Agenda item

Cleaner Greener Safer 2026-27: Capital Funding Allocation (Walworth Neighbourhood)

Note: This is an executive function for decision by the Walworth neighbourhood community meeting.

To approve a reallocation and the allocation of funds for the Cleaner Greener Safer capital programme.

Minutes:

Note: This is an executive function for decision by the Neighbourhood Community Meeting.

The meeting heard that over the last ten years, the council had invested more than £30 million directly to support local projects and grassroots organisations, with £3.31 million to be allocated across the 10 neighbourhoods in 2026-27.

The chair explained that in this item councillors were asked to approve a reallocation and allocations of funds for the Cleaner Greener Safer capital programme. The applications were listed in Appendix 1 of the report.

The meeting heard that there were £42,478 of funding from previous years underspend, current programme underspend and current programme project cancellations. There were also £195,830 available for the 2026-27 CGS capital programme for new projects in the Walworth Neighbourhood. (A grand total of £234,178)

RESOLVED:

1. That the reallocation of £42,478, comprising of underspent funds carried forward from previous years, current-year programme underspend and project cancellations within the current programme, to the 2026-27 Cleaner Grener Safer (CGS) budget for the Walworth Neighbourhood be approved.

2. That the following allocation of funds for the 2026-2027 Cleaner Greener Safer capital programme in the Walworth Neighbourhood area be agreed:

Faraday ward

Ref	Applicant	Proposal title	Award
3355	Elizabeth TRA	Lights Lady Margret	£5,800
2236	Latin Ageing UK	Bridge culture growing food	£2,000
2588	Art In The Park	Restoring the Garden at Art in the Park Stage 3	£5,500
2647	Edible Rotherhithe	Safer Growing at Surrey Square School Part Two	£5,000
3053	Pembroke College Settlement	Walworth Living Room Community Courtyard	£30,000
2475	Friends of Burgess Park	Healthy Burgess Park woodlands	£10,000
2869	Alvey TRA	Bike hangars for residents of Dunnico & Innis Houses, Alvey Estate, Faraday Ward Note: The allocation is for 1 of the 2 bike hangers requested	£5,500

Newington ward

Ref	Applicant	Proposal title	Award
2627	Friends of Pasley Park (Surrey Gardens)	renovation of small dog exercise area in Pasley Park	£750
2831	Newington Estate TRA	Enhancing Community Spaces with Safe and Attractive Seating - Refurbishment of Metal Benches on Newington Estate	£4,000
2939	Friends of Pasley Park (Surrey Gardens)	Metered feeder pillar	£7,000
3204	Alberta TRA	Alberta Estate - Albert Westcott Gardens Playground Replacement	£34,000
2151	The Beacon Community Collective CIC	Good Food Community Kitchen	£3,400
2491	Friends Of Crampton	Crampton Primary School Reimagining Of Its Green Space For Better Play In An Educational Context	£19,000
2857	Pullens TRA	Crampton St Planters	£2,400
3072	Pullens TRA	Crampton St Planters (smaller planters)	£3,500
3140	Individual	Materials and plants for Manor Place Homeless Hostel Community Gardening Sessions	£1,800
2057	Individual	Greener Connections: Harvard Garden & Doddington Glade	£2,000
2214	Brandon 1 TRA	Community Garden Raised Beds (X 8)	£10,400
3188	Individual	Pelier Park	£400
3191	Individual	Raised beds	£3,000
Ref TBC	Alberta TRA	Safety measures for Suffield and Cavour Houses	£1,000

North Walworth ward

Ref	Applicant	Proposal title	Award
2372	Victory in Communities Resource Centre	Upgrading our Community Nursery and Sensory Room	£10,070
2596	Draper Together	Wheels for Wellbeing: Roller Skating for Draper Kids Club	£1,413
2890	Barakah Educational and Cultural Association	A Warmer Space for Elders at the Mosque or community centre	£5,000
3165	St John's Walworth Church of England Parish Church	Oasis on Larcom Street: opening up the St John's Memorial Garden and outdoor space to the local community	£5,700
3342	Robert Browning Primary School	Outdoor Sports and Fitness for All	£3,500
2092	Local resident	Angel Lane & Occupation Road - Repair and Replace Gardening Group	£6,687
2728	Southwark Council Community Gardeners	Portland & Kingston Estate community garden	£15,000
3060	Browning EMA	MUGA for Browning estate	£30,000

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