Agenda item

Report of the CGO

The Committee considered a report of the CGO advising Members of funds to be approved that would usually be approved under delegated but are presented instead to the Committee in order to be able to confirm the total grants awarded this financial year. The CGO advised the Committee that details of the grants made through the London Community Response Fund (LCRF) would also be circulated to the Committee.

RESOLVED – That the City Bridge Trust Committee receive the report and approve the recommended amounts for the following applications:

2. Action on Disability

APPROVED £220,800 over five years (£44,500; £42,800; £43,230; £45,970; £44,300) towards staff costs, sessional costs and overheads for programmes with young people.

3. Advocacy Now

APPROVED £250,000 over five years (5 x £50,000) towards the salary of a Volunteer Co-ordinator and associated costs including volunteer expenses.

4. Cardboard Citizens

APPROVED £152,420 over three years (£51,670; £52,740; £48,010) towards developing and embedding trauma informed practice into CC’s programme and promoting the value of this approach more widely throughout the arts-based sector.

5. Carers Trust

APPROVED £189,000 over three years (£65,000; £63,000; £61,000) for the London Network Capacity Building Project Manager (f/t) and associated project running costs and management costs.

6. Caxton Youth

APPROVED £250,000 over five years (5 x £50,000) for the Organisation salary costs of a f/t Lead Youth Worker and related management and activity costs of the

Social & Emotional Wellbeing Programme. The grant cannot be used for minibus or residential costs.

7. Centre for Charity Effectiveness

APPROVED £19,200 towards a series of 12 podcasts on how charities are responding to the Covid-19 crisis.

8. Havering Women's Aid

APPROVED £127,500 over five years (£25,000; £25,250; £25,500; £25,750; £26,000) to cover the salary of a Young Persons Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor. Additional costs such as N.I and pension will be met by the applicant.

9. Islington Chinese Association

APPROVED £248,900 over 5 years (£48,600; £48,200; £49,300; £50,600; £52,200) towards the cost of a Full-Time Well-Being Officer (35hpw) and associated project costs and overheads to work with older Chinese People across London.

10. Money4Youth

APPROVED £150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) towards Money4Youth’s Avocado fundraising capability and financial sustainability programme for BAMER organisations in London.

11. Mosac

APPROVED £112,500 over three years (£28,800; £40,900; £42,800) towards costs of a Peer and Volunteer Support Manager. A proportion will also be allocated to the salary of a Training Manager, overheads and volunteer costs.

12. Race On The Agenda

APPROVED £85,200 over 3 years (£30,900, £28,400, £25,900) as contribution towards the core costs of the organisation.

13. Standing Together Against Domestic Violence

APPROVED £180,000 over 3 years (3 x £60,000) towards the project manager salary, overheads, management contribution and project costs.