £83.5 million in work to make London more inclusive for disabled people and this will continue to be a key priority for the Trust.

Helping community organisations to make their buildings more accessible has been a priority for the Trust throughout its history. We make grants of up to £5,000 for access audits and training in disability awareness to be made available, as an antecedent to an application for a capital grant for disability improvements. Recognising that all voluntary organisations, but especially those applying on our Access to Buildings programme, would benefit from dedicated advice, information and signposting in this area, we have funded an Access and Sustainability Advice Service, since January 2006, located within the Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE), the leading UK Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi volupit aturior iore iumque dianihic authority on inclusive design. audits and design appraisals, delivering By tailoring support and guidance Working with government, public, in-house and on-site training, and in accordance with the protections private and third sector organisations, conducting research projects to better introduced by the Equality Act 2010, the charity seeks to improve the quality improve the provision of disability Jean Hewitt, Director of CAE, feels and accessibility of the built access, targeting areas such as high that the work undertaken by the charity environment for disabled and older street accessibility, toilet facilities and now has more far-reaching aims than people. To do this, CAE provides a wide building entry requirements. ever before: variety of services: carrying out access

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 9 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

“CAE contributes to the vision of an it, so that in future we would be able inclusive world, where everybody may to manage it better.” exercise the right to participate equally Anouska Anderson, Box Office in society,” says Jean. Manager at CDT, says: “We had the Among those who have been helped by audit check and the lift changes have the service is Tony Pilkington, Minister been made, so our lift is now available and Director of Bell Farm Christian. for the purposes of evacuation. We’ve Tony and his staff had long recognised also had the integration of the induction the need to improve the quality of their loops in the studios and theatre.” facilities to better its community. By implementing these refurbishments, Following an access audit conducted by CDT is hoping this will allow greater CAE, Tony had a much more detailed inclusiveness of disability and meet idea of how to improve the accessibility the diverse needs of its patrons and of the centre, including its pathways, audience members. Graziella says: Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi doors, toilets, signage and lighting. Not Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi “People who are coming to the show only did Bell Farm receive a thorough or artists partaking in the show will site audit, but its staff also received be able to feel secure in an emergency, disability awareness training, something that they will be able to use the lift.” which Tony found very rewarding: “It gave people an understanding of The hearing enhancement system has different types of disability... then talking already received positive feedback from about how we should respond and support students. One student said that all she people with those disabilities: how had to do was switch on her hearing aid to speak to somebody in a wheelchair and she could fully participate. “Dance and how to support somebody with is for everyone, so we wanted to make different disabilities.” it as seamless as possible for all of our patrons to use the space,” £83.5m Another beneficiary of this programme concludes Graziella. We have invested more than £83.5 million is the Contemporary Dance Trust (CDT) in work to make London more inclusive for which received a grant to assist the Another priority for the Trust is work disabled people evacuation of disabled patrons in an that increases opportunities for disabled emergency, and towards establishing people to participate fully in society. a building-wide hearing enhancement system to help those with hearing problems, at its centre, The Place. The Place, founded by British philanthropist Robin Howard, houses 11 dance studios, a theatre and other specialist facilities, including a sound and film editing suite and a Pilates body conditioning studio. The need for refurbishment arose when an accident occurred within one of the lifts, according to Trust fundraiser at The Place, Graziella Terracciano: “One day there was an electrical outing in the neighbourhood, so there was no electricity in the building, no heat, no nothing and somebody in a wheelchair was stuck in the building. We realised more could be done. We asked if we could get a second power source to this lift and be able to manually operate

10 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 GRAEAE with Graeae, coined ‘The Rollettes’, including digital skills, horticulture, food Graeae, a disabled-led theatre company, which over the last few years has been hygiene, catering, literacy and numeracy, is dedicated to placing deaf and performed as the curtain raiser for and most of these courses lead to disabled artists centre stage, breaking pantomimes at Theatre Royal Stratford nationally recognised qualifications.” down barriers and subverting East and the Lyric Hammersmith. The funding from City Bridge Trust preconceptions – creating work which Currently, City Bridge Trust is funding has been used to launch Share’s Go is of the highest possible artistic quality, Graeae’s School Residencies, Outreach Anywhere, Do Anything project, giving supporting people from school age and Young Artistic Advisors programmes Share students with learning disabilities through to post-school drama training. for the next three years. The School an opportunity to explore London and With support from City Bridge Trust, Residencies programme is helping its environs with friends, and to build Graeae continues to work as a force for disabled young people create their a vibrant social network, experiencing change in theatre. own fully accessible performance, new things and sharing interests. Operations Director, Kevin Walsh, alongside training for teachers, whilst “Go Anywhere, Do Anything is about describes Graeae as “creating an the Production Outreach programme social inclusion,” says Annie, “it’s about environment in which young people will offer introductory workshops giving those with learning disabilities feel like there can be a career for them for children. a chance to access all the joys and in the arts” and says City Bridge Trust’s The current grant is also enabling excitement of London at the weekend, funding has enabled them to have this Graeae to professionally develop, train going out in the evenings and staying “overarching vision”. For example, and support six Young Artistic Advisors. up late at night but doing so in a way through previous funding from City One Artistic Advisor says: “We don’t that is safe.” Bridge Trust towards its Street Arts The project is made possible with the help of volunteers – or social buddies “Dance is for everyone, so we wanted to make it as seamless – who support students on outings. The aim is to connect people with and as possible for all of our patrons to use the space.” without learning disabilities in shared social activities, and to have fun along the way! always do shows, we do workshops, Programme, Graeae’s artists unveiled like the flying workshop, the clowning crowd pleasing productions such as workshop. I just love it and this is why Against the Tide and The Rhinestone we try and come as much as we can.” Rollers – a wheelchair line dancing troupe exploring the artistic nature SHARE of moving through a space on wheels. City Bridge Trust is currently The wheelchair group did four shows, supporting Share Community, a charity performing anywhere from Trafalgar that provides training and personal Square and the Liberty Festival, to the development opportunities for disabled Southbank Centre. people to help boost their prospects for independent living and employment. Following the success of The Rhinestone Rollers, a group of six young people from Annie McDowall, Chief Executive of the dancing troupe have developed Share, says: “The focus of our work is their own unique Christmas show training. We offer a range of courses,

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 11 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

Our Response to the London Bombings 7 July 2005 The bombings that took place on London’s transport system shattered the capital. As London’s largest independent charitable trust, City Bridge Trust knew that we must respond.

05

Within two weeks, we were able to who suffered bereavement, in addition award an emergency grant of £25,000 to to around 300 injured and traumatised Changing Faces, to support those who survivors. The amounts given ranged had suffered facial burns as a result. from £3,000 – for those whose injuries saw them absent from work for a month The London Bombings Relief Charitable or more – to £250,000, presented to the 52grants were awarded to the Fund (LBRCF) was set up by the Mayor four double amputees. 52 families who suffered of London and the British Red Cross bereavement, in addition to within days of the attacks to gather and As well as being groundbreaking in around 300 injured and traumatised survivors re-distribute the funds donated by the its scale, the disaster fund broke new public in the wake of the attacks. ground in its approach. Unlike any other fund at the time, or since, grants were It soon became apparent that the best awarded without any conditions to way for City Bridge Trust to support either donors or recipients. Stewart says: LBRCF was to contribute our skills. “We recognised that the potential Our then Chief Grants Officer, Clare beneficiaries were in the deepest, Thomas, became one of LBRCF’s darkest state that it was possible to be Trustees and we seconded one of our in. They had just lost a loved one or were senior staff, Stewart Goshawk, to join seriously injured because of a terrorist the small team running the Fund. act. The last thing we wanted to do was Stewart explains: “It was clear that a give them a lengthy form to complete, monetary donation was not the correct so we ensured that we asked people the approach. The fund had money flooding bare minimum.” in. What was needed was a team of skilled people who knew what to do with Ten years on a report documenting the this money and could quickly construct Fund’s unique approach, commissioned the necessary systems to respond.” by City Bridge Trust, has been published. Whilst it is hoped that such tragic events In total some £12 million was collected will never re-occur, we expect that the by the Fund; a combination of donations lessons learnt from the experience of by the public, government, charitable LBRCF will be of real value to the wider trusts and private sector companies. Image caption: Officabo assedia quos grant-making community. Grants were awarded to the 52 families Image caption: Officabo assedia quos

12 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 In December 2005, we organised a THREE FAITHS FORUM skills needed to effect real change in symposium at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Three Faiths Forum was one of 21 their communities, careers and the Reconciliation and Peace – ‘The London organisations awarded a grant on this political arena. Since its initiation, Bombings: What Next?’ We wanted to programme towards its award-winning 60 parliamentarians have mentored encourage a frank debate about the ParliaMentors project. This leadership some 300 young people through the implications of the bombings and what programme enables university students programme, forming its alumni we would do as a funder. It became clear of different faiths or none to collaborate network. ParliaMentor Lara says: that developing young community to create real social change. Over the “We are definitely in a better position for leaders, conflict resolution and building course of a year, the students are given the future having had this experience.” bridges between communities was expert-led training; including mentoring needed more than ever. This led us to from MPs or Peers, access to Parliament develop a new programme, Leadership and support from local and national and Reconciliation, launched during the non-governmental organisations London Week of Peace 2006. (NGOs). The overall aim was to provide participants with the networks and

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 13 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

Inspiring Philanthropy

City Philanthropy – a Wealth of Opportunity is a City Bridge Trust project that encourages more philanthropic activity amongst young City professionals and promotes London as a global centre of philanthropy.

