COOKIE STATUS:

Grants of more than £7m approved up to 10 September 2025

Grants of more than £7m were approved in the period up to 10 September 2025

Bridging Divides

The WILDE Foundation
£58,145 over 3 years (£18,826; £19,344; £19,975) towards 2 x 0.2FTE support workers, office rental, and other running costs for the WILDE Foundation.
www.thewildefoundation.org
Awarded 24/06/2025

Inclusion Barnet
£49,560 over 12 months to Inclusion Barnet to enable it to continue to deliver the Listen to Act programme to train young people to engage in patients participation groups to enhance primary care access and health outcomes in diverse communities. This is the merger of an existing grantee, Listen to Act (ref: 22115), into Inclusion Barnet due to financial pressures.
www.inclusionbarnet.org.uk
Awarded 25/07/2025

Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Leonard, Streatham
Eco capital funding of £90,000 over 12 months for building works including insulation, lighting and re-glazing.
www.stleonard-streatham.org.uk
Awarded 05/06/2025

Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit
£212,292 over three years, (£67,812, £70,904, £73,576) for salaries including 0.7 FTE Immigration and Public Law Solicitor, 0.1 FTE Immigration Unit Supervisor, 1.5 days a month of the Activism and Engagement Manager and 0.5 days a month of both the Head of Legal Practice and the Director. Also for costs associated with Community Organisation Engagement, the Lived Experience Group, client support costs and IT costs, to deliver early legal advice for migrants in London escaping trafficking.
www.atleu.org.uk 
Awarded 27/06/2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina Community Advice Centre (BHCAC)
£150,670 over three years (£34,980; £56,390; £59,300) towards part time Welfare Benefits Advisor (28 hours per week), part time Service Manager – (7 hours per week) and associated project costs.
www.e‑voice.org.uk/bhcac/
Awarded 19/06/2025

Hackney Migrant Centre
£94,575 over 3 years (£30,000; £31,500; £33,075) towards housing advice and holistic advocacy for refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants.
www.hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk/
Awarded 06/06/2025

Hearts & Helpers
£140,200) over five years (£26,987, £26,901, £27,809, £28,759, £29,744) to build on and expand existing food poverty activities to reach individuals experiencing poverty and homelessness and continue to develop expertise in working with clients who have experienced domestic abuse.
www.heartsandhelpers.org/
Awarded 07/08/2025

Home-Start London
£252,000 over five years (£49,740; £48,350; £49,790; £51,290 £52,830) towards the salaries and oncosts for Co-ordinator (2 days pw), Director (2 days pw) and associated project costs.
www.home-startlondon.org
Awarded 03/06/2025

IKWRO — Women’s Rights Organisation
£267,093 over three years (£87,885, £88,339, £90,869) to extend services and provide access to legal and housing advice for vulnerable women with insecure immigration status who are fleeing physical abuse.
www.ikwro.org.uk/ 
Awarded 03/06/2025

No Accommodation Network (NACCOM)
£122,600,over three years (£39,670; £40,850; £42,080) towards the costs of delivering capacity-building services, voice, representation and advocacy support to NACCOM members in London.
www.naccom.org.uk 
Awarded 07/08/2025

North London Muslim Community Centre
Funded recommended of £99,980 over 3 years (£31,600; £33,840; £34,540) towards the salary of a new Advice and Support Officer and a contribution to core costs.
www.nlmcc.org.uk 
Awarded 23/06/2025

Parkside Community Centre
£83,070 capital funding towards installing double glazed windows and doors, ceiling insulation, car park resurfacing, hearing loop system and signage.
www.parksideca.org.uk/
Awarded 02/05/2025

The Romanian and Eastern European Hub
£157,600 over 3 years (£51,900; £52,300; £53,400) towards providing comprehensive advice and support offered by led-by-and for charity for vulnerable Romanian migrants and Ukrainian refugees in London. The grant amount has been reduced slightly to reflect CBF’s policy relating to contributions to core costs.
www.ro-eehub.org.uk
Awarded 07/08/2025

