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The City Bridge Foundation has opened its Communities Building Economic Change fund, offering core and flexible grants of up to £450,000 over five years to community-rooted organisations tackling economic injustice in London.
City Bridge Foundation is an independent London funder that supports organisations working to reduce inequality across the capital. The fund aims to address the underlying causes of economic injustice and increase communities’ influence over decisions affecting their lives.
Funding can support projects such as:
- Community organising and campaigning that enables Londoners experiencing economic inequality to influence policies and decisions.
- Housing projects addressing affordability, insecurity, poor conditions or barriers to suitable housing.
- Food and energy initiatives seeking longer-term solutions to food insecurity, fuel poverty or unequal access to essential services.
- Employment and income projects focused on decent work, fair pay, employment rights or improving financial security.
- Community and co-operative ownership, such as developing community-owned assets, businesses or other models that give local people greater economic control.
- Care-related initiatives addressing inequalities in access to affordable, appropriate care.
- Policy and systems-change work using research, advocacy, campaigns or lived experience to change practices and policies that contribute to economic inequality.
- Projects increasing community power, particularly where people directly affected by economic injustice have a meaningful role in shaping and leading the work.
Key points:
- Grants: up to £450,000 over five years
- Area: 32 London boroughs and the City of London
- Applicants: small and medium community-rooted organisations
- Income: £50,000–£1.5 million
- One application per organisation
The application deadline is 3 November 2026.
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