Blog Posts By Cathy Black
Mayor of London launches our partnership with Magic Breakfast
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today launched the Mayor’s Fund for London and Magic Breakfast’s healthy eating initiative that will fuel 5,000 hungry children with free, healthy breakfasts in 50 schools across London’s most disadvantaged areas. Click here...
December 2012 newsletter
Happy Christmas to all our colleagues and friends. Read our December news letter here.
Trafalgar Square Concert raises money for Mayor’s Fund for London
On Saturday 8 December, our Patron, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, hosted a special carol concert in Trafalgar Square to recognise the fantastic work of the Team London Ambassadors, Games Makers, Travel Ambassadors and other Olympic volunteers as...
Mayor’s Fund for London to inspire young Londoners to get reading
The ‘Mayor’s Fund Inspiring Reading’ project aims to help 2,000 young Londoners across 147 schools in some of the Capital’s most disadvantaged areas to improve their reading skills. This three-year project will be delivered in partnership with Beanstalk (formerly...
Inspiring Young Londoners – Christmas gathering
On 5 December, we hosted a gathering at City Hall inviting some of our key stakeholders including benefactors, projects representatives and young people as well as experts in different fields. Our projects kindly gave some inspirational presentations often with...
Takeover Day comes to the Mayor’s Fund for London
Last Friday morning saw a massive step-up in the performance of the Mayor’s Fund for London. Sally Bartolo and Rebecca Roper took over the role of Chief Executive for the Charity as part of the Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day...
Louise Griew joins as Head of Fundraising and Communications
We welcome Louise Griew as Head of Fundraising and Communications. Louise was formerly Strategic Lead for Business Partnerships at Sport England, where she was involved with the London 2012 legacy programme. Previously, she ran a number of major corporate...
Olympic mascots auction nets over £300k
This summer, the Olympic and Paralympic Games saw London at its very best, with 82 colourful Wenlock and Mandeville mascots on display across London. So we were delighted to be given the opportunity after the Games to auction the...
Ana Botín joins Board of Trustees
We are pleased to announce that Ana Botín, Chief Executive Officer of Santander UK, has joined the Mayor’s Fund for London as a Trustee, starting 1 November. The Mayor’s Fund for London’s mission is to improve the life chances...
Miss Dorothy students to attend Release the Peace concert at O2
Kids Taskforce schools across London have been busy supporting the 100 days of Peace events. These events have been linked to building and maintaining stronger communities through partnerships with the police, community leaders, businesses and has been spareheaded by the...