Agenda item

Report of the Chief Funding Director

The Board considered a report of the Chief Funding Director requesting funding of £864,283 over three and a half years be awarded to the Smallwood Trust to establish the Women’s London Resilience Fund, a collaborative place-based grants programme to tackle the root causes of gendered poverty, identify approaches that can be scaled and help foster resilient community networks to transform social and economic outcomes for women. The Chief Funding Director introduced the report by providing an update on the Alliance Partnerships programme, and presented the proposal to the Board.

The Chair noted that the proposal had been endorsed by the Grants Committee and sought the Board’s approval, which was agreed.

RESOLVED – That the Bridge House Estates Board, in the discharge of functions for the City Corporation as Trustee of Bridge House Estates and solely in the charity’s best interests, approve a grant of £864,283 as an Alliance Partnership, to the Smallwood Trust for London [charity no: 205798], as per the terms endorsed by the Grants Committee.