City Bridge Foundation

A dilapidated 125-year-old community hall in Finsbury Park will be brought back from the brink, sealed against the elements and made more energy efficient - thanks to new funding. The roof at the St Saviour’s Church community hall, known colloquially as ‘the barn’ will be replaced with a £100,000 City Bridge Foundation grant. Giles Shilson, City Bridge Foundation chairman, said: “This funding will not only help bring it back to life but will also make the building more energy efficient, saving money and reducing the church’s carbon footprint.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/d9R7qE_y

We’ve an excellent job opportunity for a permanent, part-time #Investments Analyst. You will be responsible for supporting the effective operation of the Investment Committee of our charity, by the monitoring and reporting of the performance of our investment portfolio against agreed strategic targets.  This role would suit an enthusiastic finance professional with strong analytical skills and a passion for collaborating across teams. You will have a drive for understanding and developing impact measurement across our investments. Employment opportunities are offered via our trustee City of London Corporation. We are a Disability Confident employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. This is a permanent contract role at 28 hours/week based in Guildhall, Central London. Flexible working arrangements are currently in place. Time can also be spent at our offices at Tower Bridge. City Bridge Foundation’s activities are supported by the returns from our £1.6 billion investment portfolio. This fund supports the management of our five bridges and also enables us to fund charitable organisations across London, supporting the people of London. https://lnkd.in/g6XD6BSr

This invitation from Commonweal Housing aims to encourage new & imaginative ideas for housing & support models for migrant groups, those in the asylum system & survivors of trafficking ⬇️

As Karen Atkinson steps away from her role of Finance Director at City Bridge Foundation, she looks back at 25 years in the charitable sector – reflecting on what’s changed, and what lies ahead. In this short article for Civil Society Media Ltd, Karen touches on diversity, collaboration and technology, the specific challenges of being a finance professional within a charity, and how impact investment is the future. We’re extremely grateful to have had Karen’s skills and expertise to guide us, as well as her passion for all that we do, from the bridges we maintain to the communities we support.  https://lnkd.in/eQS4iyWx

The Cornerstone Fund: new report shares insights gained from exploring long-term, collaborative #SystemsChange in London. This work has been driven by civil society organisations (specifically infrastructure organisations) working in partnership, and centring equity in their work. The Cornerstone Fund was launched in 2018 by City Bridge Foundation, supported by The National Lottery Community Fund, Trust for London and John Lyon's Charity, with in-kind support from London Councils, London Funders, London Plus and the Greater London Authority. This Learning Report presents important messages for funder, civil society, and others seeking to support thriving communities, including: 🔵 that you cannot effect systems change without a solid basis for collaboration, which requires attention to power dynamics 🔵 and that creating an evidence base is key, which may draw upon not only formal research but open and honest conversations made possible by a bedrock of trust This learning report has been produced by Collaborate CIC, learning partner to The Cornerstone Fund since 2019. This final learning report shares insights gleaned from Round Two of the Fund, and is based on conversations, workshops and partnerships’ own documentation of their efforts. https://lnkd.in/eEqafeR9

📢 We’re offering free, personalised poems today, in celebration of #NationalPoetryDay. Collect your fresh and tasty lyrical treats from our Poetry Takeaway van, at the south side of the Millennium Bridge - one of our five Thames bridges. Our eager poets await you, from 10am to 2pm and 3pm to 7pm. With our poet-in-residence, Cecilia Knapp and our poetry partners The Poetry Society

See below👇🏻looking for an enthusiastic, experienced staff engagement specialist to come work with our lovely team. Details below…..

📣 We are hiring an Internal Change Communications Specialist. The right person will have senior level experience managing employee communications and engagement whilst navigating through a time of change.  This is an exciting opportunity to help shape our internal communications framework and deliver real impact to our charity's employees. We are looking for a consultant or contractor to join us for one year, and interested applicants are invited to submit an expression of interest by Monday 7 October 2024 at 5pm. 

Excellent to see Propel nominated for Charity Collaboration of the Year at this year’s #CharityTimesAwards, even if we didn't quite make the top spot last night! We're proud to be part of this collaboration, creating change with and for London’s communities 🙌 London Funders / Mayor of London / The National Lottery Community Fund / London Legal Support Trust / John Lyon's Charity

We are closing our rolling grants programmes to new applications for one year, on Tuesday 8 October 2024. This is due to an unprecedented surge in funding applications, with more applicants than we can possibly support.    This pause will enable our team to process hundreds of outstanding applications, continue to support more than 1,150 grant holders, and finalise a new 10-year funding policy that will launch in autumn 2025.      Find out more about the funding programme closures here: https://lnkd.in/ep-rgwdR