City Parochial becomes Trust for London
City Parochial Foundation, the independent charitable trust who commissioned and manages London's Poverty Profile, amalgamated with its sister fund Trust for London on 30 June 2010.
Our new organisation will be known as Trust for London and will continue to give out funding of approximately £6 million a year. The governance of the charity will remain the same, as will the staffing. We will continue to make around 150 grants annually to voluntary and community groups in the capital, under similar funding priorities, and existing grants will be unaffected.
Bringing the two funds together is intended to make us more efficient and flexible, as well as ending confusion among grant applicants about which fund to apply to. The mission of the amalgamated organisation will be tackling poverty and inequality in London.
"We are proud of our history, but we wanted a name that better reflected our role in London in the 21st century," says Bharat Mehta, Chief Executive of Trust for London. "The new Trust for London will continue to focus on the most marginalised, through our grants programme, special initiatives like the London Living Wage campaign and innovative research such as London's Poverty Profile.
The Guardian has created a photo gallery to mark our amalgamation, highlighting our past and current work.
Find our more from the new Trust for London website
Posted on 30 June 2010
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