06

Below is an extract from an interview DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE MAKING Image caption: Officabo assedia quos given by Stephanie Brobbey earlier this A DIFFERENCE? IF SO, HOW? WHY IS PHILANTHROPY year. Stephanie is a 29 year old private Absolutely! Although I am not in the IMPORTANT TODAY? client solicitor at Goodman Derrick LLP. high net worth category, I know that In the vulnerable political and Born and raised in west London, she my contributions have an influence, economic climate we face today, read Law at Cardiff University and the particularly when I am able to see for charities are increasingly dependent College of Law, Bloomsbury. Stephanie myself how lives have been impacted. on the generosity of the general public is a Trustee of The Funding Network I am a member and Trustee of The and philanthropists to help them move and youth charity e:merge. Funding Network which is a crowd forward with their objectives and, in funding charity. It is evident from the WHAT DOES PHILANTHROPY some cases, to simply keep operating crowd funding sessions that ‘seed MEAN TO YOU? and stay afloat. Philanthropy has left funding’ raised for a particular project There are lots of different definitions some powerful legacies and I see it is just the beginning of a new chapter of philanthropy but to my mind as an important part of our heritage for charities and often it leads to much philanthropy is all about strategic as a nation. greater things in terms of their giving of one’s resources in order fundamental objectives. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU to effect change or empower others GIVE TO PEOPLE STARTING to facilitate change in the world. HAS YOUR PHILANTHROPY HAD OUT ON THEIR OWN JOURNEY? AN IMPACT ON YOUR PERSONAL HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE It’s a personal journey but sharing OR PROFESSIONAL LIFE? YOUR PHILANTHROPY AND it with other people is enriching. Yes, absolutely. I am so much more WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? Draw inspiration from philanthropic mindful of what is going on globally; it My philanthropic pursuits are on a organisations but experiment and be has helped to shape my world view and relatively small scale but are consistent creative too. Find a way of engaging redefine my personal values. From a and effective. My goal is to play a small with it which brings you enjoyment and professional perspective I have met some part in effecting transformation around matches your personal interests. Don’t very interesting people and developed the world. I am particularly passionate be afraid of starting small and always some great working relationships. about empowering people to discover remember that the spirit of philanthropy their identity and unleash their is about changing lives. full potential.

14 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 Greening and Growing There is a burgeoning body of evidence that involvement in greening and growing projects improves health and well-being and helps to bring people closer together. garden so we encourage them to use our space. We have always known how good it is for people to be in touch with nature, for one’s self-esteem – while people watch their seeds grow, it gives a sense of self.” 07 St Mary’s Secret Garden also develops valuable employment skills, enabling people with a wide range of support needs to gain qualifications. The grant from City Bridge Trust enabled 40 trainees to gain a Level 1 In 2012, an additional £2 million Offering a safe place for individuals City & Guilds Practical Horticulture was provided for a one-off programme, with long-term health and mental Skills qualification. Growing Localities, to mark the support needs, the garden has put occasion of Her Majesty The Queen’s local residents at its heart, providing New Leaf Training Instructor, Paul Diamond Jubilee. Here are two of the a platform for participation in Newing, says: “For quite a few adults funded projects: horticultural activities, well-being who would come here with mental and therapeutic projects, and for health issues, who have really had ST MARY’S SECRET GARDEN growing and harvesting organic some knock-backs in their life, maybe St Mary’s Secret Garden is a communal herbs, fruits and vegetables. lost jobs, or stability at home – having green space based in Hackney that has that continuity here and that slow been dedicated to fostering a sense of Garden Manager, Paula Yassine, says: progression really helped with the improved health and well-being through “Behind the garden is St Mary’s Estate… bigger things in life, not just the skills gardening for over 25 years. A lot of those people do not have a in gardening.”

Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

HACKNEY CITY FARM of excellence, as a centre for environmental POSTSCRIPT Hackney City Farm provides improvement and social enterprise. Although the Growing Localities opportunities for the local community programme has since closed, its legacy City Bridge Trust’s grant also enabled to experience farming right in the heart lives on through our Growing Localities the farm to demonstrate to the local of our bustling city. Awards run in partnership with authority that it had the skills and Lemos&Crane which recognise the Several years ago, it found itself capacity to become a referral unit for significant contribution of interaction struggling to secure sufficient funding young people excluded, or at risk of with nature to building stronger to keep going as a result of local exclusion, from school. communities and improving health authority spending cuts, which led “The fund enabled us to look at how and well-being. it to re-assess the purpose of the farm. we manage our projects. Although it Chris Pounds, Hackney City Farm was a few years ago, it was intrinsic to Manager, says: “It was time to re- our success today, because it gave us evaluate what the farm was doing, the grounding to establish the structure what its aims were and how to measure and infrastructure of the management,” whether it was achieving those aims.” says Chris. City Bridge Trust’s funding provided training for senior staff, as well as a salary for the Director; enabling the farm to secure a sustainable future and work towards becoming a beacon

Supporting Older Londoners

City Bridge Trust has invested over £45 million in work to help older people live more independently.

08

OPEN AGE City Bridge Trust funding has played Since 1993, Open Age has been helping a key role in growing Open Age’s older people to maintain healthier and operations for nearly 20 years. more active lives. Starting with a couple of It originally received a three-year grant weekly classes for local older people, it now in November 1996, when it was run by runs around 370 weekly classes ranging two part-time members of staff. Whilst from physical and performing arts a relatively modest sum (£5,000 per activities, to computer literacy sessions, annum), the ongoing commitment to providing employment help for the 50s played an important role in providing and over, all of which involve and engage stability and helping the charity to 1,450 older people each week, across plan ahead. Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, and Kensington and Chelsea.

16 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 370weekly classes ranging from physical and performing arts activities, to computer literacy sessions, to providing employment help for the 50s and over

It currently receives a grant for the salary to be, you can go out and do. It keeps you Group, or larger organisations such as of its Head of Community Learning, healthy and busy.” Waitrose and University College London, but City Bridge Trust has previously KOVE has developed projects and IMPROVING SERVICES FOR provided funding towards the salaries campaigns that have brought lasting OLDER PEOPLE of the charity’s Director and Coordinators benefits for older people. City Bridge From 2006 to 2008, City Bridge Trust and, in 2004, awarded £80,000 to aid Trust’s grant has funded the salary of ran a grants programme targeting small with the cost of building the organisation’s a part-time Coordinator to allow KOVE groups (with a turnover of less than New Horizons Centre. to continue working with vulnerable £50,000) working with older people. elderly people, enabling them to For Open Age Director Helen Leech, Grants were for up to £20,000 and could remain independent yet engaged in this funding has supported the charity’s be for up to two years. In addition, each local community initiatives. Mel Wright, infrastructure enormously: “It’s allowed funded group received free one-to-one KOVE Coordinator, explains: “It came us to run lots and lots of projects, so in consultancy support to help strengthen at a very important time for us because that sense it’s our core funding,” says the organisation, be this over governance, of the transition of becoming a charity, Helen. “It’s basically enabled us to run business planning or developing a aiding us in this kind of move from being the 370 weekly activities to promote volunteer policy. really a local group to becoming a much health and well-being and to prevent KILBURN OLDER VOICES wider group in the Camden area. Funding loneliness and isolation.” EXCHANGE the Coordinator post ensured that the Open Age is particularly concerned Kilburn Older Voices Exchange (KOVE) continuity of that work continued.” to engage those older people who are is an independent community outreach Campaigning for age-friendly cities is as important to KOVE as ensuring that elderly people feel comfortable and well “We have them to thank for improving the timing looked after in their own homes. Kilburn on the road crossings in Kilburn High Road. It feels resident Tom feels the results of the road crossing campaign, for example, have much safer now.” made a huge difference to him: “KOVE does great work in the community,” he says. “We have them to thank for improving the timing on the road isolated and disconnected from their group which looks to improve the crossings in Kilburn High Road. It local community. Its Link-up project quality of life, and the standard of feels much safer now.” and Open Phone groups offer one-to- service provision, for older people in one support to help people out of their Kilburn, West Hampstead and the wider homes. Referred to Open Age four years Camden area. Starting in 2001, KOVE ago, Pam was visited by a Link-up staff has evolved from a panel of community member who registered her with a members lobbying for better services community transport scheme. This for the elderly, to a charity which helped her to get out of the house and actively works to foster local community participating in activities: “I like development in conjunction with a painting, I do painting on Wednesdays network of other interested groups and I go line-dancing on a Friday... and and organisations. I’m going to do an iPad course,” says Whether partnering with local groups Pam. “There are lots of things that, just such as Camden Carers and Kilburn although you’re not as young as you used Image caption: Officabo assedia quos and West Hampstead Pensioners Action Image caption: Officabo assedia quos

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 17 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

Better Together

Partnership working has become increasingly important to City Bridge Trust and is a way of making more effective use of resources. Here are two such examples.

09

BUTTLE UK taking care of the needs of the child. Domestic abuse accounts for 29% of Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. all crime in Greater London and one in Research has shown that children in seven young people will have lived with these situations have separate needs domestic violence at some point during to their parents that deserve their their childhood. own attention.” 550Moving on Up intends to engage with over 1,000 young black men over the next two years, 550 of Research we had commissioned by the Grants of up to £2,000 per family are whom it aims to get into sustainable jobs NSPCC and Refuge to undertake during awarded to provide items and services (dates) told us that the needs of children to complement the ongoing care of I can give my son and I the things and young people affected by domestic support workers. The funds can be we need to start afresh and be happy.” violence are all too often unmet. Buttle used for a variety of needs, ranging UK has considerable expertise both in from practical items, such as essential MOVING ON UP providing grants to families trying to furniture and children’s toys, to help Some 36% of young black men living rebuild their lives following domestic the family settle into their new home, in London are unemployed. Although abuse and in taking a child-centred to services, such as counselling or this figure is falling year-on-year, it is approach – areas in which we lacked enrolment in sports clubs to help still well above the City’s average expertise. We therefore formed a address the child’s emotional and unemployment rate for 16-24 year olds partnership with Buttle UK and awarded behavioural needs. The overall aim is to of 20%, and more than double that of a total of £1.125 million to establish the help children to recover from the trauma their white peers at 15%. This is true Anchor Project, to provide grants to and upheaval they have experienced, despite young black men having higher children and families who have been whether that be emotional, social or rates of post-16 education than young affected by domestic abuse. educational – the hope being that this white men. more holistic approach will strengthen The Anchor Project specifically focuses Trust for London set aside £600,000 for each family’s chance of successfully on the needs of children and young a special initiative to tackle this issue. rebuilding their lives. As one beneficiary people under the age of 20 who have City Bridge Trust agreed to provide a says: “I’m very overwhelmed and grateful. been affected by domestic abuse and further £400,000 in order to increase There is nothing worse than wanting to are in the process of resettling. Project the depth and range of this programme. Officer, Sonja Sital, explains: “There is move on and do the things you know an assumption that if mum or dad is you are capable of and motivated to do, provided for, they will then cope with but not being able to. I now feel that Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi

