The Foundation is designed to build on the success of Sir Simon’s ‘One City’ policy –
a landmark initiative that aimed to provide young people with education and training.

Over the last 12 months we supported the following:- 

We funded three students from low-income families at university with Sir Simon Milton Scholarships.  Bursary grants were paid to three universities including:- 

• Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Simon Milton’s alma mater
• Ada, The National College for Digital Skills 
• Sir Simon Milton Care Leaver Bursary at the University of Westminster

The awards help the students with living costs so that they can study and achieve their  
potential.   
 
We are proud that we now have 34 Scholarship alumni now making their way in the world.    

Continued our support to Real Action, a charity operating in the north of the City. This was the second year of a three-year commitment. £10,000 was paid to support their Butterfly Education Resurrection programme, which will provide literacy classes for those living in the Mozart area.  

In these difficult times we continued our Christmas programme of support to some of the most vulnerable in Westminster at this time of year.  We donated £10k worth of Christmas vouchers to Westminster Care Leavers and families that are in particular need during the festive season.  The vouchers were delivered for us by Council social workers.  

In 2025 following a strategic review, we established two new partnerships worth £400,000 each over five years, with:- 
 

London Youth -  a new programme called The Sir Simon Milton Young Creators Programme Westminster, which will offer over 600 young Londoners the opportunity to try their hand at new art forms through taster days, undertake creative arts projects alongside professional artists and gain insight into creative careers through unique industry experiences.  
 

Brilliant Club – funding the ‘Join the Dots’ Programme and a new Sir Simon Milton Bursary. The two programmes will aim to provide:

• 50 students a year from Westminster will participate in the Join the Dots programme which provides 1-1 and group coaching from PhD researchers, helps students develop key university study strategies, academic self-efficacy and sense of belonging at university. 
• 50 disadvantaged students a year attending university in Westminster will receive £1,000 from the Sir Simon Milton Bursary Fund, who face the additional financial pressure of living and studying in one of the most expensive areas of the country.