The Team London Bridge Small Grants Fund, jointly funded with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), has allowed our business community to help support local youth projects since 2007.  Last year alone the scheme directly helped 568 young people in the Bermondsey area of Southwark.

The application period for 2010/11 Small Grants Fund is now open until 26th February 2010.



The application form and accompanying guidelines are available to download below:

SGF Application Form 2010-11 (131Kb)
SGF funding guidelines 2010-11 (1.1Mb)
Top Ten Tips for applying for funding (176Kb)

The Team London Bridge Small Grants Fund is for youth projects which benefit 5-19 year olds living and/or going to school in the Bermondsey.  Grants of £500 - £2,000 are available.

The partnership funding of the Small Grants Fund (£15,000 from Team London Bridge and £15,000 from PwC per annum) has proved to be very successful with 54 Grants being awarded to 45 organisations since the programme’s inception.

"Parents on the Tabard Estate say the drama group funded by the Small Grant Fund gives children the chance to socialise and express themaselves as well as making friends with children from the other parts of the estate."  Genevieve Collier, Tabard Gardens South TRA

"Our theatre project encouraged young people to work together creatively, to express themselves and to communicate both orally and in writing." Suzanna Rosenthal, Steam Industry Free Theatre Co.

Applications must meet one or more of the following criteria:

- To encourage positive youth engagement
- To support the leap into the world of work
- To provide extra educational opportunities 

For more information please call 020 7407 4701 or e-mail georgina@teamlondonbridge.co.uk, quoting "London Bridge Small Grants Fund".

In 2009-10 Small Grant Funds were awarded to the following groups:

20th Bermondsey Scout Group	To assist Scouts with their Environment Partnership Award
Bede Youth Adventure Project	Week-long adventure camp
Bosco Centre	Art/scrafts and sports activities, plus career and CV advice
Brunel Museum	A series of summer workshops including glass-blowing and black-smithing
Cafe Gallery	Art workshops to enable an entry into the Bermondsey Festival
City Hope Church	Outreach soccer workshops and intensive training course
Griffin Sports	Football team
In To To Theatre	Eight poetry workshops and performance
London Bubble Theatre Company	Weekly theatre workshops and performance
Millwall Community Scheme	Level 1 Coaching Certificate, plus knowledge of diet and fitness
Pumphouse Educational Museum	Damsel and Dragonfly ecological project
Southwark City Tennis Club	Weekly tennis coaching
Southwark Sea Cadets	Waterborne activities
SPAM TRA	Summer holiday activities and drug awareness workshop
STEP	Produce film showing positive aspect for young people in Southwark
Tabard Gardens TRA	Weekly script writing workshop to help pupils from different schools form friendships