2021-22 Round 2 November 2021
Afro-Brazilian Cultural Exchange Institute £1,500
Weekly sessions of capoeira martial arts for children from low income families in and around Walworth Road.
Autism Voice £1,500
Weekly mental health and well-being support to older adults and carers of autistic people in Southwark.
Bankside Open Spaces Trust £1,500
A one day community festival to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee in June 2022.
Camberwell After School Project £5,000
Contribution towards CASP’s operation to support and provide holiday playschemes to low income families and children in and around the Camberwell area.
Kingswood Estate Tenants & Residents Association £1,000
Contribution towards ongoing activities for older people, including exercise, dance and the ‘hello’ wellbeing project.
Lordship Lane Baptist Church £1,500
Contribution towards costs of weekly lunch club for BAME older people in East Dulwich.
Parentskills2goCIC £1,000
Yoga exercise sessions in Rotherhithe for low income BAME families and parents.
Peckham Festival CIC £2,000
Contribution towards the annual Peckham Festival weekend in September 2022.
Southwark Park Association 1869 £630
A programme of walks in and around Southwark Park for local older people from April 2022.
Spring Community Hub £2,980
A programme of crafts activities for clients experiencing domestic violence.
Transitions UK £3,890
Contribution to embed a new service in Southwark to provide support to young people leaving care, including unaccompanied migrants who are being looked after by the local authority.
Unity Music Arts Trust £1,000
Bermondsey Square Jazz Days 2022. A series of live community music events in Bermondsey Square in 2022.
Youth Learning Network £1,500
Face to face structured mentoring programme for BAME young people, accompanied by parents, at the Goose Green Centre, East Dulwich.
2021-22 Round 1 June 2021
Bankside Open Spaces Trust £1,000
A one day community celebration event in September 2021 to reconnect Bankside and Borough residents through music, performance and family activities.
Bermondsey Street Festival C.I.C. £1,000
Contribution to the 2021 Bermondsey Street Festival which attracts large numbers of visitors and hosts local bands, choirs, dog show and a maypole in its community arena.
Bethwin Road Playground £1,250
Gardening project for families and children at the playground situated among dense high rise social housing in Camberwell.
Blackfriars Settlement £1,000
Harvest Carnival. A series of activities for the Settlement’s Mental Health service users including storytelling, art workshops, a community afternoon tea, and music from a local band.
Boundless Theatre £1,000
How To Save The Planet When You’re A Young Carer And Broke. Song, film making and monologue workshops plus a social event for young people in and around South Bermondsey.
Brandon 1 Tenants & Residents Association £1,000
Community day trip by coach to the seaside for 50 people from the Brandon Estate, a high need area, coming together after 15 months of isolation.
Burgess Park Cricket Academy £1,000
Cricket coaching, mentoring sessions and equipment for boys and girls 2 afternoons a week for 13 weeks at Burgess Park.
Celestial Church of Christ Amazing Grace Parish Peckham £1,000
A computer coding and app development project for young people aged 15 to 20 years from communities experiencing disadvantage.
Children and Families Empowerment Foundation £1,000
Practical support to vulnerable and financially vulnerable families and parents that use the charity’s foodbank service.
Clear Community Web CIC £1,000
Contribution towards the costs of Tea and Tech social events (Staying Safe Online) for 20 people per event at community venues in the south of Southwark.
Community Cycleworks CIC £1,000
Bike ramps and equipment to support the delivery of Summer bike skills programme for young people mainly from the Aylesbury Estate.
Disability Sports Coach £1,000
Contribution towards the running costs of a community club for people with disabilities at the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth sports facility in SE1.
Dockland Settlements £800
A one day event at Dockland Settlements Rotherhithe including drawing and 3D printing activities for local young people, delivered in partnership with Bizzie Bodies CIC.
Elimhouse Community Association £1,000
Community open day for BAME and vulnerable older people living in and around the Peckham area.
English for Action £1,000
Contribution towards the costs of training 15 Southwark migrants in English language skills and community organising in order to build their capacity to improve their own lives, and the lives of their families.
Kingswood Estate Tenants & Residents Association £1,000
Contribution towards the costs of a sports coach to deliver football, basketball and cricket sessions for local young people.
Living Bankside £1,000
Contribution towards The Great Get Together Bankside event in August, this year being run by Living Bankside, rather than BOST, which has previously brought large numbers of local residents together.
London Youth Choirs £1,000
Contribution towards the costs of in-person choir rehearsals for young people in school years 3 to 6 from Bermondsey and Rotherhithe.
Mind & Soul Community Choir £500
A day long singing workshop for members of the local community living around the Maudsley Hospital and service users currently on the Maudsley wards.
Parentskills2goCIC £1,000
Sewing and craft activities for local young people aged 8 to 15 from low income BAME families during the summer holiday.
People’s Company £1,000
Bermondsey Strike: a story of local equality & empowering women. Community theatre workshops and a performance at Southwark Playhouse of the story of the Bermondsey Strike by 15,000 women in 1911.
Southwark Travellers Action Group £1,000
Contribution towards costs of a community exhibition celebrating Gypsy Roma and Traveller history and culture, planned for National Hate Crime Awareness Week in November 2021.