18 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 Moving on Up intends to tackle this by engaging with over 1,000 young black men over the next two years, 550 of Mental Health whom it aims to get into sustainable jobs. Sioned Churchill, Director of Special Initiatives and Evaluation at Matters Trust for London, explains: “There are a lot of programmes catering for people Male suicide has widely been regarded as the single who are furthest away from the labour biggest killer of men aged 20-45 in the UK, with 78% market, such as those not in education, employment or training or those who of suicides recorded in 2013 as being male. have been engaged in the criminal justice system. Through this scheme we’re focusing on young people who actively want to work. Young people who have ambition, want to get on with their lives and just aren’t getting the right guidance and support. We’re trying to 10 find out their experiences of seeking work, the barriers presented to them, and most importantly what we can do to overcome those barriers.” Moving on Up comprises six different projects that are working across eight CALM there is a greater strength in that, than London boroughs. Each of the projects The Campaign Against Living there is to manning up and pretending is taking a different approach to Miserably (CALM) provides a free, everything is okay.” tackling unemployment. Step Ahead, anonymous and confidential helpline Funding from City Bridge Trust has for example, is training 20 young black and webchat service for men who may be provided CALM with a platform to men to become career coaches, in order experiencing mental illness and targets expand its message: “It has helped us to increase the supply of employment areas where men gather, such as pubs to enhance our website, has allowed us advisors who can connect with young and music venues. CALM promotes its to engage volunteer writers, men who black men who need help to find work. message on guitar plectrums and beer want to share their stories on the website, Another provider, Making the Leap, is mats in order to reach out to these men. targeting young men who have good and that’s a really great way of getting educational attainment; that is, at least “There is quite a lot of misunderstanding the message across. Writing is cathartic 5 GCSEs at grades A to C, or A levels, about mental health, amongst men,” says and for many guys it would be part or a degree. Their aim is to get young Rachel Clare, Communications Director of their recovery. It’s not just about men into careers in professional services, at CALM. “Men might not display classic depression, it’s about OCD, anxiety, hair such as law and banking, that have signs of depression, what we equate with loss, impotency, losing your job, bullying opportunities for career progression. sadness, lethargy. They are more likely at work, any issues that are relevant to express anger issues, to self-medicate, to guys.” to drink too much, to take drugs and NEW HORIZON indulge in risk-taking behaviours.” New Horizon Youth Centre has a long CALM is trying to tackle a culture history of working with young people of masculinity which refuses to allow and providing a range of services, such men to open up and talk about their as a day centre, advice and resettlement problems – a culture asserting that to programmes. be a man is to deal with pressure, to not show vulnerability, and cope in silence with the struggles of everyday life. Ambassadors to CALM include acclaimed singer/songwriter Professor Green, who says: “Men need to accept times of vulnerability and realise that 78%of suicides recorded in 2013 as being male

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 19 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

2002City Bridge Trust has been supporting New Horizon Youth Centre since 2002

City Bridge Trust has been supporting Senay hopes his situation improves New Horizon Youth Centre since 2002. so he can pursue further education and Its current grant is aimed at supporting complete a masters course in Finance or disadvantaged, vulnerable young Economics,. “I haven’t made much of an Londoners with mental health. effort to further myself, but I am working on it and hopefully I will soon have my The grant has been used to launch accommodation and I will utilise the the Healthy Minds project, to offer resources and facilities in the centre homeless young people further support as much as I can.” with their mental health. From top to bottom Image caption: Officabo assedia quo, officabo assedia quos “When the young person comes in and From top to bottom Image caption: Officabo they are assessed, it’s very informal. assedia quo, officabo assedia quos We can recommend them to this project without them knowing we consider them to have mental health issues. They are taken care of within the confinement of this centre, without having to go anywhere else,” explains Stella. 21 year old Senay Yacob, who has been homeless after he was kicked out of his house following an argument with his mother, was found in McDonald’s by the outreach team who invited him to the New Horizon Youth Centre. “This is the best refuge for any young person to seek in terms of accommodation and re-energising after long night on the streets,” says Senay.

20 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 Investing in Our Future

Children and young people are our future, and so it is not surprising that they have been at the heart of many of our programmes.

11

A grant of £60,000 awarded to Tricycle Mark Londesborough, Creative Learning a drama programme in which we turn the Theatre for their Minding the Gap Director at Tricycle Theatre, says: normal classroom paradigm on its head.” project is helping young refugees, “Partly because there are so many The funding helps the theatre to put asylum seekers and migrants to develop languages spoken amongst the young on weekly classes in which the young their English language skills. The people, and partly because a lot of the people use drama and theatre-making money has funded a drama programme young people are dealing with a lot of as a method to improve their written attended by over 200 young people emotional upheaval, many of them find and spoken language skills, between the ages of 12 and 18, annually. it really difficult to build up the courage culminating in a performance in the to speak and to be heard in class, and The programme takes place in Brent, theatre at the end of each academic to join in conversations in English with the London borough with the highest year. The ultimate aim is to help one another. We help them by providing number of non-UK born residents, at participants get to a level where they are just over 55%. Many of these migrants Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi ready to join mainstream schooling. arrive with little or no language skills, meaning that a total of 130 different languages are spoken in the borough. This, combined with a long-standing shortage of secondary school spaces in the area, means that schools are finding it difficult to place young people in mainstream education and many migrants are put in reception classes. Kate Young, Creative Learning Manager at Tricycle Theatre, explains: “These classes are not like school, they happen on the site of schools but their format is very different. Young people have one teacher and one classroom and they predominantly learn English and Maths.” 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

133different languages are spoken in the London Borough of Brent

ENVISION on intergenerational social action Envision was set up by four young projects in their neighbourhoods. individuals in 2000 to challenge the As a result of the funding, Peter Olawaye, stereotypes that youth often face, such Project Co-ordinator at Envision, says: as being apathetic and disengaged with “Young people are able to develop a the issues occurring around them. social capital, where they establish a It received its first City Bridge Trust sense of belonging in their communities.” grant two years after its inception, and Mariam Haji, one of the new graduates today it continues to be supported from the Community Apprentice by the Trust for its work. programme and an aspiring medical Jenny Field, Deputy Chief Grant Officer student, has enjoyed her ten-month-long at City Bridge Trust, describes her first journey with Envision. She worked encounter with the founders: “I met with a group of young people of her age these four young founding members of on a project looking into the needs of Envision, who really impressed me with homeless people. Through coordinated their vision, enthusiasm and commitment.” teamwork, they fundraised for a charity that supports homeless individuals. The newly established charity had no track record at the time, making She recalled her first pitch in front of it a relatively high risk grant. However, community leaders, where along with almost 14 years later, Envision has her team she had to convince the panel Image caption: Officabo assedia quos empowered and continues to support why their project was good enough to Image caption: Officabo assedia quos thousands of young people through receive a £100 reward towards their total various activities and programmes raised funds. vindicating the initial leap of faith. She says: “It was really challenging, and Currently, City Bridge Trust is funding it really improved my communication Envision’s Community Apprentice skills, my confidence and my ability not Programme, which is bringing to rely on a script.” teenagers together with diverse community stakeholders to collaborate

22 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 Giving Londoners a Voice

English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) classes, delivered by voluntary organisations, play a vital role in helping people to settle, access services and reduce isolation.

12

Funding from the Trust is providing Bridge Trust has developed this funding accessible English language classes programme, where there wasn’t so much to residents of New Cross, supporting emphasis on people finding jobs after them to access local services and this course, but people learning English engage with their local communities. to improve their ability to integrate and develop their life and functional skills The grant covers the salary of a in Britain. It takes away that pressure of qualified ESOL tutor and the running linking everything to finding a job – other costs of ESOL classes up to Level 2. agencies are doing that – we can then Jill Mountford, a Community just concentrate on creating a lovely Development Manager at New Cross learning environment.” Gate Trust, says: “There are people Abdul Rashad Humat graduated from who come to us desperately in need dentistry school in Afghanistan, before of improving their English. Many are he tragically lost his leg in a minefield. dominated by economic necessity and Now living in London, he has been others need to better integrate into the attending the ESOL class for five months. community and make use of what “I am not interested in dentistry any more, London has to offer. If you cannot I cannot stand for too long. I was good in speak English you can’t communicate mathematics in my country and I have what you need.” applied to study on an AAT Accounting Jill explains how the charity hasn’t been course at college in September.” impacted by the strict requirement often demanded by funders and statutory bodies to deliver ESOL classes: “City

From top to bottom: Name Surname, Name Surname, Name Surname, Name Surname,

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 23 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

Strengthening the Voluntary Sector

We have invested £42 million in specialist, high quality services that support London’s voluntary sector and play a vital role in maintaining its health and vibrancy.

13

Founded in 2004, the Ethical Property referring them to its registered property formulate the application,” says Debbie. Foundation (EPF) provides expert professionals. One such individual is “I now have a huge database of property advice to the charity sector, John Giblin, a Director and Chartered expertise that I can go to just if I’ve got helping its clients improve the Surveyor at Copping Joyce. any questions or if I need more detailed financial sustainability of their premises, information and support.” “I do think at the moment that especially assisting them when negotiating the in Central London, where office rents terms of new leases, and supporting have quadrupled, there are a lot of them with finding new premises. City charities out there who are really Bridge Trust has been supporting the struggling, and they need advice EPF since 2005. as early as possible,” says John. “The overarching vision was that “The Ethical Property Foundation really buildings should be managed for the is the most practical, fundamental benefit of people and the environment,” organisation that any charity should says EPF Chief Executive Antonia go to. They’ve got such a big network Swinson. “City Bridge Trust has played of property professionals, surveyors a major role in our consistent and expert and accountants, whatever’s needed.” work... the majority of non-profits that Debbie Dean, Arts Manager at Art Start, contact us are small community groups a community arts organisation in north and charities.” London, approached the EPF to seek help During its ten years of operation, the EPF with the acquisition and preservation of has advised over 3,000 organisations. a Grade II listed building in her local In the last 12 months alone, the charity area. She not only received great initial has advised 212 non-profit groups advice from the charity, but was about their property problems, indirectly directed towards a wealth of external helping 403,350 people as a result. property professionals who could help As well as ensuring that their small, with her organisation’s project: “Actually dedicated team of staff is always on understanding how these buildings hand to offer help, the charity also need to be managed, and also receiving secures pro bono and discounted advice as to what legal representation Image caption: Officabo assedia quos professional advice for its clients, by we need to acquire... is really helping to

24 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 London’s Giving

In 2008, the Cripplegate Foundation published its ‘Invisible Islington’ report, which found that many of Islington’s poorest residents were blighted by poverty and isolation. This led to the founding of Islington Giving, launched in 2010.