UK LATIN COMMUNITY CIC
£74,900 over three years (£26,700; £23,900; £24,300) to provide a community food bank at William Bonney Estate and to start community meals and cooking lessons at other housing estates in Lambeth.
https://uklatincommunity.org/
Awarded 24/06/2025

Breadwinners Foundation
£146,940 (£48,490; £48,980; £49,470) over three years towards the Breadwinners Programme, covering contributions to Programme Delivery and Management costs and a contribution to core costs.
www.breadwinners.org.uk/
Awarded 27/06/2025

The Carpenters and Docklands Community Centre
£115,470 is recommended over 3 years (£40,400, £38,800, £36,270) towards the costs of continuing Food Bank and Warm Haven projects for marginalised groups in Newham.
www.facebook.com/carpentersanddocklandcentre/?locale=en_GB
Awarded 09/07/2025

Finding Rhythms
£100,000 over two years (£50,000; £50,000) towards Making Waves’, a music-making and personal development programme delivered with young people with experience of the criminal justice system.
www.finding-rhythms.co.uk/
Awarded 02/05/2025

Independent Living Agency
To award £140,550 over three years (year one £46,800, year two £46,600 and, year three £47,150) to support a Disability Employment Support Service for ongoing, individualised support for Disabled People and their employers.
www.independentlivingagency.org/
Awarded 19/06/2025

SCCOOP- The Streatham Common Co-operative
£109,810 over three years, (£36,870, £36,108, £36,832) for 1.0 FTE salary of the Volunteer & Events Coordinator role to connect the local community of Streatham Common with environmentally sustainable ecology and heritage volunteering opportunities.
www.sccoop.org.uk/home
Awarded 07/08/2025

Southwark Refugee Communities Forum (SRCF)
£100,000 over two years (£50,000 x 2) towards addressing homelessness and destitution among newly recognised refugees, wrap-around integration support, and sharing its Housing Surgery Model to refugee organisations in other London boroughs.
www.southwarkrefugeecommunitiesforum.org
Awarded 24/06/2025

KEF KIDS
£90,670 over 2 years (£46,070 £44,600) towards KEF Kids’ out of school activities with Disabled children and young people. Funding cannot be used towards residential activities.
www.kefkids.org 
Awarded 02/05/2025

Project Seventeen
£185,728 over 4 years (Yr1 £44,062, Yr2 £46,290, Yr3 47,216,Yr 4 48,160) to cover the salary costs and oncosts of the Specialist Advice worker and project-related costs to support frontline advice and advocacy for migrant families facing homelessness and poverty due to NRPF restrictions.
www.project17.org.uk
Awarded 28/08/2025

Street Talk
£288,660 over five years (£49,670; £53,435; £57,440: £61,745; £66,370) towards Street Talk’s Outreach Therapy Service.
www.street-talk.org.uk
Awarded 10/06/2025

St George the Martyr — Borough Food Cooperative
£103,500 over 3 years (£33,800, £34,500, £35,200) towards the salary and on costs of Borough Food Cooperative’s Project Manager.
www.boroughfoodcooperative.co.uk
Awarded 09/07/2025

CARAS — Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£220,130 over four years (£24,430, £62,700, £65,200, £67,800) as a contribution to salaries and associated costs in support of its Unlocking Potential program.
www.caras.org.uk 
Awarded 07/08/2025

Community Language Support Services
£125,950 over three years (£42,400; £42,000; £41,550) towards advice and support for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in their first language.
www.communitylss.com
Awarded 09/07/2025

Criminal Justice Alliance
£150,000 over three years (£50,000, £50,000, £50,000) to strengthen capacity, and build collaboration and cross sector voice amongst voluntary, community and social enterprise networks working for a fair and more effective criminal justice system.
www.criminaljusticealliance.org.uk
Awarded 19/06/2025

Dialogue Hub CIC
£50,000 over two years (£25,000 year one and £25,000 year two) towards the salaries of café staff.
www.dialoguehub.co.uk
Awarded 28/07/2025

ELHAP
£140,270 over three years (£45,000; £47,000; £48,270) towards the costs of an employment programme for young adults with moderate learning disabilities that addresses an identified gap in provision.
www.elhap.org.uk 
Awarded 19/05/2025

