14 December 2011
City Corporation to give £15k to London’s homeless
The City of London Corporation will make a Christmas donation of
£15,000 to three London-based charities who work with homeless and
vulnerable people.
Crisis, Providence Row and St Mungo’s will each receive £5,000
from the City Corporation’s Combined Relief and Poverty Charity to
help with their programmes over the festive period.
The grant will support Crisis, a national charity for single
homeless people, with its Crisis at Christmas project. This
provides food, support and a range of services for around 2,000
homeless and vulnerable people in London during 23-30 December.
Providence Row has been based in London’s East End for 150 years
and tackles the root cause of homelessness to help people get off
and stay off the streets. It offers a basic breakfast and shower
service, provides support with accessing housing and benefits and
builds employment and language skills.
St Mungo’s provides over 100 accommodation and support projects
to around 1,700 people throughout the year, primarily in central
London. This year the charity has a specific focus on improving
literacy and numeracy and the City Corporation grant will assist
with its Pathways to Employment programme, which fosters a culture
of expectancy that homeless men and women can - and do - work.
Roger Chadwick, Chairman of the City of London Corporation’s
Finance committee, said: “The work undertaken by Crisis, Providence
Row and St Mungo’s is really valuable, particularly at this time of
year, and the City Corporation is pleased to be able to support
these programmes.”
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- 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.