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News release

30 March 2010

Cash injection for Crossroads Care Bexley from City Bridge Trust

The City Bridge Trust, whose sole trustee is the City of London Corporation, has awarded £120,000 to Crossroads Care Bexley, based in Erith.

Crossroads Care Bexley is part of the national network of organisations providing respite services for people who have a caring responsibility for a partner or significant other. It takes its name from the 1960s/70s soap opera, which first highlighted to the general public the difficulties faced by a family where one of its members was disabled.

The grant will fund the costs of a part-time dementia development officer, associated running costs and some direct care hours for a support service for people with dementia and their carers. There will be a focus on identifying a number of minority ethnic groups and individuals who are currently not receiving any support services.

Darren Tobin, Chief Executive, Crossroads Care Bexley, said:

“This is a very important and welcome grant for us. We hope it will also encourage other funders to come aboard so we can continue to do more to break down the stigma of dementia especially within minority ethnic groups and individuals”

The City Bridge Trust is the charity funded from ancient tolls over London Bridge. Astute financial administration of the bridge many centuries ago by medieval monks has enabled the latter day City Bridge Trust to make over 5,800 grants totalling more than £230 million to causes across wider London since 1995 alone.

Clare Thomas, Chief Grants Officer, City Bridge Trust said:

"We are delighted to support this fantastic work which will really make a difference to people with dementia, whose needs are often overlooked. Their carers deserve a break too!"

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  1. Press enquiries
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  2. About the City of London Corporation
    The City of London Corporation is a uniquely diverse organisation. It supports and promotes the City as the world leader in international finance and business services and provides local services and policing for those working in, living in and visiting the Square Mile. It also provides valued services to London and the nation. These include the Barbican Centre and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama; the Guildhall Library and Art Gallery and London Metropolitan Archive; a range of education provision (including three City Academies); five Thames bridges (including Tower Bridge and the Millennium Bridge); the Central Criminal Court at Old Bailey; over 10,000 acres of open spaces (including Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest), and three wholesale food markets. It is also London’s Port Health Authority and runs the Animal Reception Centre at Heathrow. It works in partnership with neighbouring boroughs on the regeneration of surrounding areas and the City Bridge Trust, which it oversees, donates more than £15m to charity annually.
  3. The City Bridge Trust 
     The City Bridge Trust is London’s largest independent grant-making trust, and its sole trustee is the City of London Corporation. Through grant-making and strategic initiatives, the City Bridge Trust works closely with voluntary groups and charities to reduce disadvantage in London. The City Bridge Trust was set up in 1995 as the grant making arm of Bridge House Estates whose original purpose was to maintain the first stone bridge across the River Thames – London Bridge. Its funds date from the 12th century when tolls were first charged. www.citybridgetrust.org.uk
  4. Bridge House Estates
    The parent charity is The Bridge House Estates. This was set up to fund the maintenance and development of the City’s bridges with an annual provision set aside for this purpose. It receives no financial support from the Government or from any other fund. The fund paid for the building of Blackfriars Bridge, the purchase of Southwark Bridge, and the construction of Tower Bridge. In February 2002 the fund took over the ownership and maintenance of the pedestrian-only Millennium Bridge. The primary function of the Bridge House Estates remains the maintenance of London, Tower, Southwark, Blackfriars and the Millennium Bridges.
  5. Crossroads Care Bexley 
    For more information go to www.crossroadscarebexley.org.uk