Street Soccer London £480
Support in the Boot Room. Contribution towards the costs of 1:1 support for young people from Southwark after football sessions.
Telefono de la Esperanza £800
Practical and emotional support sessions to reintegrate to the community young Latin American people that have been isolated during the pandemic.
The Ballad of Peckham Rye £500
Gardening and growing workshops in partnership with One Tree Hill Allotment Society and Action For Refugees in Lewisham for Southwark residents to improve their well-being.
Theatre Peckham £1,000
Workshops for local young people aged 14-16 including hip hop, dance and writing as part of a day long building take-over at Theatre Peckham’s venue.
Unity Music Arts Trust £1,000
Bermondsey Square Jazz Days 2021. A series of live community music events in Bermondsey Square in 2021.
2020-21: Small Grants Programme Rounds suspended due to the pandemic
2019-20 Round 3 January 2020
Bankside Open Spaces Trust £5,000.00
The Great Get Together Bankside 2020 – a large free festival and street party on Redcross Way and Union Street which brings together thousands of people and showcases all that is good about Bankside’s community.
Entelechy Arts £3,200
Creative project for older people living with dementia at Tower Bridge Care Home, themed around memories of the Elephant & Castle Trocadero cinema (1930 – 1963).
Friends of Pasley Park £2,100
Animating Newington-A Community Fete! Continuation of the successful Pasley Park community fete which brings together hundreds of residents, and around 30 community groups, from East and West Walworth.
Latin Elephant £4,988
Consolidation of Latin Elephant’s work to support migrant business traders as the Elephant & Castle shopping centre undergoes redevelopment.
London Children’s Book Project £648
Micro grant to enable the start of a book distribution scheme to children in Walworth and Bermondsey primary schools.
Parentskills2goCIC £3,726
12 week sewing skills project in Rotherhithe for parents from low income backgrounds.
Setchell Estate Tenants & Residents Association £1,150
Young At Heart – continuation of yoga classes for older people on the Setchell Estate, Bermondsey.
Siblings Together £4,990
Monthly Activity Days over a period of 1 year for siblings that have been separated by the care system.
Shad Thames Area Management Partnership (STAMP) £1,000
Feasibility study to develop options for a business network in the Shad Thames area and connect with the local community over current environmental issues.
Surrey Docks Farm £2,400
Talking Animals – a reminiscence project for Southwark older people using the Farm’s animals.
Walworth Golden Oldies £3,400
Golden Advantage – Costs of a co-ordinator to run weekly social activities for BAME older people over 1 year.
X Collective £2,500
Xprss mentoring project with secondary school students to support them into opportunities in the creative industries.
2019-20 Round 2 October 2019
Camberwell After School Project £4,305
Core costs of CASP’s operation to support and provide services to low income families and children from the Brandon Estate and surrounding area.
Carnaval del Pueblo Association £2,000
Continuation of the costs of workshops for young people to construct a float for the New Year’s Day parade in London.
Draper Together £2,100
Weekly sports activities for children aged 5 to 12 from low income families in the Elephant & Castle area.
iichild £5,000
Running costs of the Mothers & Toddlers group for three 13 week terms at the Pelier Hall, Newington ward.
Locksfield House Residents Association £1,000
Continuation of monthly social activities for older residents at Locksfield Sheltered Housing Unit in East Walworth.
Look Ahead Care & Support £3,300
Social activities for women at the Manor Place hostel with high complex needs surrounding homelessness,mental health, addictions and domestic abuse.
Manor Estate Tenants & Residents Association £1,045
Costs of a new knitting club for older and younger estate residents.
My First 1000 Days £1,050
Exercise classes to improve the well being of older people at the Rockingham Estate.
Penificent £2,300
Creative comic book workshops with young people in secondary schools in Bermondsey, enabling young people to change the narrative around knife crime.
People Care Association £1,500
Contribution to a Christmas Day event for older people living in isolation at Bacon’s College, Rotherhithe.
St George the Martyr Church £1,000
School workshops, including a visit to Harper Road mosque, and an event around holocaust memorial day to build and celebrate community tolerance and understanding in the north of Southwark.
St Helena & Oldfield Tenants & Residents Association £2,500
Contribution towards the costs of IT workshops and social activities for older people from the St Helena & Oldfield Estate in Rotherhithe.
Time & Talents £5,000
Partnership project between Time & Talents and Open Book project to provide a series of local exhibitions in Rotherhithe and in Bermondsey around the stories and social history of past and current residents.
Unity Music Arts Trust £2,000
A series of community music events in Blue Market Square, Bermondsey, in 2020.
Value You £3,844
One off costs to establish in a reward scheme, including a discount card, for Southwark’s volunteers.
2019-20 Round 1 April 2019
20th Bermondsey Scout Group £ 715
Ski and snowboarding activities for young scouts from social housing estates and low income backgrounds.
Actionplus Foundation £2,290
Volunteering project for BAME young people to improve skills and confidence through public speaking and presentations.
Afro-Brazilian Cultural Exchange Institute £1,000
Continuation of the Cultural Exchange Programme in Southwark to provide weekly sessions of music, dance and martial arts for children from low income families in and around Walworth Road.