Harrow Law Centre
£160,000 over four years (£40,000 per year) towards salary costs for a FT immigration solicitor.
www.harrowlawcentre.org.uk
Awarded 09/07/2025

HealthProm
£125,770 over two years (£62,970; £62,800) towards a Project Manager (0.2 FTE), Ukrainian Activities Coordinator (0.4 FTE), Afghan Activities Coordinator (0.4 FTE), other project costs and support costs to deliver wellbeing activities for Ukrainian and Afghan children and young people, and support groups for their parents, across North West London.
www.healthprom.org 
Awarded 10/06/2025

Hopeful Futures CIC
£142,066 over three years, (£48,698, £45,996, £47,372) for salaries including 0.4 FTE Arts Projects Manager, 0.2 FTE Community Art Facilitator, 0.2 FTE Fundraiser and 1 day a month of both the Finance Manager and Managing Director, Recruitment, Rent, Equipment and a contribution towards oncosts, to re-start the weekly Community Art School, led by and alongside neurodiverse adults, in partnership with East London Textile Arts.
www.hopefulfutures.net
Awarded 19/06/2025

Horatio’s Garden
£63,000 over three years towards gardener wages (£20,000, £21,000, £22,000)
www.horatiosgarden.org.uk
Awarded 06/06/2025 

HYCS (Hounslow Youth Counselling Service)
£126,304 over four years, (£30,644, £31,256, £31,884, £32,520) for 0.9 FTE Counsellor salaries including pension and NI, to support the mental health of young people on remand or convicted of criminal activities in HMP Young Offenders Institution, Feltham.
www.hycscounselling.co.uk
Awarded 27/06/2025

Info Latinos
£70,000 over five years (£14,000 x 5) for core costs (towards salaries) of Info Latinos to support the Latin American community in London. Work includes 1:1 mentoring, information sessions and networking to support increased social inclusion, confidence and the networks of Latin Americans in London.
www.InfoLatinos.co.uk
Awarded 23/06/2025

Kiran Support Services
£263,430 over five years (£50,930, £51,000, £52,500, £54,000, £55,000) to cover the cost of the full-time salary and overhead costs for a Refuge Service Manager to provide culturally sensitive support to women and children affected by domestic abuse, forced marriage, and honour-based’ violence.
www.kiranss.org.uk 
Awarded 16/07/2025

Kentish Town City Farm
To award £45,230 over two years (year one, £22,930; year two, £22,300) towards an urban oasis; improving the wellbeing of local residents through free access to wildlife/​green spaces and community gardens.
www.ktcityfarm.org.uk
Awarded 02/05/2025

Mother and Child Welfare organisation
£95,800 over 3 years (£33,300 yr1;£31,700 yr2; £30,800 yr3) towards the part-time Project Co-ordinator and Part-time ESOL tutor posts; sessional digital literacy and employment workshop facilitators, volunteer costs, associated project costs and contribution to overhead and running costs.
www.macwo.org 
Awarded 20/06/2025

Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation
£172,324 over five years (£32,499; £33,267; £34,168; £35,500; £36,890) towards the New Horizons programme, including 0.4 FTE Project Coordinator and 0.6 FTE Domestic Violence and Welfare Advisor.
www.mewso.org 
Awarded 27/06/2025

Afghan Association Paiwand Ltd
£191,800 over three years (£62,650, £63,950, £65,200) towards a 1 FTE Immigration Adviser, as well as associated management costs and overheads.
www.paiwand.com 
Awarded 07/08/2025

The Passage
£138,000 (45,000; 46,000; 47,000) towards the salary and on-costs of a full-time Immigration and Welfare Adviser.
www.passage.org.uk 
Awarded 07/08/2025

Rooted Finance
£167,670 over three years (£53,670; £56,000; £58,000) towards the costs of a full time Specialist Debt Adviser and associated running costs.
www.rootedfinance.org.uk
Awarded 27/06/2025

Save The World Club
£84,600 over 3years (£27,500; £28,200; £28,900; etc) towards the costs of 2 days per week of the Kitchen Co-ordinator and associated running costs.
www.savetheworldclub.org
Awarded 24/06/2025

