Agenda item

Report of the Chief Grants Officer.

The Committee received the regular progress report of the Chief Grants Officer and discussed the updates given, including arrangements for the City Bridge Trust’s 20^th Anniversary Event scheduled for Tuesday 8^th March, the Wembley National Stadium Trust, the Stepping Stones Fund, and City Philanthropy. Members were advised that discussions were continuing with London Councils regarding infrastructure support. The research the Committee is funding through London Funders on the future of civil society support in London is due to be published in March/April 2016. It was anticipated that this will help inform the strategic application of the element of the budget uplift that has been earmarked for infrastructure support.

Members discussed the updates in the report and highlighted the need for effective networking to be facilitated at the Anniversary Event in March.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.