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London Marathon Charitable Trust announces new grants totalling
more than £1.5 million
The London Marathon Charitable Trust (The Trust) has today announced new
grants totalling £1,569,580 for projects in London and Surrey, taking the
total amount of money awarded in The Trust's history to more than £78
million.
The largest grant in the latest round of funding has been awarded to the
London Borough of Croydon with £500,000 towards the development of the
Purley Way Playing Fields Parklife Community Facilities.
This project will develop the existing playground, building new community
football facilities and a games area for new activities aimed at children,
young people with disabilities, women and girls.
Councillor Oliver Lewis, Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport,
said: "The London Marathon Charitable Trust's exceptional grant is a
demonstration of their support towards our Parklife proposals for Purley
Way Playing Fields and moves us a step closer to realising this exciting
project for Croydon. It will provide a wider sport and physical activity
offering for the local community and disabled users of Waddon Youth and
Community Centre for many years to come. I'd like to thank The Trust for
showing their commitment towards this very important project."
The London Borough of Hounslow has been awarded a grant of £250,000 for the
redevelopment of Chiswick Boathouse, which includes new boat storage,
changing facilities, a gym, community space and café, to give more local
people access to the river
Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of Hounslow Council, said: "We're thrilled
to have received £250,000 in funding to revive the much-loved local
landmark that is (Chiswick) Dukes Meadows Boathouse, which in recent years
has suffered from neglect and under-usage. This improvement comes as part
of a wider ambition to develop and improve the facilities at Dukes Meadow,
and we have The London Marathon Charitable Trust, among our other partners,
to thank for bringing us a step closer to restoring the boathouse to its
former glory."
A grant of £95,000 has been awarded to the Orion Harriers running club to
extend their clubhouse at Jubilee Retreat in Epping Forest. This includes
the expansion of the changing rooms and leisure spaces, allowing the club
to provide more opportunities to get people running.
Grant Corton, Committee Member of Orion Harriers, said: "We urgently need
to extend our clubhouse to provide enough facilities for our expanding
junior and beginners' running groups. The club has thrived since The London
Marathon Charitable Trust helped us move into our current location some
nine years ago and are looking forward to continuing that drive to improve
the community's physical and mental wellbeing."
KIDS, a children's disability charity, has been awarded a grant of £19,207
for the installation of a sunken trampoline and MagixBox projector at the
KIDS Chelsea Playground, supporting disabled children to be physically
active through play.
Yunus Bham, Partnerships Manager at KIDS, said: "The support of The London
Marathon Charitable Trust allows us to make KIDS Chelsea Playground more
inclusive for the disabled children we support and encourages them to take
part in physical activity which they wouldn't have access to otherwise.
This will help us transform the space and really help with the children's
development."
A grant of £9,293 has been awarded to Communitas Education Trust towards
playground improvements and the installation of a new games area at Goose
Green Primary School in the London Borough of Southwark, encouraging
children to get active during and after school.
Simon Wattam, Head Teacher at Goose Green Primary School, said: "We are
delighted to be able to double the size of our playground, thanks to The
London Marathon Charitable Trust. The extension will increase lunchtime and
after school sport opportunities for all of our children and, in
particular, will allow us to focus on making sport more accessible to
girls."
The full break down of grants is as follows:
LOCATION / DESCRIPTION GRANTEE AWARD
London Boroughs Croydon London Borough of Croydon £500,000.00
Towards new community football facilities and improvements to the
playground and Multi Use Games Area at Purley Way Playing Fields in Waddon,
supporting a diverse programme of activities aimed at children, young
people with disabilities and additional needs, women and girls.
London Boroughs Hounslow London Borough of Hounslow £250,000.00
Towards the replacement of Chiswick Boathouse in Dukes Meadows with a
flexible modern building which will host a varied water sports programme.
Surrey Elmbridge Cobham Rugby and Sports Association £150,000.00
Towards the installation of an Artificial Grass Pitch for multi-sport use
at Cobham Rugby and Sports Association, enabling pupils from a new
secondary school to become physically active and supporting an expanded
community development programme that will encourage local people to
participate in sports and activities programmes.
