Agenda item

Report of the Chief Grants Officer (CGO) and Director of City Bridge Trust.

Members considered a report of the Chief Grants Officer and Director of City Bridge Trust regarding the revised eligibility criteria for the City of London Corporation Combined Education Charity (CEC) and the City Educational Trust Fund (CETF).

Members were informed that the proposed changes had been supported by the Community and Children’s Services Committee without further comment.

It was noted that the Charity objects for CEC included provision for persons born in the City of London and that this provision was not reflected in the policy. It was explained that the eligibility policy could be narrower than the objects. Members also reflected on the fact that the City of London no longer had an operating hospital within its limits and therefore the number of individuals that qualified within this category, was diminishing.

Members noted their support of the report’s recommendations.