The London Bridge Building Communities Fund continues to be hugely popular, with 27 applications received this year from a wide range of local groups. The fund offers small grants of up to £3,000 for projects that align with TLB’s objectives and this year’s funding themes which included:
- Creative, arts & physical wellbeing: providing opportunities to take part in creative activities or improve physical wellbeing.
- Nature & sustainability: supporting communities to enjoy, protect, and enhance the natural environment.
- Employment & skills development: improving access to employment opportunities or developing new skills.
Our grants panel once again faced the difficult task of selecting which projects would receive funding. We are incredibly grateful to the London Bridge business community representatives who volunteer their time to assess each application against the set criteria.
This year, £33,743 was awarded to 13 charities. Each successful project will receive up to £3,000 to help tackle specific challenges or seize opportunities within community.
Congratulations to all our 2025/26 Building Communities Fund grantees! We look forward to following your progress and reporting on your achievements later this year.
Our 2025/26 Building Communities Fund grantees:
- Art in the Park – Chumleigh Drawing Group: Weekly arts sessions for older adults and those with learning or health challenges.
- Bede House – Happy Place: Creating a welcoming, plant-filled outdoor space with accessible raised planters and seating for everyone to relax and connect with nature.
- Bermondsey Community Kitchen: Inclusive cooking classes for young people with SEND.
- Blackfriars Settlement – Gather Community Sewing School: Teaching sewing and embroidery to boost wellbeing, skills, and enterprise.
- Blue Elephant Theatre – Playing Up!: Creative play sessions for babies, toddlers, and parents.
- Draper Together – Sports Together: Weekly inclusive sports for children aged 7–13.
- Edible Rotherhithe: Teaching children to grow food and care for the environment via Forest School activities.
- EFA – Learning Without Barriers: Supporting migrant parents to access English classes through free childcare.
- GoodGym Southwark – Active Volunteering: Fitness meets environmental action, improving local green spaces and wellbeing.
- Ignite Hubs: Equipping young people with digital and creative skills for future careers.
- London Bubble Theatre: Older adults create and perform a new play for local residential care audiences.
- Southwark Playhouse – Young Company: Free drama workshops for 8–18-year-olds to boost skills and confidence.
- Toucan Employment: Expanding recruitment programmes for people with learning differences.
Find out more about this year’s grantees and their projects here.