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.