Astley Cooper Tenants & Residents Association £1,000
Community Fun Day bringing together residents from a large social housing estate on the Old Kent Road.
Bengali Womens Group £2,000
Contribution to weekly lunch club for mainly older Bangladeshi women to meet, socialise, engage in healthy eating and access local services.
Bermondsey Street Festival C.I.C. £3,000
Contribution to the 2019 Bermondsey Street Festival which attracts large numbers of visitors and hosts local bands, choirs, dog show, maypole in its community arena.
Boundless Theatre £2,470
Creative workshops and opportunities for young people aged 16 plus from social housing estates around the Blue Market, South Bermondsey, and improve confidence, creative skills and wellbeing.
Dream Believe Achieve C.I.C. £2,925
DBA are a group of young professionals who recently came together to set up a CIC to work with young people experiencing high levels of disadvantage and life challenges. Their project will work with small groups of young women to support their personal and social development, unlock and nurture their talents and equip them with life and leadership skills.
Friends of Southwark Park £2,500
Community event bringing residents of Rotherhithe and Bermondsey together around the 75th anniversary of the D Day landings.
Gods and Monsters Theatre Limited £2,200
Theatre project providing opportunities for young people from 12 Southwark schools & community groups to take part in 12 creative workshops and a final performance at The Scoop, developing confidence and skills.
Half Moon Young People’s Theatre £1,500
Transitions practical drama and role-play programme to improve the confidence and problem solving skills of Year 6 students in Bermondsey and Walworth primary schools and help them to successfully transition to secondary school.
Pelier Estate Tenants & Residents Association £1,000
I.T. project to help connect tenants and residents of the Pelier Estate in Walworth with vital services.
Pembroke House £1,850
Tatum Street party to connect residents from the Bricklayers, Alvey, Mardyke and Salisbury Estates, and users of Pembroke House community hub, in East Walworth.
Smiley’s Playtime £1,111
Play activities for families in and around the Dickens Estate in Bermondsey.
Southside Young Leaders’ Academy £2,750
A week long sailing project to develop the leadership, self esteem, confidence and life skills of Afro-Caribbean boys from Southwark.
2018-19 Round 3 January 2019
Alberta Tenants & Residents Association £1,440
Continuation and expansion of the Alberta Fruit Commons gardening and food growing project in Newington ward, Walworth.
Bankside Open Spaces Trust £5,000
The Great Get Together Bankside – a large free festival and street party on Redcross Way and Union Street which brings together thousands of people and showcases all that is good about Bankside’s community.
Blue Bermondsey Business Improvement District £3,150
A Celebration of St George: St George’s Day Celebration bringing together low income families around free activities in Blue Market Place.
Draper Together £2,000
Digital project to improve technology skills of Draper Estate residents in Elephant & Castle and connect them to local services, opportunities, friends and family.
Friends of Pasley Park £1,500
Continuation of the successful Pasley Park community fete which brings together hundreds of residents, and around 30 community groups, from East and West Walworth.
Jusplayuk £2,900
Continuation of a successful free cookery club and activities for young people and their parents from social housing estates (Collinson Court, Rockingham Estate) at Queensborough Community Centre, Borough.
Restorative Justice for All £2,500
A new partnership project to deliver art workshops and an exhibition that will primarily benefit residents from social housing estates in Rotherhithe and BAME communities.
Setchell Estate Tenants & Residents Association £1,150
Continuation of yoga classes for older people on the Setchell Estate, Bermondsey.
Southside Young Leaders’ Academy £2,907
Pilot project for alumni of SYLA’s young leaders programme (aged 16 plus) to support them to stay strong and resilient and prevent them from entering into youth violence.
Southwark Dynamos Football Club £1,200
Requests for equipment costs from a new club providing twice a week football sessions for young people, particularly the Arnold Estate, at Bacon’s College, Rotherhithe.
Southwark Muslim Forum £2,000
Large annual Eid Festival in Burgess Park to strengthen ties within Muslim communities and between Muslim and non-Muslim communities.
Southwark Pensioners Centre £3,000
Pilot partnership project responding to an identified gap in local service provision. It will develop a cohort of volunteers to deliver social activities for older residents and strengthen community cohesion on Leathermarket JMB Estates, and create a steering group formed of constituent Tenant & Resident Associations, JMB and Southwark Pensioners Centre to run the project.
Southwark Playhouse £2,800
Partnership project between Southwark Playhouse and People’s Company to deliver a theatre performance exploring women’s contribution to Southwark’s cultural history and development. The project will deliver 2 school workshops and 2 workshops on social housing estates, likely Draper Estate and Pasley T.R.A. Hall.
Walworth Society £3,000
Walworth History Festival 2019, extended to engage tenant & resident associations from East and West Walworth, Southwark Pensioners Action Group, the Latin American and Muslim communities.
UK-IODDA £2,100
BAME led cookery project to bring together communities from diverse ethnicities and faiths on the Longfield and Setchell Estates, Bermondsey, and break down language and cultural barriers.
Waterloo Sports & Football Club £4,780
Structured sporting activities for young people from social housing estates in Southwark and in Lambeth at the Colombo Sports Centre.