14

Collaborating with seven different charitable trusts, including City Bridge Trust, an international bank, local businesses and countless members of the local community, Islington Giving promotes fresh and exciting new ways of giving – of both time and money – and in its first three years has generated over 1,000 volunteer hours and an incredible £3.5 million. Its annual Walk the Line challenge encourages local workers and residents to circumnavigate the 13.1-mile-long boundary of the London Borough of Islington. As Islington Giving’s Head of Development and Communications, a local fish and chip shop is providing Lynn Butteriss highlights that the value From top to bottom: Officabo assedia quos a drop-in centre for older people one day nequi volupit aturior iore iumque dianihic of the challenge lies not just in its ability a week. to raise money, but in its capacity to connect participants with the local Funds raised are being used in equally community: “Walk the Line helps to imaginative and creative ways, such as engage people in what’s going on as well the Saturday Night Out scheme which as taking part in a challenge event.” takes place at the Sobell Centre. The leisure complex, which would otherwise Islington Giving has spurred local 13.1Islington Giving’s annual Walk the be closed on Saturday nights, now business to get involved in creative provides young people with a place to Line challenge encourages local workers and imaginative ways. Prominent and residents to circumnavigate the meet and have fun. Anthony, a parent international restaurant Frederick’s, 13.1-mile-long border of the London of a young person who makes use of the Borough of Islington at one end of the scale, created the scheme, is full of praise for the idea: Islington Giving cocktail, donating the proceeds to Islington Giving, whilst

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 25 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

“I think it’s a brilliant project,” says fuel poverty amongst the elderly in Anthony. “Anything that gets young Kensington and Chelsea. people involved in sport and not hanging “I think the challenge ahead is for around the streets or sitting at home on London’s Giving to work in very different computers has got to deserve a ‘well done’!” London areas,” says Clare, “to look Inspired by Islington Giving’s success, at what their local concerns are, and alongside other local giving schemes how we can help them develop their that have recently evolved, City Bridge unique message... we can’t have a Trust is funding London Funders to one-size solution.” develop London’s Giving by sharing For Clare, accumulating people’s time the evidence base, lessons learnt and and skills, as well as their money, is vital know-how from local giving campaigns to meeting the challenges of the future: to help interested London boroughs “... the model of this campaign is very to create their own locally tailored much about collaboration: people initiatives. A ‘one size fits all’ blueprint bringing different strengths to the table, won’t work, but locally focused solutions but also involving the community. So it are an effective way to target effort and doesn’t matter if you can’t give money, but resources where they are most needed. if you can give time and if you can help London’s Giving is helping to build befriending people... then all this is equally capacity to get there by building a as valuable as the money.” network of place-based initiatives in

“I think the challenge ahead is for London’s Giving to work in very different London areas, to look at what their local concerns are, and how we can help them develop their unique message... we can’t have a one-size solution.”

London boroughs. London’s Giving consultant, Clare Thomas, explains that London’s Giving will take a targeted approach to energise local giving to tackle issues as diverse as childhood obesity in Southwark and

26 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 Making a Fresh Start

We are committed to seeing more ex-offenders successfully and sustainably resettled in the community.

15

Only Connect is a creative criminal is something we really want to harvest. justice organisation that is rooted in A lot of our members have spent time in community, working across London prison and the prison canteen is a place with a vision of a society where everyone where they are able to go and work if chooses a crime free life. Working they are passionate about food. What closely with ex-offenders or those we want to do is build on that experience at risk of offending, they provide their and enthusiasm and turn it into members with creative and progression something they can grow when they opportunities, from music workshops get out of prison.” to plays and performances – slowly The project will equip members with preparing them to focus on a life where a Food Safety and Health & Safety education, employment or training are Course which is Nationwide Caterers at the forefront. Association accredited for over 25 year Last year, Only Connect was awarded olds, and the City & Guilds Level 1 Catering a grant towards a three-year food-based course will be provided for 16-24 year olds. training and social enterprise project. Further training will include Chef Skills, Image caption: Officabo assedia quos The project recruits prisoners nearing Social Media, Events and Front of House their release or just upon release Training. Eventually all members and staff who already have an interest in basic will get together at Big Wednesday – catering. Head of Development Tim a supper event where 120 members, staff Colman says: “The project is designed and supporters share a meal. Attached to to give our members a chance to this idea is a social enterprise initiative 120All members and staff will get together at Big establish themselves in the catering called The Belly Supper Club – an evening industry. Given the demographic that will combine food, theatre and Wednesday – a supper event where 120 members, staff and supporters share a meal make-up of those we work with, food is performance, aiming to draw in up to a huge part of their personality so that 50 paying guests.

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 27 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

Arts Apprenticeships

We are following the lead of the Arts Council’s Creative Employment Programme (CEP) in supporting arts organisations to offer apprenticeships to young people.

16

The CEP scheme (which was managed One of those apprentices supported by by Creative & Cultural Skills and ran City Bridge Trust and the CEP scheme until November 2015) offers grants of is Bessie Hitchin. Bessie wanted to be up to £2,000 to organisations to cover an actress and trained for many years some of the wage costs of taking on a with Anna Scher. After school, she new apprentice. We will provide match decided to build on her practical skills funding to groups meeting our criteria and learn more from those already when they have the £2,000 CEP funding working within theatre. in place. Here is one such example: After almost completing her Learning is at the heart of Park Theatre, apprenticeship at the theatre, Bessie a charity that aims to bring art and says: “Although I have my title of theatre to the local community in technical apprentice, I have had the Finsbury Park. opportunity to learn from all other staff and their roles on how to run a theatre. One of a number of things that Park This is a unique qualification and being Theatre considered was how to make at the beginning of the apprenticeship its space more attractive to the generation, I think this is giving me younger generation. an edge.” Melli Bond, Creative Director at Park Theatre, says: “Theatregoers tend to be older but in the way and the style we have built things here, we wanted to attract younger people, for them to From top to bottom: Officabo assedia quos establish and experience a new route nequi volupit aturior iore iumque dianihic and explore theatre.”

28 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 Listening to Children and Young People

Our experience as a supporter of services specifically for children and young people affected by domestic abuse in London suggested that provision for children was variable, both in terms of quality and quantity.

17

We wanted to better understand what services children and young people who have lived with domestic violence in London had access to as well as how the unique characteristics of London shape what services they need. We commissioned the NSPCC and Refuge to undertake this important research, with the aim of identifying gaps in knowledge and services, and sharing learning about good practice. London’s changing landscape made it impossible Officabo assedia quos nequi volupit aturior iore size, diversity and extremes of wealth to undertake a comprehensive mapping iumque dianihic of services. Nevertheless, the report and poverty mean that relocating provides children and young people Meeting the Needs of Children Living swiftly and safely to escape domestic with a voice in shaping the services with Domestic Violence in London abuse can be difficult, time consuming that affect them. It helped inform our provided a useful evidence base of how and fraught with risk. It also brings huge thinking when designing the Making the needs of these children are all too challenges in ensuring that abused London Safer strand of our Investing often overlooked. They often fall between parents and their children have equal in Londoners programmes, as well the different safety nets of social access to the help and support they need. as our partnership with Buttle UK services, education and health. A high (see page 18) The research took place during 2009-11 proportion of services assumed that which coincided with the onset of the the child’s needs can best be met by current austerity. This meant that many meeting the needs of the abused parent. services that existed at the beginning of this period either closed or were The report called for a more joined- cut during the research. This continuously up and child-centred approach which

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 29 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

Spotlight on Modern Slavery

Occasionally, City Bridge Trust awards grants in response to exceptional needs or circumstances where the work does not meet the criteria of our other programmes.

18

The Human Trafficking Foundation, a Slavery Act 2015. It is designed to charity dedicated to advocating against give law enforcement the tools to fight modern slavery, is one such example, modern slavery, ensure perpetrators receiving in 2013 a grant of £120,000 receive suitable punishment and over three years towards core costs for enhance support and protection for anti-trafficking work in London. victims. Tatiana says: “Now these acts have been established we have a role to According to a Home Office report see them through and make sure things (2014), there could be between 10,000 are happening. We need to make sure and 13,000 potential victims of the act is going to work, that traffickers exploitation in the UK and the numbers are going to be prosecuted and victims continue to grow. With support from are going to be treated better.” City Bridge Trust, the Foundation seeks to inform parliamentarians, raise public City Bridge Trust also funded the awareness and provide a sustained Human Trafficking Foundation collective voice for all organisations to produce a report last year, Life working in the sector. Director Tatiana Beyond the Safe House for Survivors Jardan describes the Human Trafficking of Modern Slavery in London. The Foundation as having “one foot in research focuses on what happens to parliament and government, and victims of trafficking after they leave another in the NGO sector; we’re building safe houses in London. The report the bridge between the two, uniting the uncovers the current system which NGO sector, making their voice heard.” in effect allows survivors to ‘disappear’ with no-one responsible for their safety Tatiana says that policy makers need and well-being. Although victims have a more immediate understanding of escaped from their traffickers, the the rapidly changing realities of human majority of these survivors lose any trafficking. The Foundation worked further engagement with statutory closely with the Home Office on services – putting them at high risk shaping the Modern Slavery Strategy of being re-trafficked or drawn back that was launched in November 2014 into exploitative, abusive situations. and which resulted in the Modern

30 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 “... one foot in parliament and government, and another in the NGO sector; we’re building the bridge between the two, uniting the NGO sector, making their voice heard.”

Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 31 20 YEARS: 20 STORIES

More Than Food

Increasing numbers of Londoners are living in poverty against a backdrop of reduced benefits, increased unemployment and rising costs of basic foodstuffs and energy.

Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi Image caption: Officabo assedia quos nequi people who are actually committed to running a foodbank and once you find them it’s quite hard to sustain them in that job.” Deborah Palmer, who has been 19 volunteering at the Hammersmith and Fulham foodbank for just over a year and half, says: “I got involved with The Trussell Trust foodbank because I was aware of the terrible situation in the country and how a lot of people don’t The Trussell Trust works to empower there are now well over 400 foodbanks have enough food and it really upset me.” local communities to end hunger and that come under the Trussell Trust banner.” The Trussell Trust, with its network combat poverty. City Bridge Trust The franchise that the foodbank of foodbanks, is developing new ways is funding the salaries of a London has received from The Trussell Trust of providing a whole range of services Foodbank Network Manager and has proved crucial in establishing for disadvantaged people through its a London Development Officer to a framework to work within: “We get ‘More Than Food’ programme, such as provide expertise to help foodbanks expertise, we get media advice, we fuel banks, debt advice, and nutritional across London. establish national relationships and and cookery courses. “The Hammersmith and Fulham a model of how to run a foodbank,” According to Sarah, The Trussell Trust Foodbank came out of The Trussell says Daphine. hopes to continue to help the community Trust five or six years ago,” says Foodbank networks in London still and support people in a crisis: “We are Daphine Aikens, Chief Executive of the face a number of challenges to operate. trying to meet a growing and deepening Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank. Sarah Greenwood, London Regional need in our communities and I think our “We went to The Trussell Trust, and they Network Manager for the foodbank foodbanks are doing that; we are trying recognised that there was a need, we network, says: “The big challenges are to address and listen on the ground to were the 64th foodbank in the UK and space, finding people with adequate people’s changing needs because our skills, getting people who really care, foodbanks are the first indicator of how and finding basic funding to set it up,” poverty is affecting people.” adding: “It is quite difficult to find those th

64foodbank in the UK and there are now well over 400 foodbanks that come under the Trussell Trust brand

32 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 Is London a Fair City?

