# The City Bridge Trust donates £77,250 to the Pumphouse Education Trust

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/01/22/city-bridge-trust-donates-77250-pumphouse-education-trust/
- Published: 2008-01-22T19:21:33+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The City of London Corporation’s The City Bridge Trust has made a £77,250 grant 
to [The Pumphouse Education Trust](http://www.thepumphouse.org.uk) in Southwark.
The grant will be made over three years to help with the running costs of an environmental
sustainability programme for pre-school and primary school children and their families.

In its museum, the Pumphouse hosts an impressive collection of artefacts excavated
from the foreshore of the River Thames, dating from Roman times, representing the
rich heritage of the area of Rotherhithe and Bermondsey. The building houses the
unique exhibition of Peek Frean & Co Ltd 1857 – 1989, further social history exhibitions
and opens to a green flag nature reserve. The charity has been awarded previous 
grants; in 1996 to fund work with children; to pursue intergenerational work in 
2002; and most recently in 2003 and 2005, awards granted for a reminiscence project
for older people with dementia.

The City Bridge Trust has awarded over £200 million to London’s charities and community
groups in the last twelve years to help the lives of disabled people, children, 
young people and older people in London communities, as well as supporting environmental
projects and the voluntary and community sector.

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It is the largest, independent grant making trust in London following an Act of 
Parliament in 1995 which allowed surplus monies from the ancient trust (originally
set up to maintain the five London bridges crossing the Thames into the City) to
be spent for the benefit of Londoners, through charitable grant making.

The Trust’s £620 million fund was built up over 900 years, originating from ancient
taxes imposed on London Bridge.

www.bridgehousegrants.org.uk

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