2018-19 Round 2 October 2018
Carnaval del Pueblo Asociation £2,500
Contribution towards the costs of workshops for young people to construct a float for the New Year’s Day parade in London.
iichild £2,325
Creative activities to inspire young people on the Brandon Estate, Newington.
Latin American Multicultural Group £3,900
Football sessions for women from diverse backgrounds at Burgess Park, East Walworth.
Locksfield House Residents Association £1,500
Continuation of monthly social activities for older residents at Locksfield Sheltered Housing Unit in East Walworth.
Manor Estate Tenants & Residents Association £1,000
Festive community event to bring together residents of the Manor Estate and Rennie Estate in South Bermondsey.
Mint Street 2019 Mardi Gras £1,803
Mardi Gras arts and crafts workshops to improve older people’s well-being in Bankside and Borough.
Pedworth Sheltered Housing Unit £1,500
Contribution towards regular I.T. sessions to improve the digital skills of older people at Pedworth Sheltered Housing Unit, Rotherhithe,
People Care Association £3,000
Christmas Day event for older people living in isolation at Bacon’s College, Rotherhithe.
Southwark Unity £3,150
Continuation funding (formerly as Amader Bhobishot) for delivery of TaeKwondo self defence classes on the Tabard Estate and Rockingham Estate, Borough, and enable young people to learn martial arts skills and develop self-discipline and resilience.
St George the Martyr Church £3,200
Contribution towards the costs of a community organiser to manage the community fridge project providing healthy food for low income families.
Su Mano Amiga £1,861
Third anniversary conference of Su Mano Amiga, a charity providing services to sufferers of domestic violence from the Latin American community.
Telefono de la Esperanza UK £4,000
Among Friends social and signposting service to connect recent arrivals, mainly from the Spanish speaking community, into Southwark’s community.
Unity Music Arts Trust £1,500
A series of jazz music galas in Blue Market Square, Bermondsey, in 2019.
What’s on in Rotherhithe Group £3,000
Continuation funding for a community website SE16.com for Rotherhithe and Bermondsey residents, utilising Bankside Press.
2018-19 Round 1 April 2018
Afro-Brazilian Arts & Cultural Exchange Institute £1,500
Continuation of the Cultural Exchange Festival in Southwark to provide weekly sessions of music, dance and martial arts for children from low income families in and around Walworth Road.
Bankside Village £2,115
Regular small scale activities to bring together Park Street Estate residents in SE1 and give them a voice.
Clapham Film Unit £2,200
Oral history and film project showcasing older people’s stories on the Pullen’s Estate, Newington.
Draper Together £1,250
Summer event to celebrate and connect communities from social housing and private housing in Elephant & Castle.
Hughes House Social Club £788
Arts, crafts and lunch club to improve wellbeing and relationships for sheltered housing residents in Newington ward.
Lucy Brown House Social Club £1,015
Continuation of supper clubs and social activities for older sheltered housing residents in Cathedrals Ward.
Pembroke House £2,325
East Walworth street party and monthly social activities to connect residents from the Bricklayers, Alvey, Mardyke and Salisbury Estates and users of Pembroke House community hub.
Rainbow Arts and Crafts Group £1,600
Provision of arts and crafts skills and activities to older people from Rotherhithe and Bermondsey.
Rouel Road Tenants & Residents Association £1,000
An event and activity days for older neighbours on the Rouel Road social housing estate in South Bermondsey.
School-Home Support Service £4,968
Project to support parents from disadvantaged families in north Southwark, targeted at those with no recourse to public funds, to improve confidence and increase engagement with their children’s education.
Southwark Muslim Forum £2,500
Contribution towards the costs of a large community festival around Eid bringing together diverse communities, faiths and non-faiths, and supporting community cohesion.
The Dot Collective £1,120
Professional theatre production and book written in collaboration with users of the dementia cafe at Time & Talents Centre in Rotherhithe.
What’s on Rotherhithe Group £5,000
Expansion of the annual Illuminate Rotherhithe festival, now in its third year, to promote understanding of the Mayflower voyage to the New World, 1620.
2017-18: Total amount awarded: £128,136
Total grants awarded: 58
Round 3 January 2018
16th Bermondsey Scout Group £2,000
Adventure weekend to build the skills of teamwork, survival and co-operation for 18 young people from diverse backgrounds in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe.
Aphasia Re-Connect £2,030
Increasing the skills and the number of volunteers from north Southwark providing peer support to aphasia sufferers at venues in Cathedrals ward.
Camden Society £2,376
Project to coach people with a learning disability, including low level literacy skills, to become more confident to find work and improve their life chances.
Capoyoga UK £1,900
Yoga classes in Newington ward for carers from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Community Opportunity £4,454
Piloting a new community pop up shop in the Blue Market, Bermondsey open 4 days per week, including weekends.
Friends of Pasley Park £2,050
Community fete at Pasley Park in July 2018 to connect the communities of West Walworth and East Walworth.
Global Generation £2,490
Intergenerational project at the Printworks, Surrey Docks ward, for 8 young people and 8 older people to grow food, cook together and share recipies.