Surrey Woking Borough Woking Borough Council £150,000.00
Towards a new full size floodlit 3G Artificial Grass Pitch and pavilion at
Woking College which will host local youth football clubs and a varied
community programme aimed at mental health service users, over 50s and GP
referral clients.
London Boroughs Newham East London Dance £99,000.00
Towards a new centre for Urban Dance in Dane's Yard in Stratford, East
London that includes the purpose built fitting out of two new dance
studios. The project will provide exciting opportunities to engage people
in physical activity through high quality dance and fitness programmes.
London Boroughs Waltham Forest Orion Harriers £95,000.00
Towards an extension to the Orion Harriers clubhouse on the edge of Epping
Forest in order to increase changing room capacity and social/activity
space, allowing the club to host regular mobility and functional movement
classes aimed at over 60s and to deliver additional pathways into running
for inactive people.
London Boroughs Croydon
St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy £76,080.00
Towards the creation of a new floodlit multi-sports pitch at St Cyprian's
Greek Orthodox Primary Academy to support a programme of school and
community use in partnership with Croydon Council's "Live Well" team,
Croydon Voluntary Action, St Andrews Youth Development Trust and Palace for
Life Foundation.
London Boroughs Croydon
St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy £76,080.00
Towards the creation of a new floodlit multi-sports pitch at St Cyprian's
Greek Orthodox Primary Academy to support a programme of school and
community use in partnership with Croydon Council's "Live Well" team,
Croydon Voluntary Action, St Andrews Youth Development Trust and Palace for
Life Foundation.
Surrey Elmbridge 1st Claygate Scout Group £70,000.00
Towards improvements to Claygate Scout Centre through a first floor
extension will enable the Scout Group to recruit more young people and
support them to take part in regular physical activities.
London Boroughs Newham Fight for Peace (UK) £30,000.00
Towards the development of a modern Youth Hub at the Fight for Peace
Academy in Newham which will support the recruitment of participants into
Fight for Peace's flagship physical activity programme and be integral to
the long term retention of these participants through the education,
employability, mentoring and leadership support services that accompany the
programme.
London Boroughs Enfield Botany Bay Cricket Club £27,000.00
Towards enlargement and refurbishment of changing facilities at Botany Bay
Cricket Club to improve the participation experience and cater for the
expanding female and junior sections of the clubs based at the site.
London Boroughs Redbridge Coppice Primary School £20,000.00
Towards the redevelopment of a disused area of land at Coppice Primary
School, providing opportunities for outdoor learning through physical
activities including outdoor survival skills, sensory explorations, growing
vegetables and encouraging healthy lifestyles through exercise and diet.
London Boroughs Redbridge London Borough of Redbridge £20,000.00
Towards the development of a new floodlit synthetic grass multi-use games
area for use by Mayesbrook Primary School and the wider community, offering
a broad range of engaging sports and activities including sessions that
will specifically target local people of all ages who are currently
inactive.
Surrey Waverley Waverley Borough Council £20,000.00
Towards improvements to community tennis courts at Haslemere Recreation
Ground, resulting in a high quality facility that wil attract and encourage
more participation in tennis by local people of all ages, supported by
specific plans to target and engage those that are currently inactive.
London Boroughs Kensington & Chelsea KIDS £19,207.00
Towards the installation of an outdoor sunken trampoline and indoor
Magixbox projector at KIDS Chelsea Adventure Playground, enabling disabled
children to be physically active through positive play.
Surrey Guildford Wey Valley Indoor Bowls Association £19,000.00
Towards improvements to Wey Valley Indoor Bowls Association's clubhouse
including the provision of accessible toilet facilities, space for baby
changing and a new meeting and function room for use by the bowls club and
other local clubs and community groups.
London Boroughs Barnet Phoenix Canoe Club Limited £15,000.00
Towards a feasibility study and business planning exercise to inform the
potential redevelopment of Phoenix Outdoor Centre.
London Boroughs Southwark Communitas Education Trust £9,293.00
Towards playground improvements, the installation of a Multi-Use Games Area
and signage in the main playground at Goose Green Primary School,
encouraging children to be physically active during and after school.
The next deadline to submit grant applications to The Trust is 16 April
2019. For more about The London Marathon Charitable Trust visit
www.lmct.org.uk
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