St Giles and St George

SGSG joins 360Giving

SG_Office — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:30:05 +0000

St Giles & St George Alms and Education charities are committed to being transparent, so we make all our recent grant data publicly available. We publish our grants via 360Giving, an initiative that aims to help UK funders publish their data in an open and standard format online. You can explore our grant-making and that of over three hundred other funders through 360’s GrantNav database.

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Trustees’ Week

SG_Office — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:40:47 +0000

3–7 November marks Trustees Week, a time when we celebrate the amazing work of nearly one million trustees across the UK. These dedicated individuals give their time, energy and expertise to help charities thrive – and we couldn’t be more grateful. At St Giles & St George, we’re proud to have 14 Trustees across our two charities. Each one brings something unique to the table – different…

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Education Charity awards record grant

SG_Office — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:00:26 +0000

The Pimlico Musical Foundation has received a transformative £105,000 grant from the St Giles & St George Education Charity, marking the charity’s largest-ever award to a single organisation. The funding arrives as the Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary, reinforcing its role as a cornerstone of musical education in the Pimlico community. Over the next three years…

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Reflections on our area of benefit

SG_Office — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:09:22 +0000

Last week, I had a particularly enjoyable and unusual day. On a beautiful morning, I walked through Green Park, over The Mall and across St James Park – with amazing views of Buckingham Palace in one direction, and towards Horse Guards and Whitehall in the other (and London Eye in the background). Heading towards the Almshouse Association Members Day (annual conference) at One Great George…

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Small Charities Week

SG_Office — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:40:12 +0000

This Small Charity Week (23–28 June), St Giles & St George is proud to join a national celebration of the vital role small charities play in communities across the UK. This year’s campaign shines a spotlight on financial resilience, recognising the incredible efforts of small charities to keep delivering, even as costs rise and funding falls. Small Charity Week highlights the essential work…

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Education Charity welcomes Rusell as a Trustee

SG_Office — Tue, 06 May 2025 14:55:20 +0000

I’m thrilled to join the Trustees at St Giles & St George Education charity. Reflecting on my path here, I see it as the culmination of years devoted to education, mental health and equitable opportunity for young people, grounded in the core values of community and service. Growing up in the Caribbean and moving to London, I was raised in a philanthropic Christian family…

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Investing over £350,000 in south Westminster

SG_Office — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:35:37 +0000

Following the launch of our new strategy earlier in 2024, seven organisations applied for the recently increased Community Investment Grant (a multi-year grant worth up to £55,500 over three years) and all of them received funding. Cardinal Hume Centre were awarded a third Community Investment Grant of £55,500 to support their Family Centre services. Doorstep Library were awarded a…

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Meet Gigi, our new Grants Officer

SG_Office — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:22:31 +0000

We are thrilled to have on board, Gigi Akbas, our new Grants Officer. “I am excited about this opportunity as it offers a chance to give back to the wider community in a meaningful way.” Gigi applied through the 2027 training programme which prepares professionals for decision making roles in the grant-giving sector. She will be hybrid working for us as well as Westminster Almshouses…

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Bicentennial of Thomas Leverton

SG_Office — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:09:34 +0000

Thomas Leverton was a key figure in St Giles-in-the-Fields parish at the beginning of 19th century. He was a surveyor and distinguished architect who built several of the houses in Bedford Square, particularly Nº 1. He lived and worked at 13 Bedford Square from 1795 until his death in 1824. The Thomas Leverton Charity, founded with money left in his Will, was intended to benefit six…

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Education Charity agrees new Strategy

SG_Office — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:18:27 +0000

Our Trustees have been grappling with key questions about our role as a local funder: As a part-time Clerk it has been personally challenging to facilitate these conversations AND continue our usual grant-making and operational management – which is why it has taken a while. Though we have discussed some of these issues in the past, this is the first time we’ve been able to articulate…

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