THE PCC OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, CATFORD
£62,420 over 12 months towards the implementation of eco-audit recommendations at St Laurence church and community centre, including the installation of eco-lighting, repair to blinds and provision of eco-bins.
www.stlaurencecatford.org.uk
Awarded 06/06/2025

Subco Trust
£84,700 over 2 years (£45,900; £38,800) towards a part time (0.8) advice and information post, registration for AQS in Year 1 with support to attain it, and associated running costs. Before releasing year 2 funding they should obtain an AQS.
www.subcotrust.org.uk
Awarded 03/07/2025

South West London Law Centres
A grant of £144,370 (Y1: £72,200 Y2: £72,170) for the salary costs of the Cost of Living Project Manager and associated core costs is recommended.
www.swllc.org 
Awarded 19/06/2025

Toucan Employment
£84,000 over 3 years (£29,000, £28,000, £27,000) towards salary and on-costs of a Work First Project Worker, associated support volunteer expenses, the costs of achieving AQS accreditation and a small contribution to overheads.
www.toucanemployment.org
Awarded 06/06/2025

VocalEyes

£86,470 over two years (£46,470; £40,000) contributing towards the CEO, Marketing and Audience Manager and Administrator and Project Co-ordinator posts and marketing and audience development costs.
www.vocaleyes.co.uk
Awarded 02/05/2025

The Love Tank CIC
£20,000 over one year towards core costs to strengthen The Love Tank’s financial processes and governance.
www.thelovetank.info/
Awarded 24/06/2025

SPID Theatre Company Ltd
£124,100 over three years (£40,500; 41,400; £42,200) towards a Project Coordinator (1 FTE), volunteer training, publicity and support costs to deliver a food distribution service, catering training and skills development for residents experiencing food poverty across North Kensington housing estates.
www.spidtheatre.com
Awarded 07/08/2025

Propel

Citizens Advice Wandsworth
£100,000 over 12 months towards an uplift to the third year of the advisory sector workforce development programme led by Citizens Advice Wandsworth, including a contribution to three trainees from marginalised communities, alongside specialist community partner recruitment support. The grant is payable to Citizens Advice Wandsworth as lead partner, working in collaboration with up to six Local Citizens Advice services across London.
www.cawandsworth.org
Awarded 29/07/2025

Small Grants — Bridging Divides

Clear Village Charitable Trust
£19,600 over 2 years (£10,100; £9,500) towards a skills exchange project at Vauxhall Estate in Westminster.
www.clear-village.org 
Awarded 23/06/2025

The GoodWork Foundation
£100k over 5 years (£20,000 x 5) towards supporting the continued delivery of the transition to employment work with Deaf and Disabled young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
www.goodwork.org.uk
Awarded 06/06/2025

Mindful Photo Lab CIC
£25,200 over three years (3 x £8,400) to support older adults via photography workshops to share narratives, boost well-being, encourage inclusivity, and culminate in a community magazine and exhibition, amplifying disadvantaged voices
www.mindfulphotolab.com/
Awarded 20/06/2025

Mo1 Youths
£61,470 over three years (£21,470; £20,000 ; £20,000 towards a targeted mentoring programme for refugees and asylum seekers aged 16–25 at risk of violence or disengagement in North Kensington.
www.mo1youths.com/ 
Awarded 02/05/2025

Queer East CIC
£60,000 over 3 years (£20,000; £20,000; £20,000) towards staffing, venue hire and other costs to support the expansion of Queer East’s year-round, community-focused outreach activities across London.
www.queereast.org.uk/
Awarded 23/06/2025

Deaf Multilingual Community Support CIC
£100,000 over 5 years (£20,000 x 5) towards Core funding for the provision of deaf advice services.
www.deaf-dmcs.org 
Awarded 23/06/2025

Havering BME Forum
£4,000 over 1 year (£4,000) as a contribution to the salary cost of a Project Co-ordinator role and project-related expenses for Havering BME Forum’s Rooted Havering project.
www.haveringbmeforum.co.uk/
Awarded 24/06/2025

