Why is the City Bridge Foundation funding “social justice” instead of fixing all of London’s bridges? The charity was set up in 1282. Today, it’s worth almost *£1.5 billion*. Yet… London’s bridges are falling apart. Why? The Foundation’s rules only require it to maintain 5 bridges. Funds can also be spent on “other charitable purposes” for the benefit of Londoners. So what are some of these “other charitable purposes”? 👉 A “poet-in-residence”. 👉 Trans and sex worker sector capacity. 👉 A historian examining connections to the slave trade (they found links were “limited”). 👉 “Systems change”, islamic charities, migration support, climate crisis research… and a group campaigning against a new river crossing. ENOUGH. Governments have failed to fix London’s bridges and one of our oldest institutions has not been directed to step in. The City of London Corporation is the sole trustee of the Foundation. They have changed the rules before. The rules must change AGAIN to make all of our bridges the priority. Change the rules. Fix the bridges. Our research in The Times 👇