Community ward funding

We would like to announce that applications for Community Ward Funding 2022 to 2023 are now open until Friday 22 July 2022.

For the first round of Community Ward Funding this year, every ward in the borough has an allocation of £5,000 to spend on local projects. The theme for this year will be ‘Fellowship’: working together to improve our neighbourhoods.

Projects may include:

• Strengthen the sense of community and belonging
• Support charitable activities focused on reducing isolation or supporting mental health and wellbeing initiatives
• Improve the sustainability and liveability of our neighbourhoods
• Inject life into local high streets
• Enable local charities to provide supplies and support to their local communities or support the recruitment and training of volunteers

Please note that this funding cannot be used for personal needs or on an individual basis. There are further details of funding available for residents and local businesses below.

A second round of funding will be available in the autumn, and the value of round two funding will be confirmed in the coming months.

Please read the community ward funding guidelines (PDF) before applying

Applications must be received by 5pm on Friday 22 July 2022.

All applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application within three weeks.

If successful, you will be asked to formally accept the offer via the grant portal within three weeks of notification.

I am currently supporting a project

Return to 2021-22 funding

If you applied for 2021/22 funding, you must complete your project and submit your project evidence by 31 March 2022.

Why has the process for community ward funding changed?

Applicants for community ward funding must now complete an online application form. This new way of managing applications and grants will be much easier, reliable and transparent for applicants and decision makers.

 We encourage you to subscribe to our e-newsletter to keep up to date with our news and announcements regarding future funding programmes and opportunities.

Cann Hall

Grant: £1,000.00 Boxing4Life

Grant: £250.00 Walking group

Grant: £500.00 Elba Fight Away Knife Crime

Grant: £1,478.00 The Farm Community Kitchen: A Sustainable Future

Grant: £1,000.00 Community Library, Further Developments

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £1,000.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £1,000.00 Leytonstone Festival 2021

Grant: £215.00 Geraniums 2021 to 2022

Grant: £250.00 The Royal British Legion Remembrance Day Parade, Service and Reception

Grant: £1,400.00 Zoom Stem Project

Grant: £770.00 Pop-Up Ceramic Studio

TOTAL: £9,363

Cathall

Grant: £1,000.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £1,000.00 Family Food Fun at Langthorne Park

Grant: £1,000.00 The Denis Leramo Basketball Tournament and D12 Academy projects

Grant: £500.00 Say no to Knife Crime

Grant: £1,000.00 Community Library, Further Developments

Grant: £500.00 Apples for Asthma

Grant: £250.00 The Royal British Legion Remembrance Day Parade, Service and Reception

Grant: £1,000.00 The Pavilion Community Book and Film Club

TOTAL: £6,250

Chapel End

Grant: £500.00 Annual Diwali festival

Grant: £500.00 Brettenham Road Street Party

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £1,000.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £2,305.00 Wiilma: this project is in memory and thanks to The Mayor of Waltham Forest Cllr Chris Robbins

Grant: £810.00 Pop-up Ceramic Studio Workshop

Grant: £2,025.00 East London Shakespeare Festival (ELSF)