Link Age Southwark £3,000
Extending Link Age’s befriending service into East Walworth for older people who are, or are at risk of, becoming lonely.
Locksfield House Residents Association £1,480
Social activities and outing for older residents at Locksfield Sheltered Housing Unit in East Walworth.
Mint Street Music Festival Team £1,785
Mardi Gras art workshops to improve older people’s well-being in Cathedrals ward.
Oasis Playspace £3,467
Contribution towards the running costs of the Playspace centre in Cathedrals ward for children that are mainly from low income / single parent families and have free school meals.
Setchell Estate Tenants & Residents Association £1,150
Weekly yoga exercise sessions for older people aged 55-85 on the Setchell Estate, Bermondsey.
Shad Thames Area Management Partnership (STAMP) £1,027
Re-print of the Shad Thames Trail, a local guide that connects people to West Bermondsey’s heritage.
SoundCamp £2,788
Listening activities with older residents at the Time and Talents Visually Impaired Group Continuation of a project that enables older residents with a visual impairment from Time & Talents Centre to enjoy the natural environment at Stave Hill Ecology Park in Surrey Docks ward.
St George in Southwark Festival £1,230
Community activities for older people and younger people at the annual St George’s Day Festival in Borough and Bankside.
Styles House TMO £1,000
Project providing opportunities for local artists to exhibit their works at Styles TMO community hall, including an opening event.
Walworth Society £3,000
Community history festival in September 2018 to tell the story of Walworth through images, items from the Cuming Collection and re-enactments of the history of the area using local actors and performers.
Round 2 October 2017
Alberta Tenants and Residents Association £1,390
Development of the Alberta Fruit Commons project in Newington ward to improve the environment and engage Alberta Estate residents around the planting and harvesting of fruit trees.
Amader Bhobishot (Our Future) £3,215
Project to deliver TaeKwondo self defence classes on the Tabard Estate, Borough, and enable young people to learn martial arts skills and develop self-discipline and resilience.
Bankside Residents Forum £3,500
Project to identify isolated older people in Bankside and connect them with mainstream service providers enabling their voices to be heard.
Bengali Womens Group £4,000
Weekly lunch club for mainly older Bangladeshi women to meet, socialise, engage in healthy eating and access local services.
Bermondsey Street Festival £2,000
Contribution to the 2018 Festival’s Community Stage area which hosts local bands, choirs, dog show, maypole and attracts large numbers of visitors.
Big Local South Bermondsey Community Choir £910
Development of the Community Choir which comprises mainly older people from South Bermondsey.
Blue Bermondsey BID £2,000
Contribution to the 2017 Blue Christmas community event at Market Square, Bermondsey, which attracts visitors from neighbouring estates.
Children’s Literacy Charity £4,000
Literarcy Lab project to enable 24 local primary school children to achieve their age related literacy levels.
D Foundation £2,749
Creative skills workshops and special edition magazine connecting the Latin American community in Elephant & Castle with creative industries.
Dockland Settlements £3,425
Art skills workshops for local children themed around 3 cultural festivals – Chinese New Year, Holli and St George’s Day – culiminating in public art exhibitions at the Hub in Surrey Quays Shopping Centre
Dot Collective £945
Professional theatre production written in collaboration with users of the dementia cafe at Time & Talents Centre in Rotherhithe.
Glot Fashion Workshop £1,990
Fashion design workshops, including freehand cutting & sewing techniques and garment construction, to unemployed women mainly from BAME communities to increase their skillset and refer to education and employment opportunities.
Marshalsea Tenants and Residents Association £2,500
Continuation of cookery club run by a local tenants association in partnership with JusPlayUK at venues in the Borough for local children to develop cooking skills and confidence.
Pedworth Sheltered Housing Unit £1,000
Contribution towards an Xmas event for older people at Pedworth Sheltered Housing Unit, Rotherhithe, and weekly talks by speakers.
Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers £3,250
Expansion of advice and advisory services to refugees and asylum seekers in north Southwark at the Centre’s St Mary Newington base.
Trinity Newington Residents Association £718
Community festive event and concert bringing people of all ages and backgrounds together in the Borough.
Walworth Golden Oldies £1,900
Project to enhance digital communication skills of older people in Walworth, using volunteer students from Walworth Academy plus craft activities and outings.
What’s on Rotherhithe Group £3,000
Contribution towards the costs of the 2017 Illuminate Rotherhithe festival to promote understanding of the Mayflower voyage to the New World, 1620.
Young Vic Theatre £5,000
Contribution towards the costs of a Community Production and Show created with local LGBTQ+ older people.
Round 1 April 2017
Afro Brazilian Arts & Cultural Exchange Institute £1,150
Continuation of the Cultural Exchange Festival in Southwark to provide weekly sessions of music, dance and martial arts for children from low income families in and around Newington Causeway.
Art in the Park £2,300
Creative workshops with older people living with dementia at Rose Court care home, Surrey Docks ward, around Rotherhithe’s maritime heritage, culminating in a public exhibition.
Arundel Court Residents Association £1,000
Community outing to Brighton for older residents, formerly from Bermondsey.
