Editing Cripplegate (section)

=== 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" />