Agenda item

To consider The City Bridge Trust’s Funding Strategy for 2018-2023.

THE CITY BRIDGE TRUST COMMITTEE

(Alison Gowman, Alderman)

11 May 2017

Bridging Divides

The Court considered a report setting out The City Bridge Trust’s proposed funding strategy for 2018-23, “Bridging Divides”.

Introducing the strategy, the Chairman informed the Court that “Bridging Divides” was a vision and values led strategy which would ensure that from 2018 to 2023 all of the work that The City Bridge Trust undertook would link to its vision for London to be a city where all individuals and communities can thrive, especially those experiencing disadvantage and marginalisation. 

She added that the Trust would be working to ensure the best use of its other resources, alongside its monetary contributions, to ensure funds were spent as effectively as possible. These would include the links it had to civil society, other funders and the wider funding ecology, and the expertise of its trustee, the City of London Corporation with its links to local, regional and national Government and the private sector. 

Through this strategy, the Trust intended to consider the ways in which it could make the most positive impact on reducing inequality and creating cohesive communities, whilst also determining its role in improving the success and resilience of London’s civil society. 

Resolved – That The City Bridge Trust’s funding strategy for 2018-23, “Bridging Divides”, as set out at Appendix A to the report, be approved.