Bankside Open Spaces Trust £3,200
Large street party in Union Street, Flat Iron Square and Redcross Way, SE1, to promote tolerance and co-operation on the anniversary of the murder of Jo Cox MP. The event came shortly after the Borough Market terrorist attack and was attended by around 3,500 north Southwark residents.
Bankside Village £2,000
Bankside Summer Festival: Community event bringing together Bankside residents, businesses and organisations to celebrate Bankside’s diversity and rich heritage.
Blackfriars Settlement £1,800
Gardening programme at Park Street, SE1, to improve the health and well being of Blackfriars Settlement’s mental health service users, in partnership with Bankside Open Spaces Trust.
Bricklayers Arms Tenants and Residents Association £2,000
East Walworth street party to connect residents from the Bricklayers, Alvey, Mardyke and Salisbury Estates and users of Pembroke House community hub.
Camberwell After School Project £4,910.50
Summer Play Scheme 2017: Free and subsidised Summer Play Scheme places to children from economically disadvantaged families in Newington.
Draper Residents Association £1,650
Summer event on the Draper Estate, Elephant & Castle, to celebrate the diversity of ‘Britishness’ among local residents in the wake of Brexit.
Finnish Art Group in London £1,000
Scandinavian art, music and cultural exhibitions to showcase Rotherhithe’s Scandinavian heritage in Albion Street, SE16.
Friends of Pasley Park £2,000
Community promenade and fete at Pasley Park that connects residents from West and East Walworth.
Lucy Brown House £1,305
Continuation of supper clubs and social activities for older sheltered housing residents in Cathedrals Ward.
Marden Square Sheltered Housing Unit £1,400
Development of the Sheltered Housing Unit’s vibrant gardening project and community outings for sheltered residents.
Metaplay £3,350
Oral history project and Southwark Community Voices film tracing the recent regeneration and transformation of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe’s industries and communities as told by longstanding residents.
Mint Street Music Festival £1,341
Mint Street Park Music Festival 2017 to bring local residents and families together in Cathedrals ward.
Rennie Tenants & Residents Association £1,000
Community event to build networks and connections between residents of the Rennie housing estate in South Bermondsey.
South London Cares £4,735
Continuation of South London Cares’ social clubs in Elephant & Castle, Walworth and Bermondsey helping to connect 180 older neighbours and younger volunteers.
Southwark BME Festival £2,000
Events and exhibitions to showcase and celebrate the stories of people’s journeys, from the BME community, to North Southwark.
St Saviour’s, Purbrook and Alwyn Magdalen Tenants and Residents Association £845
Community outing for older people from the Magdalen Estate in Grange ward.
Tabard Growers £1,200
Development of a new group of community gardeners and food growers at the Tabard Estate in Borough.
What’s on in Rotherhithe Group £1,560
Resurrection of a community website SE16.com for Rotherhithe and Bermondsey residents, utilising Bankside Press.
2016-17: Total amount awarded: £176,927
Total grants awarded: 87
16th Bermondsey Scouts £2,000
Summer Camp adventure weekend for South Bermondsey young people to learn survival skills.
20th Bermondsey Scout Group £1,175
Bushcraft Skills tuition to young people from the St Saviour’s, Purbrook, Alwyn and Magdalen Estates at the Scout’s HQ in Grange ward, and campsites in Kent and Dorset.
Afro Brazilian Arts & Cultural Exchange Institute £1,000
Cultural Exchange Festival in Southwark: Weekly sessions of music, dance and martial arts for children from low income families in and around Newington Causeway.
Aim High Dance Academy £3,730
Southwark Dance Skills: Local community dance event and world record attempt run by South London dance academy at Dockland Settlements.
Alberta Tenants & Residents Association £1,525
Alberta Fruit Commons: Tenants Association in Newington ward using food and fruit growing to engage and bring together estate residents.
Albion Street Steering Group £1,000
Scandi themed Christmas Market: Street musicians to augment a community market which brings thousands of people to Albion Street, Rotherhithe.
Alvey Tenant & Resident Association £1,955
Summer Celebration: Out of Many, ONE: Community event bringing together residents from the Alvey, Bricklayers Arms, Mardyke and Salisbury Estates
Arundel Court Residents Association £698
Community outing to Clacton on Sea: for older sheltered housing residents, formerly from Bermondsey.
Astley & Cooper’s Road Tenant and Residents Association £1,500
Community outings for families and older people from the Astley Cooper Estate, South Bermondsey.
Avondale Community Events £854
Panto at Avondale 2016: Community pantomime bringing together residents from the Avondale Estate in South Bermondsey.
Bankside Village £3,000
Bankside Winter Festival: Community event bringing together Bankside residents, businesses and organisations and promoting social cohesion.
Barnards House £250
Community event for older sheltered housing residents in Surrey Docks ward around the Queen’s 90th Birthday.
Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Green Embankment £1,500
Seed funding for a new community group that aims to create a new recreational green embankment in Riverside.
Bermondsey Village Hall £1,820
Equipment for a community fete at Bermondsey Village Hall, Grange ward.
Black and Ethnic Minority TV £3,098
DJ and radio broadcasting skills workshop in partnership with Bosco Centre students with a live show on Resonance FM.
