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Supporting the people of London

Our rolling grants programmes are currently closed to new applications. We will open a new funding programme to applications in autumn 2025. Our new funding policy, Standing with Londoners, was announced in March 2025.

Standing with Londoners

Bridging London, Connecting Communities

We are a world class bridge owner responsible for five Thames crossings, and London’s biggest independent charity funder.

Learn more about us

Access to Justice funding opens soon

Webinar bookings are now open for organisations working in social welfare advice.

Access to Justice: opening soon

Standing with Londoners – our new funding policy

City Bridge Foundation has a new ten-year funding policy, called Standing with Londoners. We aim to launch the first of our new funding programmes in autumn 2025.

Standing with Londoners

Meet our poet-in-residence

Cecilia Knapp is our first ever poet-in-residence, celebrating our bridges, our history, our funding, and the work of the many organisations we support

Poet-in-residence

Supporting you to succeed

We are with our grant holders at every step, offering further support to make your project a success.

More about available support

Latest updates

Standing with Londoners: our journey and what’s next

As we move closer to opening our new Access to Justice funding programme, our Chief Funding Director, Sacha Rose, shares what’s next and reaffirms our commitment to standing shoulder to shoulder with Londoners throughout this journey.
  • Published: 6 November 2025

Charities Technical and Strategic Finance Manager

We are recruiting a Charities Technical and Strategic Finance Manager for a fixed-term period of one year.
  • Deadline: 10 November 2025, 12pm
  • Location: Hybrid
  • Salary: £66,190 — £75,010 pro rata per annum inclusive of all allowances

Grants & support for London’s charitable sector

Every month we share an update listing funding opportunities and offers of free support. In October’s update we featured 14 funding opportunities open to London’s charitable sector
  • Published: 31 October 2025

Developing partnerships with corporates

A special Funder Plus offer for organisations which are or have been funded by City Bridge Foundation.
  • Date: 9 December 2025, 10:30am–12pm
  • Location: Online
  • Deadline: 8 December 2025
  • For: This session is only for organisations which are or have been funded by City Bridge Foundation
  • Organiser: Locality
  • Price: Free
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