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London Living Wage Employer
City Parochial Foundation aims to help some of the most disadvantaged groups of people in London who are living in poverty. As such we are committed to working towards better pay and employment conditions for those that work in London who often receive unfair treatment in their place of work. We therefore support the living wage campaign and became a living wage employer in December 2007.
If you would like to know more about the living wage campaign or how to become a living wage employer please click link below:
http://www.livingwageemployer.org.uk/list.htm
Audio CPF Guidelines Now Available
An audio version is available to download below:
Vacancy: Finance Manager
Grant making charity
Barbican, London EC1
Salary £38,131 to £43,203 plus contributory pension
City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London distribute £7 million annually to charitable organisations in London.
We are seeking to recruit a qualified accountant with min. 2 years PQE. The successful candidate will head up a small accounts team and take responsibility for all financial functions reporting directly to the Director of Finance and Administration.
Your role will be to ensure the delivery of management and financial information that supports management in achieving the organisation's objectives.
The starting salary will depend on skills and experience.
Click link below to download the application files:
http://www.cityparochial.org.uk/cpf/vacancies
An Optimistic future for a Diverse City?
Posted 20 March 2008
Article written by Bharat Mehta, Chief Executive of the City Parochial Foundation for Race on the Agenda (ROTA).
Copies of the article can be downloaded here in pdf format below:
An Oportimistic future for a Diverse City?
Also shown on Race on the Agenda's (ROTA) website, click link below:
http://www.rota.org.uk/publications/Agenda32.shtm
Meeting the Maker
Posted 6 February 2008
Ian Allsop talks to Bharat Mehta, Chief Executive of the City Parochial Foundation.
Copies of the interview can be downloaded here in pdf format below.
New funding initiative to tackle faith-based child abuse in London
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Challenges - Reflections on funding and change in London 1986-2007
This new report looking at the work of City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London over the past 21 years, the changes that have occurred and both what has worked and what has not worked. The aim has been to bring out the lessons which it is hoped will prove valuable to trustees, staff and advisors for the future, and other funders.
Challenges: reflections on funding and change in London 1986-2007 was written by former Clerk to the Trustees Tim Cook who concludes that ‘grant-making is an art not a science’.
The report describes some of the major initiatives which the Foundation and Trust have undertaken, and provides sources of further information.
Copies of the reports can be downloaded here in pdf format below. Printed copies are available from CPF, telephone 0207 606 6145.
Challenges - Reflections on funding and change in London 1986-2007 by Tim Cook
Different World
Posted 26 July 2007
You may well be interested in a new website developed by Lemos and Crane for practitioners working with young people on building a better world. Please click link below for more information:
Website: Unboxed Suporting young people working together for a better world
Bellingham Community Project
Posted 26 July 2007
Bellingham Community Project - Regeneration in action
It is possible to make a major difference to the ‘feel’ of a neighbourhood, according to Regeneration in action, a report on the Bellingham Community Project which was set up by City Parochial Foundation in Lewisham.
The scheme is in one of the10% most deprived wards in England where educational attainment has been low and worklessness is high. The Community Project and the Bellingham leisure & lifestyle centre based on playing fields owned by CPF have revitalised the area and brought real benefits to the local community.
Copies of the report can be downloaded in pdf format below:
Bellingham Community Project - Regeneration in action
Investing in the people of London
Posted 24 July 2007
Quinquennial Review 2002-2006
City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London invested in the people of London ‘because we believed in them’.
This is how CPF chair Nigel Pantling describes funding over the past five years, in his foreword to the ‘quinquennial’ report. He pointed out: “We saw the long-term unemployed man or woman, the survivor of domestic abuse, the disorientated refugee migrant, as people who can and should prosper and enjoy their own lives, and who by doing so would enhance the quality and diversity of the lives of everyone in the city in which we all live.”
The report gives brief synopsis of all funding categories and special initiatives such as the Bellingham Leisure and Lifestyle Centre which opened in 2004, ant the Refugee Communities History Project which culminated in a major exhibition at the Museum of London.
Investing in the People of London - Report of five years funding 2002-06
Copies of the reports can be downloaded here in pdf format below. Printed copies are available from CPF, telephone 0207 606 6145.
A short Grants Review listing individual grants made in 2006 can be downloaded here in pdf format below. Printed copies are available from CPF, telephone 0207 606 6145.
Building Blocks
Posted 10 January 2007
Building Blocks
developing second tier-support for frontline groups
Many second-tier organisations face difficult issues of quality, credibility and overwork, CPF report reveals
Second-tier organisations (STOs) are operating in a very difficult environment with pressures on them from all sides, while attempting to manage high expectations and heavy demands. Many, including councils for voluntary service (CVSs), face difficult issues of quality, credibility, conflict of interest and overwork, and a number of CVSs seem to have lost their sense of purpose and focus, according to a new report published by City Parochial Foundation.
Among their recommendations, the authors state that over time, funding should increasingly be directed to frontline groups. They will then be in a stronger position to purchase the help they need, from whichever source can best provide it.
Commenting on the report, Maggie Baxter, Chair of City Parochial Foundation said: “The report identifies a number of issues and provides a ‘warts and all’ view of the sector. The authors have provided a range of constructive recommendations which provide a programme for action – not just by the STOs themselves but by funders, third-tier organisations, the Charity Commission and Capacitybuilders. We do not expect everyone to agree with all of the findings and recommendations, but we do hope it will start a debate and lead to significant improvements in how infrastructure support is provided and funded.”
The report is being circulated to a wide range of organisations in the voluntary sector and will be discussed at a conference in London on Thursday 1 March. If you would like to attend the conference please e-mail: buildingblocks@cityparochial.org.uk. Places are limited, so please let us know whether you would like to attend as soon as possible.
Copies of the full report and a summary of Building Blocks are available from City Parochial Foundation, 6 Middle Street, London EC1A 7PH. Telephone 020 7606 6145.
The document can be downloaded below in pdf format; (download free PDF viewer)
Further information about the Foundation can be found in a range of publications including annual Grants Reviews