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Annual Review 2008
Posted 1 July 2009
Nigel Pantling, Chair of City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London launched our latest Annual Review at our summer reception.
"During the last 12 months the worst economic downturn that most Londoners have ever known has reached every corner of the capital," said Nigel Pantling. "For many of those close to poverty, the recession has meant a further slide towards deprivation".
"In the current clamour for political attention, the poor of London need champions more than ever," added Nigel. "We believe that independent charities like the City Parochial Foundation have a duty to speak and act on behalf of the disadvantaged".
He highlighted a number of the Foundation's initiatives in 2008, including our support for the Strangers into Citizens campaign, which supports undocumented migrants to improve their rights; the launch of London's Poverty Profile, a new resource measuring what progress has been made in relation to poverty, inequality and social exclusion in the capital; and the development of a new programme on strengthening community-based prevention work on female genital mutilation.
These initiatives and our other work are outlined in the Annual Review, which provides a brief overview of activity under each of the Foundation's and Trust's funding aims and provides details of who we funded in 2008.
The Annual Review can be downloaded below:
Funding List and Analysis for 2007
In addition to producing our annual review, we have also compiled two other related documents:
The first is a list of all of the groups we funded in 2007. This includes a short description of the organisation, what it was funded for, and the amount awarded.
The second is a statistical analysis of the funding we provided in 2007. It includes the amount of funding we provided under each of our aims, the average size of funding awarded, the types of groups we supported and the geographical location of where the work (we are funding) is taking place - as well as much more.
To download the PDF documents, please click below:
Trust for London Funding List 2007.pdf
Changing London
Posted 23 June 2008
Annual Review 2007
CPF and TfL "prize independence", chair says
Staff and trustees of City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London prize their independence, chair Nigel Pantling says in his Foreword to the 2007 Annual Review.
Independence "enables us to use our considerable financial clout to help deserving but unpopular causes which receive little backing from other funders", Nigerl Pantling points out.
"It also gives us credibility," he adds. "It allows us to campaign directly on issues that we feel strongly about, and to press Government agencies and Ministers to make change happen.
"And our independence allows us to take risks where others will not, for example by backing innovative schemes that take new approaches or which help those on the fringes of traditional definitions of poverty. This fits well with our reluctance to let our charitable funds directly replace Government money, because many of the organisations we fund receive no State backing."
The Review provides a brief overview of activity under each priority in the current five year quinquennium - of which 2007 was the first year - and provides examples of some of the innovative schemes which CPF and TfL have funded.
Copies of the Review can be downloaded here in pdf format. Printed copies are available from City Parochial Foundation, 6 Middle Street, London EC1A 7PH Telephone: 020 7606 6145, or can be ordered by email from info@cityparochial.org.uk
Audio TfL Guidelines Now Available
An audio version is available to download below:
TfL Grant Guidelines 2007-11.mp3
Funding Available for Disabled People's Organisations to make their Voices Heard
News release: 19 March 2008
The Trust for London is calling for applications from small, disabled-led organisations involved in, or who are interested in developing, campaigning and advocacy activities. One of the Trust's key current aims is to support user-led work that directly challenges discrimination faced by disabled people.
The Trust works within the social model of disability. This includes all disabled people including those with mental health issues, people living with HIV/AIDS, and those living with other chronic health conditions. We are particularly interested in work that addresses multiple disadvantages, for example, the double discrimination faced by disabled people from Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities.
Funding is available for work that:
➢ Encourages disabled people to have a stronger voice with service providers, policy-makers and increases involvement in public debate.
➢ Campaigns to improve the quality of life for disabled people, locally or nationally.
➢ Includes self-advocacy groups of people with learning difficulties.
Two recent examples of Trust for London grants under this aim are:
Newham People First - awarded £30,000 to employ a part-time staff member with learning difficulties for 2 years, to reach out to BME communities. This includes supporting its Black and Asian self-advocacy group to become more focused on learning about and standing up for their rights, and getting their voice heard by policy makers.
North London ME Network - awarded £8,000 towards running costs over 2 years to continue its work to raise awareness of ME and to improve local services for people with the condition.
The Trust funds new and emerging groups in London, which have less than one full-time equivalent staff member.
The next deadlines for applications are 30 May 2008 and 25 October 2008. Full guidelines are available at www.trustforlondon.org.uk/grants including an easy-read version. If you would like a copy of the guidelines in any of these formats or Braille, please phone us.
We are more than happy to discuss your application with you, and you can speak to one of our Officers on 020 7606 6145 or e-mail trustforlondon@cityparochial.org.uk
Editor's notes
1. For more information, please contact Mubin Haq or Sioned Churchill on 020 7606 6145.
2. Trust for London (TfL) is an independent funder established in 1986. It aims to support small, new and emerging voluntary organisations which have been established to improve the lives of people and communities in London. It believes that local people are often in the best position to identify the problems that affect their lives and the possible solutions to those problems. It works closely with its sister fund, City Parochial Foundation.
3. Funding will be available to support work to directly challenge discrimination faced by disabled people from 2007 until 2011.
4. The average grant made by Trust for London is around £8,000. The maximum grant is £45,000 over three years.
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
New funding initiative to tackle faith-based child abuse in London
Posted on 20 September 2007
City Parochial Foundation (CPF) and Trust for London (TfL) have awarded £450,000 over three years to four organisations addressing faith-based child abuse linked to a belief in spirit possession.
The funding, through our ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights’ special initiative, will support work with London’s African communities that develops and strengthens community-based preventive activities in this field. The initiative was established in response to concerns raised with TfL and CPF by African community groups about the need for support at a grassroots level. Funding will support work with young people, parents, social workers, policy-makers and church leaders.
Grants have been awarded to: AFRUCA, UK Congolese Safeguarding Action Group, Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service, and the Victoria Climbié Foundation, who will work closely together through the initiative.
“These organisations have a track record of addressing this complex and difficult human rights issue, often with very limited resources”, says Bharat Mehta, Chief Executive of TfL and CPF. “This new initiative will sustain and develop their work in London and enable them to contribute to the safety, quality of life and well-being of children and to promote children’s rights.”
CPF and TfL will support funded organisations through an advisory group involving experts from relevant fields including the Metropolitan Police, child protection and children’s services. An external evaluation will be commissioned to assess the impact of the funded work.
For more information about the initiative and the grants made, please contact
Rachael Takens-Milne, Field Officer (Special Initiatives) on 020 7606 6145 or
rtakensmilne@cityparochial.org.uk
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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 report 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 Trust can be found in a range of publications including annual Grants Reviews