# £6.5 million granted to 20 London social welfare advice charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2026/07/16/6-5-million-granted-to-20-london-social-welfare-advice-charities/
- Published: 2026-07-16T11:47:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Twenty charities working across London have been awarded a share of £6.5 million
from City Bridge Foundation to strengthen social welfare advice and social action
in the capital. **

Together they will help thousands of Londoners access trusted advice, understand
their rights and navigate challenges from homelessness and benefits decisions to
debt, housing and immigration.

The funding marks the first awards made through City Bridge Foundation’s [Access to Justice](https://www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/funding/access-to-justice)
programme.

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Recipients include Migrants Organise, Rainbow Migration, Roma Support Group and 
Stonewall Housing, and support disabled people, refugees and migrants, Gypsy, Roma
and Traveller communities, LGBTQ+ communities, young and older people, and women
facing multiple disadvantages.

## Flexible core funding

The grants provide flexible core funding over three or five years, intended to give
organisations the stability to invest in their people, strengthen leadership and
build resilience. As well as funding City Bridge Foundation will support the charities
by bringing them together “to share learning and develop partnerships”.

## Investing in community power

> Paul Martinelli, chair of the [City Bridge Foundation](https://fundraising.co.uk/tag/city-bridge-foundation/)
> Board, commented:
> “We are delighted to be supporting 20 remarkable organisations that are deeply
> rooted in the communities they serve. Through this funding, we are investing not
> only in vital frontline services, but also in the community leadership, partnerships
> and collective action needed to drive lasting systems change across London.”
> The awards form part of City Bridge Foundation’s wider commitment to tackling 
> inequality in London, and the multi-year, unrestricted nature of the grants will
> be of particular interest to fundraisers arguing the case for flexible core funding.

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   18 May 2026)**