London is looked upon as one of the most prestigious capitals in the world, yet a poll undertaken by the London Fairness Commission revealed that 69% of Londoners believe that there is a lack of affordable housing available across all of London.

20

Futhermore, 51% of Londoners believe that their wage is not a fair reflection of what they do at work, and only 26% of Londoners feel that their wage has kept up with increases in the cost of living over the last few years. The London Fairness Commission is led by an independent panel of 14 commissioners from across the worlds of research, health, business and charity. The Commission aims to start conversations ahead of the 2016 mayoral election about whether London is a fair city and, if not, how it can become fairer. Commissioners will lead a process of evidence-based enquiry, looking at issues to do with inequality, with a particular focus on income, wealth, housing, social mobility and transport. to the majority of Londoners who have Image caption: Officabo assedia quos become worse off over the last five years.” Chief Executive of Toynbee Hall The Commission is chaired by Lord Graham Fisher says: “The Commission the public definition and not the other Victor Adebowale, who says: “We are is important now because evidence is way around”. indicating that inequality has got worse driving forward the need to look at over the past five to ten years. When you inequality and fairness on a City wide The Commission wants to hear from the speak to Londoners they consistently basis, something that hasn’t really been people of London and champion their talk about the cost of housing being one done for well over a hundred years.” He opinions and outlooks, encouraging of the biggest challenges of living in the adds that the Commission “will create them to express their vision of the City, and also there’s been increasing a platform for Londoners to decide perfect London. Lord Adebowale says: concern about the discrepancies what fairness means for them such that “This is a rare opportunity for Londoners between the high earners compared politicians and policy makers respond to to shape a fair City.”

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 33 TOTAL GRANTS SPEND BY LONDON BOROUGH SEPTEMBER 1995 TO MARCH 2015 TOTAL GRANTS SPEND

Deprivation Number of Trust rank index rank Borough Amount approved grants 1 3 Tower Hamlets £11,584,850 300 2 2 Hackney £9,805,408 252 3 11 Southwark £8,394,528 251 4 15 Camden £7,745,679 158 5 6 Islington £6,798,434 181 6 10 Lambeth £6,246,581 179  7 1 Newham £6,164,975 169 8 13 Hammersmith and Fulham £5,154,919 122 9 18 Westminster £4,897,181 121  10 19 Croydon £4,061,666 133

11   9 Lewisham £3,976,399 158   12 8 Greenwich £3,968,398 104  13 30 Merton £3,933,552 117 14 16 Kensington and Chelsea £3,813,994 86     15 17 Ealing £3,759,309 94 

16  27 Barnet £3,563,035 113  17 4 Haringey £3,419,090 114    18 14 Brent £3,302,524 93 19 23 Bromley £3,259,921 137   20 20 Wandsworth £3,153,273 99 

21 33 Richmond upon Thames £3,116,663 147    22 22 Hounslow £2,877,173 81  23 28 Sutton £2,865,111 92  24 5 Waltham Forest £2,790,030 136  25 25 Redbridge £2,641,623 82  26 7 Barking and Dagenham £2,607,597 77  27 12 Enfield £2,600,900 95

28 26 Hillingdon £2,544,994 109  29 24 Havering £2,240,324 100   30 21 Bexley £2,016,355 109 31 31 Kingston upon Thames £1,987,125 61 32 29 Harrow £1,898,863 71

33 32 City of London £402,060 11

Several Inner Boroughs £24,904,312 567 Several Outer Boroughs £8,335,170 195 Other combination £41,015,145 657 London-wide £112,088,866 1,484

Total £323,936,027 7,055

34 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 



   



    

    

  

  

 









 

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 35 LIST OF GRANT’S APPROVED 2014/15 INVESTING IN LONDONERS

ARTS APPRENTICESHIPS FAIRFIELD (CROYDON) LIMITED TOTAL ARTS to match CEP funding towards the wage APPRENTICESHIPS £44,000 198 CONTEMPORARY ARTS costs of two apprentices AND LEARNING ECO-AUDITS £4,000 | 1 year to match Creative Employment AGE UK LONDON Programme (CEP) funding towards ISLINGTON COMMUNITY THEATRE for an eco-audit the wage costs of an apprentice to match CEP funding towards the wage £2,000 | 1 year costs of an apprentice £4,000 198 CONTEMPORARY ARTS £2,000 | 1 year CENTRE FOR ARMENIAN INFORMATION & ADVICE AND LEARNING NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM for an eco-audit to match CEP funding towards the wage to match CEP funding towards the wage costs of an apprentice costs of an apprentice £2,400 £2,000 | 1 year £2,000 | 1 year COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTION TRUST AKADEMI SOUTH ASIAN DANCE UK PARK THEATRE for an eco-audit to match CEP funding towards the wage to match CEP funding towards the wage costs of an apprentice costs of an apprentice £2,400 £2,000 | 1 year £2,000 | 1 year DOWNSIDE SETTLEMENT ALBANY POSTAL HERITAGE TRUST for an eco-audit to match CEP funding towards the wage to match CEP funding towards the wage £2,600 costs of an apprentice costs of two apprentices £2,000 | 1 year ELATT (EAST LONDON ADVANCED £4,000 | 1 year TECHNOLOGY TRAINING) CARDBOARD CITIZENS ROUNDHOUSE TRUST for an eco-audit to match CEP funding towards the wage to match CEP funding towards the wage £2,800 costs of an apprentice costs of an apprentice HARROW CENTRAL MOSQUE £2,000 | 1 year £2,000 | 1 year for an eco-audit CHICKENSHED THEATRE SOUTHBANK CENTRE £2,400 to match CEP funding towards the wage to match CEP funding towards the wage KINGSTON CHURCHES ACTION costs of an apprentice costs of two apprentices ON HOMELESSNESS £2,000 | 1 year £4,000 | 1 year for an eco-audit COCKPIT ARTS STUDIO 3 ARTS £3,000 to match CEP funding towards the wage to match CEP funding towards the wage LEWISHAM ELDERS costs of an apprentice costs of an apprentice RESOURCE CENTRE £2,000 | 1 year £2,000 | 1 year for an eco-audit EASTSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST VENTURE COMMUNITY £2,000 to match CEP funding towards the wage ASSOCIATION MANOR HOUSE costs of an apprentice to match CEP funding towards the wage DEVELOPMENT TRUST £2,000 | 1 year costs of an apprentice for an eco-audit ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA £2,000 | 1 year £2,600 to match CEP funding towards the wage WESTWAY TRUST costs of an apprentice to match CEP funding towards the wage £2,000 | 1 year costs of an apprentice £2,000 | 1 year

36 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 OLD KENT ROAD MOSQUE AND ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF IMPROVING LONDON’S ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE OTHER LANGUAGES ENVIRONMENT for an eco-audit COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST £2,400 for an ESOL tutor and programme costs for a food growing, cookery and family REAL related to the delivery of ESOL classes well-being programme for an eco-audit at Level 1 and Level 2 £72,900 | 3 years £20,310 | 2 years £2,000 COUNTRY TRUST REDBRIDGE CVS FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY for staffing and project costs of the Food for an eco-audit for centre-based ESOL classes in Bexley Discovery programme and Newham £4,200 £15,000 | 3 years £51,300 | 2 years SPITALFIELDS CITY FARM FRIENDS OF TOWER HAMLETS KATHERINE LOW SETTLEMENT CEMETERY PARK for an eco-audit for ESOL classes to Entry level and for a training, leisure learning and £2,600 Level 1 standard community consultancy coordinator to ST EDWARD’S CHURCH AND £99,000 | 3 years develop environmental education services DEVELOPMENT PROJECT £49,050 | 3 years KURDISH & MIDDLE EASTERN for an eco-audit WOMEN’S ORGANISATION LTD KINGSTON ENVIRONMENT £2,000 for two thirds of the salary costs of CENTRE (KEC) ST MATTHEW’S CHURCH SURBITON the Director for a biodiversity network coordinator £67,400 | 3 years and associated costs for an eco-audit £27,000 | 3 years £2,000 THE NEW CROSS GATE TRUST LIFT PEOPLE TELEGRAPH HILL CENTRE for an ESOL tutor and running costs of a programme of ESOL classes up to and for a project worker and associated for an eco-audit including Level 2 running costs £2,000 £63,500 | 3 years £50,000 | 2 years

TIMEBANK TRAINING LINK LONDON SUSTAINABILITY for an eco-audit for ESOL tutor fees, course accreditation EXCHANGE £2,200 and running costs up to Level 2 for staff salaries and related running £34,500 | 3 years costs of a project to improve the local TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL FOR environment in six communities VOLUNTARY SERVICE TRANSLATING & INTERPRETING across London for an eco-audit SERVICE (TIS) £66,600 | 18 months £2,000 for ESOL Entry Level 1-3 provision PROVIDENCE ROW £40,800 | 2 years TRUST THAMESMEAD for the costs of engaging homeless for an eco-audit WOMEN’S CENTRE SUTTON people in food growing initiatives £4,400 for ESOL classes for women in Sutton £52,600 | 3 years

VOLUNTARY ACTION HARROW £57,700 | 3 years for an eco-audit TOTAL ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF £3,400 OTHER LANGUAGES £434,510

TOTAL ECO-AUDITS £53,400

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 37 LIST OF GRANT’S APPROVED 2014/15 INVESTING IN LONDONERS CONTINUED

