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

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

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

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

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 ?