Blackfriars Tenants & Residents Association £3,376
Changing Lives – Peabody Elders Memories: Social history project and film of the memories of older Peabody residents in Cathedrals ward.
Blue Bermondsey BID £1,500
The Blue Wonderland: Festive community event bringing together hundreds of families in the Blue Market, South Bermondsey.
Body and Soul £2,792
Foundations of Happiness: Well-being workshops for people from north Southwark living with HIV.
Bonamy and Bramcote TRA £1,500
Celebration of St George: Community event bringing residents together from South Bermondsey.
Brandon 2 Tenants and Residents Association £1,890
Express Yourself: Creative and spoken word workshops for young people on the Brandon Estate in Newington ward.
Burgess Park Food Project £1,850
Incredible Edible north Southwark: Community garden in East Walworth ward delivering community food growing workshops.
Burgess Sports £2,990
Marlborough Sports Programme: Free Summer sports sessions to children aged 5-11 at Marlborough Playground, Cathedrals ward.
Camberwell After School Project £4,931
Summer Play Scheme 2016: Free and subsidised Summer Play Scheme places to children from economically disadvantaged families in Newington.
CapoYoga £990
Carer’s inclusion and well being project: provision of yoga and exercise activities to improve the well being of carers in Newington and Walworth.
Collinson Court and Great Suffolk Street Residents Association £750
Community event to bring residents of Collinson Court and Great Suffolk Street together around the Queen’s 90th Birthday.
Decima Street Tenants & Residents Association. £2,000
Third annual TRA Gala and Award Night event to bring together residents of Decima Street, Chaucer ward, and to recognise those that give back to the community.
Downside Fisher £2,000
Festive community fun day for residents from social housing estates in north Bermondsey.
Draper Residents Association £2,498 and £5,000
Hubb Summer Festival: Community event with an Arabic theme to bring together residents of the Draper Estate, Newington.
Enabling the Residents Association to transition to charitable status to increase the organisation’s reach in and around the Draper Estate.
Finnish Art Group in London £1,000
Scandinavian Summer Market and Art Events programme to showcase Rotherhithe’s Scandinavian heritage.
First Framework Third Thought Theatre £2,000
Making more ‘Invisible People’ visible: Enabling guest artistes from north Southwark to perform with an older person’s theatre group, at festivals and community events.
Friends of Nelson Square £1,000
Let’s Go Fly a Kite: Kite making and flying sessions for children and adults in Nelson Square Gardens, Cathedrals ward.
Friends of Pasley Park £2,000
Community fete at Pasley Park that connects residents from West and East Walworth.
Friends of Friars PTFA £2,000
Summer Celebrations fete bringing together parents and children in Cathedrals ward around the Queen’s 90th Birthday.
Friends of Nursery Row Park £2,250
Community Dog Show and Farm event in Nursery Row Park, East Walworth
Friends of Southwark Park £625
Summer 2016 Activities: Free football and traditional games activities for young people from Bermondsey and Rotherhithe, in Southwark Park.
Friends of St James Churchyard £2,000
Community event to launch a campaign to resurrect the Salter / Carr Joy Slide in St James Churchyard, north Bermondsey.
Hughes House Social Club £500
Festive community event for sheltered housing residents and older people in Newington ward.
Ju Dachi Martial Arts Association £3,600
Karate skills training for young people at Setchell Hall and St Anne’s Church in Bermondsey.
L’sborough and Scovell Tenants and Residents Association £2,000
Community event to bring residents of the Scovell Estate together around the Queen’s 90thBirthday.
Lucy Brown House Social Clubs £1600
Supper clubs and social activities for older sheltered housing residents in Cathedrals ward.
Manor Tenants & Residents Association £1,000
Festive community event to bring together residents of the Manor Estate in South Bermondsey.
Marden Square Sheltered Housing Unit £1,500
Gardening project and open day to increase the visibility of older sheltered residents and improve well-being.
Marshalsea Tenants & Residents Association £2,700
SE1 Cooking Club: Tenants Association in Cathedrals ward partnering with Blackfriars Settlement to deliver cooking sessions at Mercato Metropolitano.
Men’s Health Forum £4,400
Training Day for voluntary sector organisations in north Southwark and Bermondsey on how to improve men’s health.
Mint Street Music Festival Team £971
Mint Street Park Music Festival 2016 to bring local families together in Cathedrals ward.
Mighty Royales FC £1,040
Football coaching sessions for children aged 5 to 13 years on the Brandon Estate.
Nelson Square Gardens Community Association £ 1,268.35
Community film club for residents of Nelson Square Gardens estate, Cathedrals ward.
Newington Estate Tenants and Residents Association £1,000
Festive community outing for residents of the Newington Estate.
Outdoor Trust £4,500
London Bridge Interpretation Panel: A new panel on the Thames Walkway sharing the story of London Bridge and its importance to Southwark’s heritage.
PYE Project Ltd £2,500
Wise Up’ Prevention Project: Workshops for young people at the Salmon Centre in Bermondsey around knife crime prevention and healthy lifestyle choices
People Care Association £2,000
Christmas Day event for older people living in isolation at Bacon’s College, Rotherhithe.
Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit £2,000
Canoeing equipment to support Southwark scouts to achieve their Duke of Edinburgh award.
Plan Zheroes £2,439
Project to enable more local charities to access free surplus food at Borough Market and redistribute to local people that are in need.
Potters Fields Park Management Trust £3,000
The Big Picnic 2017: community event in Potters Field Park, north Bermondsey.
Rainbow Arts and Crafts Group £4,300
Provision of arts and crafts skills and activities to older and younger people from Rotherhithe and Bermondsey.
Ray Gunter Social Club £400
Gardening project for older and disabled sheltered housing residents in Newington ward.
Redriff and Bermondsey Outdoors £1,550
Adventure skills provision to young people from Bermondsey and Rotherhithe at Galleywall nature reserve and a converted crypt at St James Church.
Rewrite £2,500
Creative Writing Summer Retreat for north Southwark young people.
Riverside Parents and Carers Association £616.50
Festive event for Riverside parents and children aged 0-5 years at the Salmon Centre, Bermondsey.
Russell Court Social Fund £250
Garden refurbishment project for older sheltered housing residents formerly living in Southwark.
SE1 Baby Play £1,610
Continuation funding for a popular baby play group at Bermondsey Village Hall, Grange ward.
Setchell Estate Tenants and Residents Association £1,250
Yoga Exercise Classes for older residents in Grange ward
Shad Thames Area Management Partnership (STAMP) 1,475.00
Shad Thames Trail brochure: refresh of a local community resource.
Shakespeare’s Globe £3,250
Sharing Shakespeare: Project to introduce pre-school children aged 3-5 years from Spanish speaking families in East Walworth to Shakespeare’s stories.
Shard Explorer Scout Unit £1,000
Summer Adventure and survival skills weekend for young people from West Bermondsey.
Silverlock Tenants and Residents Association £1,000
Festive community event for older people, aged 50 and over, predominantly from the Sliverlock, St Helena & Oldfield and Hawkstone Estates in Rotherhithe.
Smiley’s PlayTime £2,103.97
Play activities for families in and around the Dickens Estate, Riverside ward.
Soundcamp £3,960
Oral history project to reconnect a blind and partially sighted group based in Rotherhithe with Stave Hill Ecological Park, and create a permanent listening room resource for Park visitors using Rotherhithe Shed volunteers.
South London Cares £4,000
Social clubs and activities that improve the well-being of older people in Elephant & Castle, Walworth, Bermondsey and London Bridge and connect them with younger volunteers.
Southwark Helping Hands £2,000
Helping Hands Fashion Show: 10 people with learning and physical disabilities participating in a fashion show in More London to show the charity’s members in a positive light and raise the charity’s profile within the local community.
Southwark Irish Pensioners Project £2,648
Gardening project for older sheltered housing residents at Rock Grove in South Bermondsey.
Southwark Playhouse and People’s Company £2,500
People’s Power: Collaboration between Southwark Playhouseand People’s Company theatre group to create a north Southwark specific theatre piece.
Sporty Mints £2,060
Dance and capoeira classes for children aged 8-11 years at Mint Street Playground, Cathedrals ward.
St George in Southwark Festival £3,200
Community festival in the Borough that is open to all local people celebrating St George, the patron saint of various nationalities.
St Saviour’s, Purbrook and Alwyn Magdalen Tenants & Residents Association £1,900
Community outings for families and older people from the Magdalen Estates in Grange ward.
Stevenson Crescent Tenants & Residents Association £900
Summer Outing 2017: Community trip for residents of a South Bermondsey estate, many of whom are on low incomes.
Su Mano Amiga £2,000
Launch event of Su Mano Amiga, a new charity providing services to sufferers of domestic violence from the Latin American community.
Tabard Gardens Central Tenants and Residents Association £1,000
Festive event for residents of the Tabard estate in Chaucer ward.
Telefono de la Esperanza UK £4,000
Among Friends: Help to integrate Latin American people into Southwark’s community through public events and peer groups.
Tideway Sailability £1,650
Sailing to Health: 15 people with learning disabilities developing sailing skills in Surrey Docks, including boat handling, sail trim, wind awareness and social interaction skills during the 2017 sailing season to further increase their independence.
Trinity Newington Residents Association: Opera in the Square £894.42
Community event bringing together residents of the Trinity Newington Estate in Chaucer ward.
Walworth Garden £2,400
Bee A Part 30 Years On! Community event to connect local residents to Walworth Garden, in Newington ward, and to celebrate the Garden’s 30th anniversary.
Walworth Society £2,000
A project to bring back the old Walworth Festival through a series of events that animate the historical centre of Walworth and celebrate the diversity of its communities.
Waterloo Sports and Football Club £ 4,984
SE Premiership: A weekly football coaching programme for young people from local housing estates in Cathedrals ward at the Hatfields Astroturf facility.
What’s on in Rotherhithe Group (WORG) £500
Community Thanksgiving Event to raise awareness of Rotherhithe’s connection with the USA and the Mayflower voyage in 1620.
Youth United C.I.C. £2,960
Diary of My Life – Learning Through the Lens: Photography skills project for young people and one internship delivered by a Community Interest Company at Blackfriars Settlement.