SONSHINE CLUB CALM, THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HELEN BAMBER FOUNDATION for the running costs of the Grow to Eat LIVING MISERABLY for the salary and related costs of the – Eat to Grow project for young people for work to prevent suicide and reduce head of therapies aged 8-13 self-harm amongst men in London £150,000 | 3 years £33,700 | 3 years £100,000 | 2 years MAYA CENTRE THAMES21 LTD CAMDEN LISTENING AND for the running costs of the Bridging for the salary of a project officer and COUNSELLING CENTRE the Gap project related costs of a scheme developing for work to increase the level of males £52,700 | 2 years and supporting local volunteers aged 19 and over attending the to improve the Thames and counselling service METRO CENTRE LIMITED London’s waterways £4,900 | 3 years for the salary costs of a service £108,000 | 2 years coordinator and associated running costs CENTREPOINT SOHO £119,600 | 3 years TREES FOR CITIES for the salaries of two dual diagnostic for staffing and associated costs practitioners and related costs MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN AND of developing and sustaining edible £208,400 | 3 years SOCIETY ORGANISATION playgrounds in 20 London schools for the salary costs of an outreach £150,000 | 3 years CHOICES ISLINGTON worker and a counsellor plus associated for the salaries of two counsellors and running costs VAUXHALL CITY FARM related support costs for work in £28,800 | 3 years for the salary of a youth and education HMP Holloway manager and education programme costs £48,600 | 3 years NATIONAL ASSOCIATION £116,400 | 3 years FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN FOOD CHAIN CHILDHOOD (NAPAC) TOTAL IMPROVING LONDON’S for the Eating Together programme for for the costs of six support groups for ENVIRONMENT £741,250 HIV-positive clients adult survivors of childhood abuse IMPROVING LONDONERS’ £48,100 | 1 year £31,000 | 3 years MENTAL HEALTH FRIEND COUNSELLING ONE NORTH EAST LONDON (LONDON) LIMITED ACTION FOR STAMMERING for the salary costs of a counsellor for CHILDREN (ASC) for the salary costs of a volunteer the NE Teens project coordinator and counselling service for the costs of providing specialist £38,000 | 3 years coordinator plus clinical supervision, consultations to young Londoners programme and management costs OPEN DOOR, YOUNG PEOPLE’S £60,000 | 2 years £135,300 | 3 years CONSULTATION SERVICE ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS for clinical staff and supervision, project HAVERING AND BRENTWOOD UNITING PARENTING IN HAVERING, and administration costs of a new BEREAVEMENT SERVICE BARKING & DAGENHAM AND THE organisational base in Tottenham SURROUNDING AREA (ADD+UP) for bereavement counselling services £138,000 | 3 years for 30 children and families for the salary costs of a development PALADIN – NATIONAL STALKING manager £38,900 | 2 years ADVOCACY SERVICE CIC £94,000 | 3 years HEALTHY LIVING PROJECTS LTD for the salary of two caseworkers to BARONS COURT PROJECT for the costs of increasing current provide an advocacy service for victims nursing provision, plus running costs, of stalking in London for the salary costs of a project worker and the provision of alternative therapies plus related running costs of the £140,000 | 3 years drop-in service £85,000 | 3 years £32,600 | 1 year

38 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 POSITIVE EAST VIETNAMESE MENTAL BACK-UP TRUST for the salary costs of a clinical HEALTH SERVICES for salaries, project costs and overheads psychologist and a support worker for the salary of a bilingual counsellor, for work supporting Londoners with and costs of the Re:Assure project plus administrative support and a spinal cord injury £86,000 | 2 years associated running costs £165,600 | 3 years £90,550 | 3 years RESPOND BELL FARM CHRISTIAN CENTRE for the costs of a forensic psychotherapist WOMEN’S THERAPY CENTRE for an independent access audit and and a contribution to an independent for the salary and and running costs design appraisal for a new extension, evaluation of Respond’s therapeutic model of the Affirm project to provide and access and disability equality £144,500 | 3 years psychotherapeutic support for women training for staff and volunteers at risk of self-harm and suicide £2,328 | 1 year ROOM TO HEAL £120,000 | 3 years for the salary costs of specialist BIKEWORKS CIC therapeutic and support staff, WORKING WITH MEN for the cost of a training coordinator, plus therapeutic retreats and For a caseworker, to assist and a contribution to the costs of clinical supervision disadvantaged young men in reducing a disability cycling programme £120,000 | 3 years their risk of acute mental illness or £90,000 | 3 years suicide, plus related costs SANE £145,700 | 3 years BRENT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU for the salary and related costs of the for an independent access audit YOUTHNET director of services post £2,000 | 1 year £99,000 | 3 years for the Live Chat service providing advice and support to young Londoners BUSH THEATRE SHEPHERDS BUSH FAMILIES with mental health needs for an independent access audit PROJECT & CHILDREN’S CENTRE £44,700 | 1 year £3,711 | 1 year for the costs of delivering family counselling sessions TOTAL IMPROVING LONDONERS’ CAXTON YOUTH ORGANISATION MENTAL HEALTH £2,783,250 £96,000 | 3 years for the salary costs of a youth worker plus a contribution to operational costs SOUND MINDS MAKING LONDON MORE INCLUSIVE £90,000 | 3 years for the salary of a project worker, plus a ACTION ON DISABILITY contribution to project and management CITY YMCA LONDON for an independent living officer and costs of the Canerows project associated running costs for access-related building costs £72,000 | 3 years £121,300 | 3 years £100,000 | 1 year SOUTH LONDON YMCA ARTS FOR ALL CONTEMPORARY DANCE TRUST for the salary costs of a well-being for the salary and running costs of for access-related building costs manager, plus running costs to establish The Rainbow Club a mental health support service for £55,000 | 1 year £21,000 | 3 years homeless residents CREST WALTHAM FOREST £98,700 | 2 years ASPIRE for an independent access audit VICTIM SUPPORT for an independent Walk and Talk audit £1,500 | 1 year and design appraisal to inform and for a project worker providing support ensure best practice on access issues DEAFAX and advocacy for homeless young people in Westminster £1,800 | 1 year for the Life Control project for deaf young people living in London £112,200 | 3 years £46,500 | 2 years

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 39 LIST OF GRANT’S APPROVED 2014/15 INVESTING IN LONDONERS CONTINUED

DISABLEMENT ASSOCIATION LONDON SYMPHONY SHINE HILLINGDON (DASH) ORCHESTRA LIMITED for the salary of a London support and for the salary costs of an activity for the delivery and evaluation of LSO development worker and related costs manager and associated project costs Create, creative music making activity £78,750 | 3 years £90,000 | 3 years for adults with learning disabilities at LSO St Luke’s, the Barbican, and in SOUTH LONDON THEATRE FRENFORD CLUBS residential/day care centres BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST for the salary costs of a disability activity £172,000 | 3 years for an independent access audit development coordinator and related £5,000 | 1 year running costs to increase disabled MIDI MUSIC COMPANY people’s participation in sports for the costs of tutors, BSL interpreters SS ROBIN TRUST £54,000 | 3 years and project management for an independent access audit £19,200 | 1 year FRIENDS R US £4,300 | 1 year for an independent access audit MIND IN CROYDON ST JOHN’S CHURCH, WATERLOO £4,500 | 1 year for the salary costs of a sports coordinator for an independent access audit and related project costs £4,800 | 1 year FRIENDS R US £143,600 | 3 years for access-related building costs ST PAUL’S CHURCH, NORWOOD RAVENSWOOD LTD £100,000 | 1 year COVENT GARDEN for the costs of an Elite Team Leader for an independent access audit GRAEAE THEATRE COMPANY Sports, and Job Coach, within the £1,800 | 1 year for the salary costs of a training and Change the Game sports programme learning manager and associated £121,000 | 3 years SUTTON MENCAP programme costs of the Young Artistic OVER THE WALL for the salary of a community activities Advisors, Outreach and School project manager and related project costs Residencies programme for the salary of a London regional £102,000 | 3 years £138,650 | 3 years coordinator and related costs £102,100 | 3 years SUTTON’S HOSPITAL IN GREENWICH+DOCKLANDS CHARTERHOUSE FESTIVALS PANATHLON FOUNDATION for access-related building costs towards for work supporting large-scale outdoor for the expansion of work with the ‘Revealing the Charterhouse’ project performances led and created by deaf deaf, visually impaired and and disabled Londoners power-chair children £100,000 | 1 year £50,000 | 2 years £66,300 | 3 years TARA ARTS GROUP LTD KEEN LONDON POLKA CHILDREN’S for access-related building costs for the costs of expanding weekly THEATRE LIMITED £40,000 | 1 year activities in east London for young for an independent access audit TIKVA people with behavioural, physical, £2,940 | 1 year and learning disabilities for work supporting disabled RESOURCES FOR AUTISM adults making the transition to £10,000 | 1 year independent living for the cost of a transition service, LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY including a support manager, £70,500 | 3 years for salary and project costs of the volunteering expenses, and project TOYNBEE HALL Enablement and Healthy Living project running costs to benefit young for disabled people Londoners with autism for an independent access audit £147,000 | 3 years £120,600 | 3 years £4,998 | 1 year

40 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 TRIANGLE ARTS TRUST END CHILD PROSTITUTION, CHILD OLDER LONDONERS for access-related building costs PORNOGRAPHY & THE TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN FOR SEXUAL PURPOSES ACTION ON ELDER ABUSE £100,000 | 1 year for the salary of a youth development for project set-up costs of the buddying TRICYCLE THEATRE COMPANY programme officer and running costs service in three London boroughs for an independent access audit £120,400 | 3 years £44,420 | 3 years £5,000 | 1 year GALOP (REGISTERED AS LESBIAN, ADFAM VINEYARD CONGREGATIONAL GAY, BISEXUAL ANTI-VIOLENCE for the salary of a family support CHURCH AND POLICING GROUP) development coordinator, plus for an independent access audit for the salary of a specialist case worker, management and running costs and running costs of the service to to train older carers as Family £5,000 | 1 year LGBT victims of hate crime Recovery Champions WHITTINGTON PARK £150,000 | 3 years £153,000 | 3 years COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE AESOP ARTS AND for an independent access audit, and PREVENTION OF CRUELTY SOCIETY LIMITED disability awareness and safety training TO CHILDREN for a choreographic commission, £4,380 | 1 year for the salary costs of two Protect and delivery and evaluation of the Dance WILTON’S MUSIC HALL TRUST Respect case workers to Health programme £45,900 | 1 year for access-related building costs £180,000 | 2 years £100,000 | 1 year NEWHAM ASIAN WOMEN’S AGE EXCHANGE PROJECT (NAWP) WOODFORD PARISH CHURCH for the costs of the Inspired Caring MEMORIAL HALL for the salary costs of a counsellor, and project for older carers and the people clinical supervision for the post-holder with dementia whom they care for for an independent access audit £90,000 | 3 years £48,000 | 1 year £900 | 1 year PARENTS AND ABDUCTED AGE UK CAMDEN (AUC) TOTAL MAKING LONDON CHILDREN TOGETHER (PACT) for the salary costs of two development MORE INCLUSIVE £2,670,057 for the establishment of an online coordinators to develop and expand the MAKING LONDON SAFER Child Abduction Hub to improve the Open Doors London service protection of children from abduction £75,000 | 2 years ADVANCE in London AGE UK MERTON for the salary of an engagement £60,000 | 2 years officer, plus management and project for the salary of a health programme PRAXIS COMMUNITY PROJECTS running costs officer plus related project costs of the for a caseworker, with related costs, to Active Life health programme £90,000 | 3 years provide specialist one-to-one advice and £158,300 | 3 years AVA (AGAINST VIOLENCE support to migrant and refugee women AND ABUSE) who have survived trafficking and/or ARTS DEPOT TRUST LIMITED gender-based violence for work supporting organisations and for a community champion, and a agencies in the field of domestic and £182,000 | 3 years marketing assistant plus project costs sexual violence for arts events and creative activities for WOMAN’S TRUST socially isolated people aged 75+ £127,500 | 3 years for core costs to sustain administration £81,300 | 3 years and fundraising capacity £75,000 | 3 years

