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Our Statement

Our vision is of a strong and generous London - where residents, business and government act collectively to create a fair and good society for all who live or work in the capital. Known for prosperity and opportunity (even in current times), it’s easy to forget about the thousands of Londoners left on the margins. Wealth and poverty live side by side, with middle class terraces, green spaces and trendy high streets blending into run-down estates and empty playgrounds. Poverty, isolation and crime affect too many.

Our job at The London Community Foundation is to help bridge this gap. But this is no traditional grantmaking trust or foundation. Rather, it is a collective of citizens, companies, public bodies and existing trusts who believe that they will achieve more working together than each could alone. The Community Foundation is the meeting place for many different donors, private and public, with differing interests and areas of concerns. Our mission is to act as a catalyst for social change in London. We do this by:

  • Funding charities, community groups and social enterprise with a focus on community based action and projects that do not attract mass public support.
  • Helping individual donors, companies, local and regional government and existing trusts and foundations achieve their philanthropic or social responsibility goals.
  • Building community assets (endowment) to provide a sustainable source of funding for communities in London.
  • Convening groups of people around specific issues or geographic areas to invest collectively for greater impact.
  • Raising awareness of needs in London and the ways in which people can help.

 

We say

"The Community Foundation is the meeting place for many different donors, private and public, with differing interests and areas of concern."

They say

"If you live in London it is very easy just to see the good bits. Friends' houses, the parks, the journey to work, the shops, the beautiful buildings, the river - in other words places where everyone is successful and in control of their lives. But spending some time with The London Community Foundation brought home to me that, if only you look sideways, you can see so many parts of London where people need serious help or support for a variety or reasons."
Sue Phipps

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