Agenda item

Neighbourhood Grants (Neighbourhoods Fund 2026-27) (Borough & London Bridge Neighbourhood)

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

To approve the allocation of funds for the 2026-27 Neighbourhoods Fund in the Borough & London Bridge neighbourhood area from the list of applications outlined in Appendix 1 of the report.

Minutes:

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

The meeting heard that like every year there had been a lot of great applications and not all of them could be funded. There were 110,000 to allocate to the applications listed in Appendix 1.

That the available Neighbourhoods Fund 2026-27 be allocated as follows:

Borough and Bankside ward

Ref	Name of Group	Name of Project	Award
2337	BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST	Gather & Grow: Seasonal Celebrations in Borough & Bankside	£6,500
2476	Southwark St Tenants Association	Southwark Street Peabody Estate 150th Anniversary Celebration	£3,640
2506	Mint Street Music Festival CIC	Mint Street Music Festival 2026	£500
2654	Residents' Association of Borough Market Neighbourhood	Borough Market Residents’ Association Professional Advice Support	£3,360
3006	Mint Street Music Festival CIC	Eco Art Club Spring After-School Club at Marlborough Sports Garden	£450
3061	The Neurodiversity Family Hub C.I.C.	Tiny Tribe Play group (0-5 years old)	£7,117
3186	Living Bankside	Borough and Bankside Events	£3,733
3189	Living Bankside	Living Bankside Academy Celebration (Borough & Bankside, London Bridge and West Bermondsey, Chaucer and St Georges Ward)	£2,500
3256	London Bridge Islamic Centre	Grand Iftar	£1,000
3304	Pattison and Babington House	Pattison and Babington House Celebration	£1,200

Chaucer ward

Ref	Name of Group	Name of Project	Award
2146	ROCKINGHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE	Rockingham Wellbeing	£6,640
2622	Keep Active Stay Focused CIC	(BASH) Be Active Stay Healthy	£5,000
2819	LATIN AMERICAN DISABLED PEOPLES PROJECT	Health, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support Project for Southwark Residence	£4,030
3044	Tabard Central and South Estates TRA	Seaside Connections: A community Day for Tabard central & South Residents.	£4,750
3172	Ignite Hubs	Borough & London Bridge Digital Content Creators	£3,080
3206	Tabard Central and South Estates TRA	The Big Tabard Get Together 2026	£2,500
3332	Sadiyah Ahmed	Eid event at Harper Road Mosque	£2,500
2725	Mr Robert Zampetti	Empire Square Community Meeting Space Project	£1,500

London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward

Ref.	Organisation	Project Title	Award [£]
2242	Bermondsey Street Festival Community Interest Company	Bermondsey Street Festival	£6,000
2252	KAZZUM ARTS PROJECT	Regulation	£6,500
2448	London Bubble Theatre Company	Speech Bubbles at Grange Primary School	£3,088
2454	Miss Louise BIALI	Representation of Daloa-Bété Cultural Open Day (Annual Edition – South East London)	£2,500
2657	20th Bermondsey Scout Group	Venue Hire for Weekly Meetings and Storage	£1,950
2765	The Oxford & Bermondsey Club (The OBC)	OBC Youth Engagement & Participation Programme	£2,940
2830	Mr Ahmad Shahid Ahmadi	Dentermed - We Are Determined!	£520
2926	Team London Bridge BID	Bike Marking and Phone Marking event	£2,000
3285	Conservation Area Advisory Group	Promotion of Southwark's heritage and local list by CAAG	£500
3293	St Olave Estate - Vanman	St Olaves Estate - Annual Celebration	£1,500
3271	The Neurodiversity Family Hub C.I.C.	Parent Connect: Supporting Parents and Carers of Neurodiverse Children	£2,500

St Georges Ward

Ref.	Organisation	Project Title	Award [£]
2325	Siobhan Davies Dance Company	Disable Participants Access	£6,445
2638	St Judes	Tripod Cord	£5,000
2908	Jade -Lai-Wu -	Rasing Awareness for Nesting Season	£1,000
2517	Southwark Playhouse Theatre Company David Workman	Young Company	£2,400
2861	Keep Active Stay Focused CIC	(BASH) Be active Stay Healthy	£3,000
3691	Marie Harrald	All Things Bright & Beautiful Community Garden	£2,155

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