Every year @fpracticerating.bsky.social assesses 100 UK foundations on Diversity, Accountability & Transparency. Today we achieved an A grade, meaningful progress which we will continue to build on. Read more on what we're doing & why it matters: www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/news-and-blo...

Swipe through to see two incredible then and now photos of Millennium Bridge, kindly shared by Foster and Partners - time really does fly by. Want to see more archive highlights of all five bridges we look after, let us know in the comments which bridge you'd love to see a throwback of next! 👇

Overheard on Blackfriars Bridge Captured on film by Alexander Nicolaou, this is the penultimate poem from our poet-in-residence, Cecilia Knapp created as part of our ongoing collaboration with The Poetry Society. 🔗 Link in bio to experience it in full.

This watercolour of Southwark Bridge, which opened in 1921 and an image of Southwark Bridge today. The artwork, dating from 1930, is titled View of Southwark Bridge from the South East, with @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social in the background. Thanks @thelondonarchives.bsky.social for the image.

🎟️ Join Cecilia Knapp at the Tate Modern: we're giving away 30 FREE tickets to our live Bridging London poetry event on Wed 26 Nov (first come, first served).  ✨ Claim your ticket: tap the link in bio  📍 Starr Cinema, Tate Modern 📅 Wednesday 26 November 2025 | 6.30–9.30pm

Celebrating Historic Bridge month, London Bridge has been rebuilt and reimagined many times. City Bridge Foundation was set up nearly 900 years ago to look after the old London Bridge. Today, we are the proud custodians of five iconic Thames crossings.

📢 Launching today - the London Growth & Resilience Programme! This is a funded opportunity for charities, not-for-profits and community organisations to start or increase trading, earning income and building financial resilience. Apply now! See: www.the-sse.org/london-growth-resilience-programme

In the classic episode Resurrection of the Daleks, the TARDIS lands near our famous Tower Bridge as the Doctor investigates a mysterious warehouse We are City Bridge Foundation, proud custodians of Tower Bridge and four other Thames crossings. We keep them open, safe, and iconic.

📢 Access to Justice funding opens soon, for organisations working in social welfare advice, in London. Full info will be live on our website from Mon 10 November 2025. Bookings for our webinar on Tues 11 Nov, 11.15am - 12pm, are now live. See: www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/news-and-blo...

Can you tell us anything more iconic than a red London Bus crossing one of our bridges? We have been connecting Londoners for over 900 years, the way they travel across our bridges just keeps changing! 📸 by Jill Mead

💼Can you confidently manage a portfolio of grants to a high standard? @citybridgefndn.bsky.social is seeking two Funding Portfolio Managers to join their Funding team. Find out more and apply before the 27th of October! zurl.co/sVqPa

💼Do you have experience in funding & excellent relationship management skills? @citybridgefndn.bsky.social is seeking two Programmes and Partnerships Managers to support the launch of their new Access to Justice programme. Find out more and apply before the 27th of October: zurl.co/hCtdl

Medieval seals from our 900-year-old archives!

The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · last yr.

Medieval seals! 🦭 In our Bridge House Estates collection, we hold some remarkable examples of personal seals used by medieval women to authenticate documents. Some of the most commonly used motifs or designs were radial devices, stylised lilies, birds, and full-length standing women.

What’s your favourite view from a London bridge? We'll never get enough of St Paul’s from Millennium Bridge, it’s the perfect reminder of why our bridges are more than just crossings: they connect people and communities across London.

Communities for Children is a new, £15 million fund to tackle rising child poverty in the UK. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need, The National Lottery Community Fund, City Bridge Foundation, Pears Foundation & The Hunter Foundation. www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/commu...

The view from London Bridge is magical. Look east and you’ll see @towerbridge1894.bsky.social iconic, and proud. Both bridges are cared for by City Bridge Foundation, quietly connecting London. Sometimes, the best way to appreciate a landmark… is to see it from another

The future of a vital hub which has become a ‘second home’ for Ukrainians living in the UK after fleeing their war-torn homeland has been secured for another two years, thanks to £193,800 City Bridge Foundation funding to the Ukrainian Welcome Centre. Read more: tinyurl.com/2pa3tetd

📢 Job opportunities! Join our team as a Funding Officer (up to £40,850) or a Senior Funding Officer (up to £47,620). Both roles are offered on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2027. Application deadline: midday on Thursday, 18 September 2025. www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/about/workin...

📢 Thirty years ago, we took a giant leap into the unknown, moving beyond our historic remit as a bridge owner to take on a new, additional role, funding London’s charity sector. Since then, we’ve awarded over £840m to a huge range of projects! 🎉 www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/news-and-blo...

Highly recommended - free strategic communications training from Media Trust. If you’re working to tackle inequality in London, please check this out ⬇️

Media Trust@mediatrust.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you tackling inequality in London? We will help you amplify your voice and boost your impact! 🟡 #StrongerVoices is back for an eighth year, empowering 20 London equality organisations through a free six-month strategic comms training programme. Apply now: mediatrust.org/stronger-voices

A new ‘one stop shop’ for people with dementia is launching in a London borough with one of the highest rates of the disease in the capital. The Memory Cafe will run at Longfield Hall, the cultural hub in Camberwell, with £138,800 City Bridge Foundation funding. More: tinyurl.com/2hd8jk3w

Then & Now: Blackfriars Bridge Swipe to see Blackfriars Bridge today in 2025, alongside a beautiful watercolour of its grand opening by Queen Victoria in 1869. Thanks to @thelondonarchives.bsky.social for the historic image. #CityBridgeFoundation #BlackfriarsBridge #ThenAndNow

A food pantry which provides affordable healthy produce to over 500 people on a housing estate in West Dulwich can continue for four years – thanks to new City Bridge Foundation funding. Read more: tinyurl.com/2bc5hkyf

Close your eyes and picture a bridge. Isn’t this the one you see? Bridge Lift is a new poem celebrating Tower Bridge and the everyday poetry of London, in partnership with @poetrysociety.org.uk 🎥 Watch the full film: citybridgefoundation.org.uk

Hundreds of older people across six east London boroughs will benefit from the joy of singing – thanks to new funding for performing arts charity Shapeshifter Productions, which will run its ‘Smiling Sessions’ in 30 independent living and extra care schemes. More: tinyurl.com/28frssu3

Tower Bridge & Southwark Bridge will be closed to road traffic from 4.30am until 2pm on Sunday, 10 August 2025. This is to allow the T100 Triathlon to take place safely. At Tower Bridge, limited local access to and from Wapping will operate under convoy, for residential and business use only. 1/2

Did you know that there has been a London Bridge for almost as long as there has been a city of #London? The first bridge was erected over 2,000 years ago, with successive bridges built by the Romans, William the Conqueror and King John. 1/4

Grants & support for London’s charitable sector. Our latest update features 18 open funding opportunities, along with a selectin of FREE training & support opportunities from across the sector. See: www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/news-and-blo... Image credit @teatrovivo.bsky.social & Doug Southall

Congratulations #Lionesses, Champions of Euro 2025! 🏆 In celebration of the team’s incredible achievement, and a magnificent moment for women’s and girls’ sport, we’re lighting up #TowerBridge overnight in glorious red and white until dawn on Monday. #WEURO2025 #WomensFootball #UEFAWomensEURO

We’re proud to be collaborating with @trustforlondon.bsky.social and @lbfew.bsky.social for England and Wales in supporting the Racial Justice Fund, which will have a profound impact on addressing the economic inequality which holds back people from Black and minoritised communities: bit.ly/44QX9jp

Racial justice fund receives £1m boost from Lloyds Bank Foundation

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