TOTAL MAKING LONDON SAFER £1,074,900

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 41 LIST OF GRANT’S APPROVED 2014/15 INVESTING IN LONDONERS CONTINUED

BALLET RAMBERT LTD GREEN CANDLE DANCE COMPANY SOUTH THAMES CROSSROADS – for the costs of the Dance in Health for the Dance for Health and Wellbeing CARING FOR CARERS project for vulnerable older people programme for people aged 75+ for the salary of an older carers peer in London £105,000 | 3 years support coordinator and the running £124,000 | 3 years costs of a project setting up and HARROW CARERS supporting small neighbourhood-based BRENDONCARE RONALD GIBSON for a respite homecare project groups of older carers HOUSE CARE CENTRE coordinator, service subsidy, running £140,000 | 3 years for a sensory garden and dementia- and management costs friendly dining room furnishings ST LUKE’S HOSPICE (HARROW £78,000 | 3 years AND BRENT) £9,200 | 1 year IRAQI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION for the salary and project costs of CARERS NETWORK WESTMINSTER for the salary of a worker, plus extending support to carers aged 65+ for the costs of the End of Life (EoL) management and other related costs for £124,000 | 3 years support worker, and respite breaks work with people aged 75 and over SYDENHAM GARDEN and events for EoL carers £83,000 | 3 years £122,800 | 3 years for a project worker’s salary, project IRISH IN BRITAIN costs and overheads CONNAUGHT OPERA for a volunteer coordinator plus £39,100 | 3 years for a programme of musical concerts associated running costs for work to for older people help reduce isolation amongst elders TAX VOLUNTEERS £33,660 | 3 years from the Irish community who are for home visits to Londoners aged over living with dementia, and their carers 75 years DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY £68,900 | 3 years £2,850 | 1 year for a music and visual arts project for older people with dementia and their carers NEWHAM NEW DEAL PARTNERSHIP WANDSWORTH OLDER PEOPLE’S FORUM (WOPF) £40,000 | 3 years for a project manager and associated running costs for the printing and distribution of 4,000 ENFIELD MENTAL HEALTH £84,000 | 3 years quarterly newsletters USERS GROUP £15,000 | 1 year for an advocacy worker plus running NORTH LONDON HOSPICE costs of the elders’ project for the salary costs of a psychosocial WOMEN’S HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES (WHFS) £17,000 | 1 year therapies lead post within the day service programme for the salaries of a project coordinator FINSBURY AND CLERKENWELL £90,000 | 3 years and a project support worker, plus VOLUNTEERS related running costs for the maintenance and running costs ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM £114,000 | 3 years of two wheelchair accessible minibuses for the costs of three posts, plus TOTAL OLDER £30,000 | 3 years development costs to increase the number of older people engaging with LONDONERS £2,183,230 GEFFRYE MUSEUM TRUST the museum for a project coordinator and other £87,600 | 3 years staffing and running costs to provide creative activities for people aged 75 ROYAL DOCKS LEARNING & and over ACTIVITY CENTRE £120,000 | 3 years for the costs of a project worker, plus running and management costs £49,200 | 3 years

42 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 REDUCING POVERTY FARESHARE NORTH LONDON ACTION FOR for the salary of a London development THE HOMELESS AGE UK LEWISHAM & SOUTHWARK manager, plus running costs of a project for the costs of a kitchen/garden for the salary and associated running creating satellite distribution centres manager, plus running costs costs of an advice manager £165,000 | 3 years £59,000 | 3 years £138,000 | 3 years FITZROVIA NEIGHBOURHOOD NUCLEUS COMMUNITY ANANDA MARGA UNIVERSAL ASSOCIATION ACTION LTD RELIEF TEAM (AMURT) UK for the salary costs of two advisors and for a debt advice caseworker, plus for the direct running costs of Cooking for related running costs associated running costs for an Ealing- Life classes, including a cookery teacher £99,000 | 3 years based debt and money advice service £60,000 | 3 years £150,000 | 3 years FOODCYCLE ASYLUM AID for the salary costs of staff working to REDBRIDGE FOODBANK for the salary of a legal advisor and expand FoodCycle’s work in London for the salary costs of a project manager associated costs. £122,200 | 3 years to continue and develop the People in £90,000 | 3 years Crisis project HARROW LAW CENTRE £58,200 | 3 years BELL FARM CHRISTIAN CENTRE for the salary and on-costs of a solicitor for an advice worker and associated to provide legal advice and representation SHELTER NATIONAL CAMPAIGN project overheads on issues relating to housing and FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE LIMITED £97,100 | 3 years related debt for the salary and related costs of £77,700 | 3 years a senior advice and guidance worker CHILDREN ENGLAND in Hackney for a membership officer, and a research HAVEN £179,000 | 3 years and learning officer, plus associated for the salary and associated running running costs to enable the 4 in 10 costs of a welfare benefits and SOUTHWARK CITIZENS ADVICE network to develop its work tackling money advisor BUREAUX SERVICES child poverty £76,600 | 3 years for the salary of an advice worker plus £104,000 | 2 years related operational costs KINGSTON CHURCHES ACTION £160,600 | 3 years CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION ON HOMELESSNESS for the costs of van maintenance, fuel, for an advisor post and direct costs of SUTTON BOROUGH CITIZENS insurance and garage rental the Housing Crisis Intervention service, ADVICE BUREAUX £16,200 | 3 years and overheads for the salary of a project supervisor, £87,800 | 3 years plus associated costs of the Benefits DISABILITY RIGHTS UK Appeal Project for salary and related running costs LIMEHOUSE PROJECT £85,400 | 3 years of information and advice services for the salary and related costs of a money benefiting disabled Londoners and debt advisor TURKISH CYPRIOT WOMEN’S PROJECT £80,000 | 2 years £70,800 | 3 years for the salary of a debt advisor and ENFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU NORTH KENSINGTON LAW CENTRE associated running costs for the salary of a debt and benefits for the salary of a triage coordinator and £63,300 | 3 years advisor, plus associated running costs associated running costs of establishing a triage system within the law centre WANDSWORTH CITIZENS £132,200 | 3 years ADVICE BUREAU £150,000 | 3 years for an advice service for Wandsworth Foodbank users £130,000 | 2 years

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 43 LIST OF GRANT’S APPROVED 2014/15 INVESTING IN LONDONERS CONTINUED

WESTMINSTER CITIZENS WWV ETHICAL PROPERTY FOUNDATION ADVICE BUREAU for the salary and running costs of for the provision of the London Property for a debt advisor, financial workshops Volunteer Project London Advice Service to benefit voluntary and associated running costs £105,800 | 3 years organisations across London £107,300 | 3 years £147,500 | 3 years TOTAL RESETTLEMENT TOTAL REDUCING AND REHABILITATION GLOBALGIVING UK POVERTY £2,559,400 OF OFFENDERS £817,800 for a volunteer coordinator manager, plus running costs, to expand the RESETTLEMENT AND STRENGTHENING LONDON’S GlobalGivingTime platform for REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS VOLUNTARY SECTOR London-focused charities CONSTRUCTION YOUTH TRUST ASSOCIATION OF CHIEF £79,450 | 3 years EXECUTIVES OF VOLUNTARY for the costs of the Toolkit for Life HACKNEY COUNCIL FOR ORGANISATIONS (ACEVO) project for young Londoners VOLUNTARY SERVICE for research to support and inform the £84,000 | 3 years for the salary of an organisation Loneliness project development officer, plus management THE HARRP TRUST £29,500 | 2 years and running costs of a capacity building for the salary of an employability programme helping frontline BLACK TRAINING AND ENTERPRISE officer and running costs of the Work organisations improve their monitoring, GROUP (BTEG) Works project evaluation and impact reporting, and £109,000 | 3 years for the Valuing Volunteers project their financial management skills £165,000 | 3 years £157,000 | 3 years HIBISCUS INITIATIVES for a community support manager, CAMDEN VOLUNTEER BUREAU HAVCO and associated running costs, towards for the costs of the Best Practice for the salary of a volunteer centre a specialist mentoring programme Service, promoting improved volunteer manager and project costs to improve supporting women in London prisons management for voluntary organisations the quality of volunteering opportunities £122,000 | 3 years in Camden and management in Havering £125,300 | 2 years £156,500 | 3 years ONLY CONNECT for the costs of OC Kitchen, COMMUNITY ACTION SOUTHWARK LOCAL ACCOUNTANCY PROJECT a catering training programme for an outcomes framework development for the salary costs of a business for ex-offenders,including salary costs officer and running costs for a monitoring support manager and related project for a project manager and evaluation support programme running costs £135,000 | 3 years £146,900 | 3 years £101,000 | 3 years

PLIAS RESETTLEMENT CRANFIELD TRUST LONDON PLAY for the salary and overhead costs of an for a London-wide programme matching for the salary of a play works mentor, employment caseworker expert volunteers with charities seeking costs of training playground staff, £120,000 | 3 years consultancy support and related operational and £128,000 | 2 years management costs PRISON ADVICE AND CARE TRUST £138,000 | 3 years for the salaries of a programme ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION manager and a volunteer coordinator, for the salaries of a community plus running costs and independent accountant and development and funding evaluation of the London Women’s advice manager, plus on-costs, to provide Resettlement Programme monitoring and evaluation and financial £142,000 | 2 years training support to voluntary and community organisations in Enfield £123,000 | 3 years

