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!

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 ⬇️

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

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.

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...

Every month we share an email update with our funded organisations. Our latest bulletin features 11 open funding opportunities, along with a bunch of FREE training & support opportunities from across the sector. Check out May's update here: www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/news-and-blo...

This is a small but cracking exhibition into our very historic roots. On display at the Guildhall Art Gallery in the heart of the City and absolutely free to visit 📜 ⬇️ 📜

Volunteers from our team joined @thames21.bsky.social for a foreshore clean-up at Battersea last week. They successfully picked up 2,000+ wet wipes in just a few hours. A grubby job but an important one. Loo-flushed wet wipes & sanitary products clog pipes & sewers, then overflow into our rivers 💦

A really interesting discussion featuring our chief funding director, Sacha Rose-Smith, looking at the challenges facing the sector, the importance of cross-sector collaboration and our new funding policy, Standing with Londoners...

We’re seeking a contractor to complete the £15m refurbishment of London’s Blackfriars Bridge, which will see the bridge’s 2,000 cast iron balusters repaired, renovated and in some cases replaced, alongside a complete paint job restoring its Victorian splendour. Read more: tinyurl.com/4yhhccnu

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we’re proud to announce 50 new men’s sheds will be set up in some of the most deprived parts of London, thanks to funding for @ukmsa.org.uk through our £10m suicide prevention fund – the capital’s biggest ever suicide prevention initiative. More: tinyurl.com/mr9wnarx

Up to £10,000 worth of expert-led training, coaching, and consultancy tailored to core areas such as finance, governance, communications, and policy. Backed by City Bridge Foundation’s Anchor Programme. Apply by Monday, 26 May 2025.

Check out our beautiful bridges, which will be lit tonight in red, white & blue in honour of the VE Day commemorations. London Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge & Blackfriars Bridge are all part of the Illuminated River project, transforming the Thames at night with subtle LED lighting.

✍🏾Wordsworth was inspired by the Thames. Would you like to also get inspired by this great river? Join our friends @citybridgefndn.bsky.social for a two-hour riverside poetry workshop as part of #londonriversweek2025. 📆 Wed 4th June. 1pm-3pm Register here: www.thames21.org.uk/event/re-lon...

Do you have a special memory of Millennium Bridge? Were you involved in its development, construction or opening? Do you have a poignant or funny memory linked to the bridge?? Ahead of its 25th birthday next month, we're looking for people to share their memories. Read more: tinyurl.com/bp88ws6u

Beyond Barriers is a £1.5m, 3-year social investment pilot aimed at supporting Global Majority-led social enterprises in London. Funded by @trustforlondon.bsky.social @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social & City Bridge Fdn, and led by Sumerian Foundation & BUD leaders ➡️ trustforlondon.org.uk/news/beyond-...

Hundreds of young Londoners who’ve been in care will be offered connection, community and life skills, through a drama programme expanding its reach through City Bridge Foundation funding for the theatre charity Playing ON. Read more here: tinyurl.com/5n7yunfx

A new programme from @are-official.bsky.social will strengthen the capacity & sustainability of London’s Black, Asian, & Mixed Heritage-led organisations. Every year, for ten years. Applications open Weds, 30 April. Backed by City Bridge Foundation. actionforraceequality.org.uk/are-launches...

Every year, London Funders hosts a Festival of Learning for its many members, all of whom distribute funding and/or invest in London’s voluntary & community sector. If you’re a member join us on Monday, 9 June 2025, when we’ll be discussing collaborative funding, centring equity and shifting power.

Join us for a free, online session exploring how AI is reshaping the way charities & organisations work, and unlocking new opportunities to boost efficiency, engagement & impact. Event: Wednesday, 7 May, from 10am to 11:30am. Register by Friday, 2 May 2025. See: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Overnight closures at Tower Bridge. Between Tuesday 22 and Saturday 26 April, Tower Bridge will be closed to traffic and pedestrians from 10pm to 5am for routine maintenance. Outside these times the Bridge and its award-winning visitor attraction will be open as normal. @towerbridge1894.bsky.social

Short case study: We hear from Mafusi, a victim of modern slavery, the @helenbamber.bsky.social Foundation which supported her but also needed new offices, and the law firm committed to making social investment as simple and as equitable as possible. www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/news-and-blo...

Derelict East London sites could be transformed into thriving growing spaces, with the help of the British Bangla Welfare Trust and a £57,000 grant from City Bridge Foundation. www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/news-and-blo...

Two students with a passion for engineering got to lift Tower Bridge as part of a scholarship scheme we’re sponsoring. Keerthana and Taran went behind the scenes at the iconic structure as part of their Arkwright scholarship, and will be mentored by our engineers. Read more: tinyurl.com/44b54wk5

Consultancy opportunity: Funding Programme Design & Learning Partner (Access to Justice). Support the design & delivery of our next funding programme, due to launch in autumn 2025. Deadline for expressions of interest: midday on 25 April 2025. See ➡️ www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/about/career...

Grants & support for London’s charitable sector: Every month we share an email update with our funded organisations, listing funding opportunities & offers of free support. Check out our recent March update here: www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/news-and-blo...