The Jigsaw House Society CIC
£58,500 over three years (£19,500 per annum x 3 years) towards the post of Team Assistant.
Awarded www.jhs.org.uk/
06/06/2025

Phoenix Rising
£30,000 over two further and final years (£15,000, £15,000) towards the costs of Phoenix Rising’s environmental action programme for young people in Brent.
www.phoenixrisingnw10.org/
Awarded 24/06/2025

Shapeshifter Productions
£98,970 over five years (£20,970; £19,900; £19,200; £19,400; £19,500) towards an Artistic Director (8 hours/​week) and a Project Coordinator (5–6 hours/​week) to deliver The Smiling Sessions, a singing programme for older people across East London.
www.shapeshifter-productions.com/
Awarded 16/05/2025

Minaret Community Centre
£60,270 is recommended over 3 years (£20,870 in year one, £19,800 in year two and £19,600 in year three) towards the costs of a part-time worker to co-ordinate support groups and signpost accredited advice.
www.minaretcc.org 
Awarded 02/05/2025

Afro-Brazilian Arts & Cultural Exchange Institute
£4,900 over one year towards the cost of a social inclusion project in Hounslow using capoeira and associated dances and rhythms for children and young people with learning disabilities that come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
www.abacei.org 
Awarded 06/06/2025

The Friends of Cricklewood Library
£90,000 over five years (£20,000; £19,000; £18,000; £17,000; £16,000) towards Creative Conversations’, ESOL and craft sessions for Cricklewood’s refugee, asylum seeker and migrant communities.
www.cricklewoodlibrary.org.uk
Awarded 06/06/2025

Experts by Experience Employment Initiative C.I.C.
£12,500 over 2 years (£6,000; £6,500) towards the cost of mentoring sessions, employability workshops and expanding the network of refugee positive employers
www.ebeemployment.org.uk
Awarded 06/06/2025

Molay Solutions CIC
£18,400 over two years (2 x £9,200) to deliver a targeted outreach program to support Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum (MRA) Seekers in Greater London, with a strong focus on LGBTQ+ and Trans inclusivity community
www.molaysolutions.org.uk
Awarded 20/06/2025

Response Ability Theatre Ltd
£100,000 over 5 years (£20,000 per year) towards delivery of two monthly groups for trauma survivors, including staffing, delivery costs and contribution to overheads and core costs.
www.responseabilitytheatre.com
Awarded 06/06/2025

ReviveFM CIC
£18,000 over 3 years (£8,000; £7,000; £3,000) towards running costs for Revive FM’s flagship projects, Companions and HijabBallers.
www.revivefm.co.uk 
Awarded 23/06/2025

Stitches in Time
£98,175 over five years (£18,869; £19,293; £19,719; £20,050; £20,244) to contribute towards the Sewing Support Network and associated costs.
www.stitchesintime.org.uk
Awarded 02/05/2025

Time To Grow! C.I.C.
£50,000 over five years (9,500; 9,750; 10,000; 10,250; 10,500) towards the costs of two 4hpw freelance Garden Coordinators, staff training, growing sundries, and a contribution to core costs.
www.timetogrow.uk 
Awarded 24/06/2025

Strategic Initiatives

Friends Provident Foundation
£50,000 over three years (£16,600; £16,700; £16,700) contribution towards the Foundation Practice Rating Project, subject to a satisfactory memorandum of understanding between City Bridge Foundation and the Friends Provident Foundation.
www.friendsprovidentfoundation.org
Awarded 24/06/2025

Faith and Violence Against Women and Girls Coalition
£100,000 over two years (£45,000; £55,000) towards staff salary costs to support the short-term priorities of the Faith and VAWG Coalition.
www.faithandvawg.org/
Awarded 28/07/2025

Locality
£60,300 for the Connect element of the Funder Plus Programme to fund providers and support the delivery of the of the programme to December 2025.
www.locality.org.uk
Awarded 18/06/2025 

The Cranfield Trust
£100,000 for the Connect element of the Funder Plus Programme to fund providers and support the delivery of the of the programme to December 2025.
www.cranfieldtrust.org
Awarded 18/06/2025