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Jenny Field Principal Grants Officer The City Bridge Trust

Jenny Field Principal Grants Officer The City Bridge Trust. London Funders 1 st October 2008 LASA Circuit Riding Project. Context . 1995 – 2005 10 th Birthday – Funding Climate Need to make £ work harder. Context. Balance. Reactive. Proactive. Grant - making.

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Jenny Field Principal Grants Officer The City Bridge Trust

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  1. Jenny FieldPrincipal Grants OfficerThe City Bridge Trust London Funders 1st October 2008LASA Circuit Riding Project

  2. Context 1995 – 2005 10th Birthday – Funding Climate Need to make £ work harder

  3. Context Balance Reactive Proactive Grant - making How can we add value to our grant – making ?

  4. Pilot Light Centre for Accessible Environment Charities Evaluation Services Reach LASA Adding Value Media Trust Cranfield Trust Community Transport Association

  5. Our approach • LASA – set the criteria • City Bridge Trust – used our helicopter view to identify suitable organisations • Broker introduction “The great value of our partnership with the City Bridge Trust is that we get a ‘short cut’ which means we do not waste time identifying the most suitable groups to assist”. (Andy Gregg LASA) • Advisory Group

  6. Case Studies • Helping with organisational change & development Southwark Diocesan Welcare Assimilated of 10 satellite centres • Helping internal systems to improve service delivery and reporting Environmental Law Foundation “We have found it a very valuable experience. It has led to a real improvement in our ICT strategy, with a new server and hardware; IT support; improved data collection; especially for storage and retrieval of client monitoring data”

  7. Case Studies • Improving Performance Black & Ethnic Minority Care Forum • Improvements for service users Age concern Hounslow Internet Câfé New Avenues Youth & Community Project Media Projects

  8. Learning for Funders • LASA’s evaluation & The Knowledge • Organisation must be encouraged to include ICT in full cost recovery budgets • Especially important when bidding for statutory contracts & service level agreements • Implications and tensions for independent grant – makers • How has the City Bridge Trust taken things forward ?

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