44 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 MENTORING AND BEFRIENDING TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL FOR FOUNDATION (MBF) VOLUNTARY SERVICE for the salary and associated running for the salary of a development worker costs of a programme to improve how to deliver support and training on mentoring and befriending organisations finance, monitoring and impact reporting monitor and evaluate their services and £180,000 | 3 years report on their impact £116,300 | 2 years VOICE4CHANGE ENGLAND for the salary and associated running NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF costs of a project developing models of CHILD CONTACT CENTRES collaborative and partnership working for the salary and related costs £60,000 | 1 year of a London support worker and a development manager VOLUNTARY ACTION £65,700 | 2 years ISLINGTON LIMITED for the salaries of a project officer PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUNG LONDON and senior project officer, associated for a development lead, related running costs and training courses administrative support, associated £96,900 | 2 years running costs, and events and training sessions VOLUNTARY ACTION LEWISHAM £142,000 | 3 years for the salary of a development officer and the operational costs of a project to RACE ON THE AGENDA improve the evaluation and marketing for the salary and associated running skills in small organisations in Lewisham costs of a specialist project officer £150,000 | 3 years providing training, capacity building support and advice and information VOLUNTEER CENTRE HOUNSLOW on the Equalities Act 2010 for a good practice officer, plus on-costs £55,000 | 1 year and running costs of a project to improve volunteer management in Hounslow RESOURCE FOR LONDON £141,100 | 3 years for the delivery and evaluation of the Enhance project providing affordable TOTAL STRENGTHENING office, meeting and exhibition space, LONDON’S VOLUNTARY seminars and training encouraging SECTOR £2,749,750 collaboration between community and voluntary sector groups TOTAL INVESTING £113,500 | 3 years IN LONDONERS £16,111,547

TIMEBANKING UK for work to support the London timebanks £132,100 | 3 years

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 45 LIST OF GRANT’S APPROVED 2014/15 INVESTING IN LONDONERS CONTINUED

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES GROWING LOCALITIES AWARDS LONDON FUNDERS for the Growing Localities Awards 2014/15 towards the £15,000 costs of £32,200 | 1 year commissioning research into the current ACCESS EUROPE NETWORK and future landscape of play and youth for a pilot programme providing HEART OF THE CITY services for children and young people capacity building support for London’s to roll out the Corporate Social in London voluntary organisations wishing to Responsibility Newcomers programme £5,000 | 1 year access European funding streams across Greater London and to deepen £60,400 | 30 months the connections between the London LONDON THEATRE CONSORTIUM business sector, building on the for the operational costs of a programme BARKING AND DAGENHAM combined networks of the charity and to pilot and evaluate the ongoing COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE City Bridge Trust engagement of young people as for the One Borough, One Community £278,328 | 3 years apprentices in the arts event marking the 50th anniversary £50,000 | 1 year of the London Borough of Barking HUMAN TRAFFICKING and Dagenham FOUNDATION NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR £40,000 | 1 year for a feasibility study into establishing VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS a pilot to deliver improved after-care/ (NCVO) BEACON AWARDS support for survivors of modern to support the successful merger for the Beacon Award for day slavery between NCVO and the Charities City Philanthropy £22,500 | 2 years Evaluation Services £50,000 | 1 year £25,000 | 1 year LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION BUTTLE UK to support the Early Action PRINCE’S TRUST for an external evaluation of the Funders’ Alliance for a range of services to support Anchor Project £4,000 | 1 year London’s hardest to reach young people £21,000 | 1 year £1,000,000 | 1 year LONDON BOMBINGS RELIEF BUTTLE UK CHARITABLE FUND REPORT SOCIAL FINANCE for the continuation of the Anchor to commission an analysis and for the Impact Incubator initiative Project, supporting families in London appraisal of the establishment and work supporting a Lambeth-based mental who have experienced domestic violence of the London Bombings Relief Charitable health pilot programme to resettle and live independently Fund – the findings have been published £50,000 | 1 year £634,000 | 18 months in 2015 to mark the 10th anniversary of the London bombings THAMES21 LTD CHARITY FINANCE GROUP £4,000 | 1 year for the salaries and operational for the costs of a review of the provision costs of a development programme of community accounting support LONDON FAIRNESS COMMISSION to increase and sustain London services to small charities in London to complete the funding package volunteers’ involvement in protecting £4,950 | 1 year required to establish a London the capital’s waterways Fairness Commission £340,000 | 3 years CITY BRIDGE TRUST 20TH £38,040 | 2 years ANNIVERSARY for work marking the 20th anniversary of grant-making by City Bridge Trust £57,000 | 1 year

46 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 TRUST FOR LONDON TOTAL INVESTING IN LONDONERS for Moving On Up, an initiative to (227 GRANTS) £16,111,547 inrease employment rates amongst young black men in London TOTAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES £400,000 | 2 years (23 INITIATIVES) £3,222,168

YOUNG PHILANTHROPY TOTAL AWARDED (250 GRANTS/ for the cost of expanding Young INITIATIVES) £19,333,715 Philanthropy to a staffing complement of four FTE and associated costs LESS WRITE BACKS £418,983 £71,750 | 3 years TOTAL GRANTS CHARGEABLE YOUTH INCLUSION EVENT IN 2014/15 £18,914,732 for an event exploring inclusion in youth work, to be held at Mansion House in May 2015 £24,000 | 1 year

THE YOUTH OFFER for a mid-term learning event to be held in November 2014 £10,000 | 1 year

TOTAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES £3,222,168

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 47 CITY BRIDGE TRUST CITY BRIDGE TRUST

THE CITY BRIDGE GRANTS OFFICERS MORE INFORMATION Sandra Davidson A detailed account of our structure, TRUST COMMITTEE Jemma Grieve Combes governance and management is found Sandra Jones in the Trustee’s Annual Report. Our risk Joan Millbank AT 31 MARCH 2015 management statement, reserves policy Julia Mirkin CHAIRMAN and the other requirements of SORP Jeremy Mayhew EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 2005 are found in the same document. TO THE DIRECTOR Copies and further information are DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Cheryl Belmont Alderman Alison Gowman available from: PAYMENTS OFFICER City Bridge Trust MEMBERS Anita Williams Deputy Ken Ayers City of London Deputy Billy Dove GRANTS ASSISTANTS PO Box 270 Simon Duckworth Martin Hall Guildhall Stuart Fraser Michael Shona London EC2P 2EJ Marianne Fredericks COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Email: citybridgetrust@ Deputy Stanley Ginsburg Graham Lee cityoflondon.gov.uk Deputy the Revd Stephen Haines Vivienne Littlechild CLERICAL ASSISTANT Telephone: 020 7332 3710 Edward Lord Ibrahim Hussein Twitter: @CityBridgeTrust Wendy Mead Registered Charity 1035628 Alderman Matthew Richardson EXTERNAL ADVISORS This review is also available on disk, Ian Seaton in Braille or large print and can be The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor, Alderman downloaded from our website: Alan Yarrow (Ex-Officio Member) We would like to thank the following with whom we have worked during www.citybridgetrust.org.uk the year: Printed on FSC® certified paper by GRANTS UNIT STAFF Tanzeem Ahmed an EMAS certified printer and whose Elizabeth Balgobin Environmental Management System is certified to ISO 14001. DIRECTOR Tania Bronstein David Farnsworth Buzzacott 100% of the inks used are vegetable Centre for Accessible Environments oil based, 95% of press chemicals are DEPUTY DIRECTOR Champollion recycled for further use and, on average, Jenny Field Cheryl Chapman 99% of any waste associated with this PRINCIPAL GRANTS OFFICERS Sally Cooke production will be recycled. Olivia Dix Stewart Goshawk (seconded to FSE Group This document is printed on Amadeus Wembley National Stadium Trust) Global Action Plan Offset 100, a paper containing 100% Ciaran Rafferty Dr Maria Hudson post consumer recycled fibre certified PRINCIPAL GRANTS AND SOCIAL i for change by the FSC®. The pulp used in this INVESTMENT OFFICER Lemos&Crane product is bleached using an elemental Tim Wilson LSx chlorine free (ECF) process. Donnachadh McCarthy ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NCVO We would like to thank the following NEF (the new economics foundation) London360 reporters for writing the Stephanie Sexton 20 stories featured in this Review: Social Finance Limited Social Justice Solutions Hanan Bihi Stone King Fisayo Fadahusni UBS Drew McGregor Eva Varga David Ready Women’s Resource Centre Yasmine Tabese

48 City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 20 years of grant-making 7,055 grants awarded 4,393 organisations funded

1 £/3bn to help tackle disadvantage in London

City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2015 49 THE REGENT’S PARK

CLERKENWELL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON HACKNEY

THE BRITISH EAST MUSEUM HAM

SOHO

ST PAUL’S CITY OF COVENT CATHEDRAL GARDEN LONDON MAYFAIR

WATERLOO BRIDGE POPLAR

MILLENNIUM BRIDGE

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE

SOUTHWARK BRIDGE

LONDON BRIDGE TOWER OF LONDON

TOWER BRIDGE

ROTHERHITHE SOUTHWARK

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

GREEN PARK KNIGHTSBRIDGE

ISLE OF DOGS LAMBETH BRIDGE BERMONDSEY LAMBETH

PIMLICO

VAUXHALL BRIDGE

CHELSEA BRIDGE VAUXHALL THE REGENT’S PARK

CLERKENWELL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON HACKNEY

THE BRITISH EAST MUSEUM HAM

SOHO

ST PAUL’S CITY OF COVENT CATHEDRAL GARDEN LONDON MAYFAIR

WATERLOO BRIDGE POPLAR

MILLENNIUM BRIDGE

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE

SOUTHWARK BRIDGE

LONDON BRIDGE TOWER OF LONDON

TOWER BRIDGE

ROTHERHITHE SOUTHWARK

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

GREEN PARK KNIGHTSBRIDGE

ISLE OF DOGS LAMBETH BRIDGE BERMONDSEY LAMBETH

PIMLICO

VAUXHALL BRIDGE

CHELSEA BRIDGE VAUXHALL City Bridge Trust City of London PO Box 270 Guildhall London EC2P 2EJ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 7332 3710 Twitter: @CityBridgeTrust Registered Charity 1035628