Editing Cripplegate (section)

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===Cripplegate Foundation===
[https://cripplegate.org/ Cripplegate Foundation] is a registered charity and local grant-making foundation supporting residents in the London borough of Islington and a small area of the City of London. The Foundation's vision is of a society where everyone can live a rewarding and fulfilled life, free from poverty and inequality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introducing Cripplegate Foundation |url=https://cripplegate.org/about-us/introducing-cripplegate-foundation/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Cripplegate Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> 

Cripplegate Foundation works to improve access to opportunities for everyone and to make lasting change. They do this by:

* listening to, and learning from, local people and communities,
* raising funds and making grants, and
* working in partnership with local people and organisations.

As a place-based funder, Cripplegate Foundation's [https://cripplegate.org/grants-and-programmes/ grants and programmes] are available to Islington groups and residents based on their respective criteria. These include [https://cripplegate.org/funding-programme/islington-councils-community-chest/ Islington Council's Community Chest], [https://cripplegate.org/funding-programme/islingtons-resident-support-scheme/ Islington’s Resident Support Scheme (RSS)], the [https://cripplegate.org/funding-programme/catalyst/ Catalyst Programme], and [https://cripplegate.org/funding-programme/islington-giving-funds/ Islington Giving funds].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grants & Programmes |url=https://cripplegate.org/grants-and-programmes/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Cripplegate Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> 

As well as awarding grants, Cripplegate Foundation offers a range of resources to Islington’s residents and voluntary organisations. These include innovative and practical [https://cripplegate.org/category/research-and-articles/ research], [https://cripplegate.org/information-and-resources/advice-services-in-islington/ advice and support], [https://www.hownotwhat.org/ How Not What],<ref>{{Cite web |title=HOW NOT WHAT |url=https://www.hownotwhat.org/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=HOW NOT WHAT |language=en-US}}</ref> a key outcome of the Development Partner programme,<ref>{{Cite web |title=More than just grant-making |url=https://cripplegate.org/information-and-resources/more-than-just-grant-making/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Cripplegate Foundation |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and [https://cripplegate.org/contact-us/book-office-space/ office space] available for booking by Islington voluntary groups.

=== History of Cripplegate Foundation ===
The Foundation dates its origins to the donation of £40 "to provide trousers for local people" on 2 April 1500.<ref name="CF History">{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.cripplegate.org/about-us/history|website=www.cripplegate.org|publisher=Cripplegate Foundation Limited|access-date=8 December 2017|language=en|archive-date=9 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044410/https://www.cripplegate.org/about-us/history|url-status=dead}}</ref> However it was only in 1891 that various local trusts were consolidated into the Cripplegate Foundation by the [[Trust for London|London Parochial Charities Act]].<ref name="CF History" /> Between 1896 and 1973 the foundation ran the Cripplegate Institute at the southern end of Golden Lane, a handsome 'peoples palace' designed by architect Sidney Smith which contained a theatre and concert hall, a library free to residents and offices for social workers and from which grants to groups and individuals were given.<ref name="CF History" /> The building was listed in 1987 but was sold by the Foundation and subsequently completely gutted by Swiss Bank [[UBS]] for its own offices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1262632|title=CRIPPLEGATE INSTITUTE, Non Civil Parish - 1262632 &#124; Historic England|website=historicengland.org.uk}}</ref>
From 1 April 2008 the area of benefit was expanded to include [[Islington]]. John Gilbert is the chair of the foundation, having been on the board of governors since 2005.<ref name="CF History" />

===Cripplegate Bank===
The Cripplegate Savings Bank was established in 1819 as a joint stock bank, then re-registered as Cripplegate Bank Ltd in 1879, and finally renamed London, Commercial & Cripplegate Bank Ltd in 1900.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rbs.com/heritage/companies/london-commercial-and-cripplegate-bank-ltd.html | title=London, Commercial & Cripplegate Bank Ltd | publisher=RBS Heritage Hub | access-date=5 June 2019 }}</ref>
In between 1876-1906 the Cripplegate Bank was located at 31 and then 1 [[Whitecross Street]], before been incorporated into the [[Union Bank of London]], and finally been liquidated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F189019|title = The Discovery Service}}</ref>