Agenda item

Report of the Chief Grants Officer and Director of City Bridge Trust

The Committee received the regular progress report of the Chief Grants Officer and Director of City Bridge Trust (CGO) and discussed the updates provided.

CGO Visit to New York accompanying the Lord Mayor

The CGO informed the Committee that he had visited several organisations, including the Robin Hood Foundation and The New York Foundling Exhibition, during the trip to inform connections and partnerships with relevant London areas of activity

Appointments to BBC Children in Need London & SE Grants Committee

The Committee noted that two CBT grants officers had been appointed to the Children in Need Grants Committee for London and the South East, joining Bridge to Work Project Manager James Lee who was expected to take up the role of Chairman at its next meeting.

The Committee noted upcoming CBT dates including the strategic away half-day on 24 October and the Committee dinner on 8 November. A Bridging Divides briefing for all Members to assist awareness of applying for grants would be arranged for a date in October.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.