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Promotional graphic for a free event featuring poet-in-resident Cecilia Knapp at the Tate Modern on November 26. Includes image of a smiling individual holding tickets.

🎟️ 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

Sunset reflecting off a modern building with illuminated bridges over a river, creating a striking contrast between light and shadow.

Group of people standing by a railing, overlooking a cityscape, with modern buildings in the background.

Evening view of London featuring a bus crossing the illuminated London Bridge, with the St. Paul's Cathedral dome visible in the background under a twilight sky.

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.

A group of smiling people in a modern office setting. Text: London Growth & Resilience Programme with the School for Social Entrepreneurs

📢 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

A hand holding a photograph of a person by a blue police box (TARDIS from Doctor Who) in front of the historic Tower Bridge. The real-life background shows a clear sky and urban scenery.

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.

Two smiling woman working around a table as part of a larger group. Text: Access to Justice funding opens soon. Book a webinar now.

📢 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...

A red double-decker bus crosses London Bridge with Tower Bridge and the HMS Belfast visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

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!
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💼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!

Group of tourists walking on the Millennium Bridge with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background on a sunny day.

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.

Young children playing with a football on a sunny day. Text: Communities for Children. Logos: BBC Children in Need, City Bridge Foundation, The Hunter Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund and Pears Foundation.

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...

Group of people standing on a London Bridge, with a cityscape in the background.

View of Tower Bridge in London, with expansive clouds overhead, viewed from the river.

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

Two women sit at a table doing art activities. The Ukrainian flag is displayed on a wall in the background.

Three women and a girl doing art activities

A group of women standing in front of the Ukrainian flag

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

Two smiling women holding a large City Bridge Foundation flag below a blue sky. The flag is blue and printed with the City Bridge Foundation logo in white. The logo is made up of five horizontal bars, representing the charity's five bridges, above a curved line which represents the River Thames.

📢 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...

Five young people joyfully celebrating on a colourful stage at Kiln Theatre. Text: Celebrating 30 years of funding! Image credit: Kiln Theatre Company / Alex Brenner

📢 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 ⬇️

Artwork produced during the dementia project

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

Painting of the opening of Blackfriars Bridge in London, with crowded boats on the river and spectators lining the bridge adorned with numerous flags.

A view of the River Thames with a red double-decker bus crossing the Blackfriars Bridge. In the background, the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral is visible against a blue sky with clouds.

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

Volunteer Emma stands in front of a shelf of fresh produce at Paxton Pantry

Volunteer Graham stands in front of a the Paxton Pantry premises in West Dulwich

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

Shapeshifter Productions artistic director Alison Jones (right) with a service user at the Smiling Sessions

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

During this closure, Tower Bridge’s award-winning visitor attraction will be open as normal.

For more information on T100 Triathlon road closures see t100triathlon.com/wp-content/u...

Photograph of signs saying 'Road Closed' and 'Diversion'.

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.

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A diverse group of people with learning disabilities alongside charity staff and volunteers. Most are holding small instruments and holding up their arms for the camera.

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

Tower Bridge lit in red and white to celebrate the Lionesses' Euro 2025 win. The towers are lit in red and the rest of the Bridge in white. The Bridge is reflected in the water below.

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

Racial justice fund receives £1m boost from Lloyds Bank Foundation We tackle poverty and inequality in London

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

YouTube video by London Emergencies Trust Remembering 7 July 2005

Today, on the 20th anniversary of one of the darkest days in the capital’s recent history, we stand with London in remembering the 52 people who lost their lives, their families and the survivors whose lives were marked by the tragedy.

City Bridge Foundation | Grants & support for London's charitable… Funding opportunities and offers of free support. In June's update we featured 14 funding opportunities open to London's charitable sector

Every month we share an email update with our funded organisations. Our latest bulletin features 14 open funding opportunities, along with a selectin of FREE training & support opportunities from across the sector.

Check out our latest update here: www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/news-and-blo...