Jenny Field Principal Grants Officer The City Bridge Trust London Funders 1st October 2008 LASA Circuit Riding Project

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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 ?