Agenda item

Allocation of Neighbourhoods Fund for 2025-26

Note: This is an executive function for decision by the multi-ward forum.

To approve the allocation of funds for the 2025-26 Neighbourhoods Fund in the West Central multi-ward area from the list of applications outlined in Appendix 1 of the report.

Minutes:

Note: This is an executive function for decision by the multi-ward forum.

Members informed the meeting that, as in previous years, many great applications had been received this year and that not all could be funded.

Some ward members also explained the process they had used to arrive at their final list of projects to fund. Unsuccessful applicants were encouraged to reapply next year.

RESOLVED:

That the £150,000 of the Neighbourhoods Fund 2025-26 be allocated as follows:

Camberwell Green ward

Ref	Name of Group	Name of Project	Award
160	Jam Speed Rollers	Winter/Spring Roller skating workshop	£1,000
419	Spring Community Hub	Spring Community Hub Holiday Activity Camps	£1,900
475	The Welcome Singers	weekly choral afternoons, community events	£4,480
498	Camberwell After School Project	CASP Community Together to Celebrate 40 years	£1,000
662	Walworth Golden Oldies	Walworth Golden Oldies Community Care Project	£2,000
743	Unity Football	Free Friday football sessions for young people	£3,000
748	Read Easy Southwark	Read Easy	£500
909	Citizens UK		£1,836
933	Spring Community Hub	Spring Community Hub Holiday Activity Camps for Teens	£2,000
936	Cambridge House And Talbot	Incredible Camberwell - Art Exhibition Event	£1,500
984	EFA	Learning Language, Making Change	£1,000
991	St Michael and All Angels	Saints and Angels Community Hub	£4,650
1018	SE5	Eat around the world	£2,000
1109	Wyndham and Comber TRA	Cultural celebration day, music nights	£1,450
442	Abtima Community Project CIC	Free Food Bank	£700

Faraday ward

Ref	Name of Group	Name of Project	Award
135	Burgess Sports	Food for participant Holiday Programme	£4,000
136	Burgess Sports	Ambassador Leadership Programme	£4,000
425	Edible Rotherhithe C.I.O.	The young food growers at Surrey Square School	£3,000
438	Arts for Dementia	Art at the Treehouse	£2,500
457	Uffo Athletic And Leisure Group Ltd	South London Somali Women's Walking Group	£3,000
483	Inspire Walworth	Inspire to Grow	£2,000
715	Art in the Park	Saturdays at Art in the Park	£3,000
1074	The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter	Party in the Park 2025	£3,000
1138	Ignite Hubs	Una Marson Coding & STEM Club	£2,500
1165	Esports Youth Club C.I.C	Esports Youth Club – Faraday Neighbourhood	£3,000

Note: the funding application for item 1074 was missed off the appendix to the report published in the agenda pack due to a clerical error. It was submitted in the correct format at the meeting and considered along with the other funding applications by the ward councillors.

Newington ward

Ref	Name of Group	Name of Project	Award
160	Jam Speed Rollers	Winter/Spring Roller skating workshop	£2,500
616	Link Age Southwark	Seated Yoga - King Charles Court	£2,000
677	MS Romina Sarwar	Learn and Play London CIC: Borough of Southwark	£2,000
719	Surrey Gardens Tenants and Residents Association	Summer Party and Christmas Fayre	£2,000
724	Friends of Pasley Park	Sergeant Stubbs a remembrance project and community fete!	£3,000
743	Unity Football Club Kennington Cic	Free Friday Football Sessions For Young People	£5,000
904	Southwark - Community Gardening team	Manor Place food growing workshop	£3,000
983	Newington Estate TRA	NETRA - Art and Environment-Through Young Eyes	£3,000
1111	St Paul's, Newington	Classical music festival	£3,000
1131	Surrey Gardens Tenants and Residents Association	Bowling trip + Thorpe Park trip	£1,500
1160	Break the Barrier CIC	Summer Camp	£3,000

North Walworth ward

Ref	Name of Group	Name of Project	Award
438	Arts for Dementia	Art at the Treehouse	£2,500
747	Elba Place Nature Garden Collective	Forest Families	£1,000
762	Ms Jill Newman	Qigong for wellbeing in Elba Place Nature Garden	£300
866	Elephant and Castle Business Forum	Urban Elephant Festival 2025	£4,600
1107	Somali Relief And Islamic Cultural Centre	Fostering Cooperation and Respect Among Individuals from Varied Backgrounds	£4,000
1110	Ignite Hubs	Walworth Coding & STEM Club	£2,480
1132	Elephant and Castle Business Forum	Fashion Fusion: Empowering Youth through Style and Skills	£1,000
1173	Bizzie Bodies CIC	STEAM activities	£3,860
1179	Bizzie Bodies CIC	Garden Sessions for Older Adults	£2,980
127	Countdown	Count Down Community Health and Wellbeing Network	£7,280

St Giles ward

Ref	Name of Group	Name of Project	Award
160	Jam Speed Rollers	Winter/Spring Roller skating workshop	£580
214	23rd Camberwell (St Giles) Scouts Group	Summer Expedition 2025 - Norjam25	£1,354
239	Alisa's English School for Ukrainian Refugees	Alias English School	£1,000
367	The Wells Trust	Startwell@se5	£1,579
419	Spring Community Hub	Spring Community Hub Holiday Activity Camps	£1,000
475	The Welcome Singers	weekly choral afternoons, community events	£1,000
477	South London Fine Art Gallery and Library	SLG Families: Family Space sessions and Orozco Garden Trail	£3,000
513	Mind and Soul Community Choir	Glimmering Camberwell	£1,000
531	The Giggly Hikers	The Giggly Hikers	£451
562	Theatre Peckham	Imagine and Play	£3,500
622	Link Age Southwark	Seated Yoga - Camberwell	£1,000
677	Ms Romina Sarwar	Learn and Play London CIC: Borough of Southwark	£500
919	Camberwell Choir School	Groovy Loops	£1,806
938	Spring Community Hub	Spring Community Hub Holiday Activity Camp for Working Parents	£2,257
944	Spring Community Hub	Spring Community Hub: Spring up Women Project	£ 450
1051	Raven & Rain Ministry	Desert Flowers	£1,500
1059	Flashy Wings Ministry	Project Hyacinth Peer Support Group	£1,500
1090	Step Out Mentoring	Step Out Mentoring- Connected Communities	£1,806
1157	D'Eynsford TMO	Community Gardener - Camberwell	£3,000

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