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City Bridge Foundation’s strategy 2020–2045

City Bridge Foundation’s refreshed 25-year strategy, Bridging London 2020 — 2045

Cover of Bridging London 2020 - 2045, showing Tower Bridge and people enjoying sunshine on a grass area in the foreground.

In March 2024, we published a refreshed version of our 25-year strategy, Bridging London 2020 — 2045. This was in reaction to four years of considerable change – externally and internally – and the adoption of a new brand, as City Bridge Foundation became the public face of Bridge House Estates. 

Foreword to Bridging London 2020 — 2045

We first published the Bridging London strategy in 2020, outlining the impact we aim to achieve as a charity over a 25-year period and providing a framework for all our activities.

In the past four years there has been a considerable amount of change, both for the charity itself, and for the world we all live in, prompting us to update this strategy ahead of schedule.

One change you will notice is our new brand – City Bridge Foundation – launched in September 2023. We have adopted a new working name City Bridge Foundation’ across the whole of our activities. This brings together our dual roles – of maintaining and supporting five Thames bridges, and as London’s largest independent charitable funder – under one recognisable brand with a new look, feel and visual identity.

So, while some of the language may have changed, our goals remain the same. We have always existed, and continue to exist, for the benefit of London and Londoners.

A clear and ambitious vision

Our Bridging London strategy sets a clear and ambitious vision for a connected capital, which we will deliver by maintaining and promoting world-class bridges, developing and delivering world-class charitable funding, and embedding and encouraging world-class responsible business practices. Our cross-cutting strategic ambitions of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Climate Action will be fundamental to everything we do.

We have also developed a new shared set of values for the charity. They will guide us in everything we do and inform how we work – both internally with each other and externally with our peers and wider networks. We commit to sharing transparently how we live up to these values and we encourage you to hold us accountable to them.

We know we can’t deliver the change we want to see alone. We hope that this strategy, and our commitment to making it a reality over the next 25 years, will inspire you to join us in aiming for London and Londoners to be truly connected. We look forward to working with you to deliver this vision, together.

Giles Shilson, Chair of the City Bridge Foundation Board (on behalf of the Board)

David Farnsworth, Managing Director of City Bridge Foundation

March 2024


Our values

  • We stand for London and Londoners in everything we do
    (Service)
  • We connect to learn and achieve more together
    (Collaboration)
  • We work towards equity, diversity and inclusion for all
    (Inclusion)
  • We embrace new ways to drive positive change
    (Innovation)
  • We challenge ourselves to deliver the best for our communities
    (Ambition)