TOTAL: £7,640

Chingford Green

Grant: £500.00 Christmas Lunch

Grant: £1,464.00 Mornington Hall Minor Electrical Repairs

Grant: £1,500.00 Free cricket sessions for schools

Grant: £500.00 Woodberry Way unloved plot

Grant: £3,000.00 Memorial Mosaic

Grant: £500 Flowerbed planting Douglas/Beresford Road

Grant: £750 Mornington Hall Main Hall Lighting Replacement

Grant: £500 LNC Gardening Group Volunteers to purchase the summer bedding

Grant: £500 Platinum Jubilee Street Party/Big Lunch

Grant: £460.18 Operation Awareness

TOTAL: £9,674.18

Endlebury

Grant: £900.00 Denner Rd and Old Church Rd Allotments

Grant: £1,464.00 Mornington Hall Minor Electrical Repairs

Grant: £200.00 Horsley Road Street Party

Grant: £350.00 Ongoing planting and improvements

Grant: £300.00 Neighbourhood Watch

Grant: £500.00 Smartening Up Chingford

Grant: £730 Noticeboard

Grant: £1,054.96 Blue Light Up for War Memorial

Grant: £500 Mayfield and Brodie Road Street Party

Grant: £312 Refilling Flower Beds

Grant: £1,750 Mornington Hall Main Hall Lighting Replacement

Grant: £1,000 Denner Road and Old Church Road Community Garden

TOTAL: £9,060.96

Forest

Grant: £700.00 Annual Diwali Festival

Grant: £475.00 Platinum Jubilee Street Party

Grant: £200.00 ELBA against knives

Grant: £2,400.00 Call to Holy Ground: a Cultural Celebration in Leytonstone

Grant: £2,400.00 Cornerstone Baby Bank

Grant: £2,400.00 Leytonstone Festival 2021

Grant: £200.00 Operation Fight to Finish Coronavirus Attack

Grant: £200.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £500.00 Drop-in for Mums @ Cornerstone

Grant: £825.00 St Andrew's Play garden and tool share

Grant: £200.00 Wiilma: this project is in memory and thanks to The Mayor of Waltham Forest Cllr Chris Robbins

Grant: £200.00 African Heritage Aso Oke Weaving loom training

TOTAL: £10,700

Grove Green

Grant: £767 Francis Road Street Party

Grant: £450 The Francis Road Jumble Trail

Grant: £460 Francis Road Creativity for Children

Grant: £600 Team Building Holiday Activities and Christmas Party for Children

Grant: £350 Francis Road Festive Evening

TOTAL: £2,687

Hale End and Highams Park

Grant: £167.00 Paint and Provisions

Grant: £4,000.00 Highams Park Food Aid (HPFA)

Grant: £300.00 hSpark Radio

Grant: £1,000.00 Boules Pitch in the Highams Park

Grant: £200.00 Blooming Ulverston Road Project (BURP)

Grant: £2,032.00 Family Food Fun at The Shade

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Music Society, Classical Music Recitals

Grant: £801.00 Pop-up Ceramic Studio Workshop

TOTAL: £9,500

Hatch Lane

Grant: £2,000.00 Park basketball hoop and goal

Grant: £4,000.00 Highams Park Food Aid (HPFA)

Grant: £500.00 hSpark Radio

Grant: £3,000.00 Boules Pitch in the Highams Park

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Music Society, Classical Music Recitals.

TOTAL: £10,000

High Street

Grant: £2,895.00 Japnese Culture Olympics 2021!

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £2,500.00 Digital Buddies

Grant: £500.00 Elmfield Road Street Party

Grant: £1,000.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £500.00 Hazelwood and Haroldstone Road Street Party

Grant: £1,785.00 Wiilma: this project is in memory and thanks to The Mayor of Waltham Forest Cllr Chris Robbins

TOTAL: £9,680

Higham Hill

Grant: £390 HH Social Activities Group Meetings

Grant: £500 Higham Hill Community Eid Celebration

Grant: £495 Skaterrrz Community Skate

Grant: £510 Waltham Forest Migrant Support Centre

Grant: £2,400 East London Shakespeare Festival

TOTAL: £4,295

Hoe Street

Grant: £1,000.00 RAPunzel!  Walthamstow Trades Hall Community Panto

Grant: £500.00 Christmas Party

Grant: £1,000.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £250.00 Byron Road  E17 Tree Pit

Grant: £500.00 Hoe Street: a multimedia response to endemic street harassment

 Grant: £500.00 Pak UK Social Festival

Grant: £864.00 Writing in the Margins

Grant: £583.00 West Court Balconies in Bloom

Grant: £510 Waltham Forest Migrant Support Centre

Grant: £500 Second Avenue Queen’s Jubilee Street party

TOTAL: £6,207

Larkswood

Grant: £1,500.00 Larkswood Lime Academy Summer House/Shelter and Sensory Garden

Grant: £750.00 Christmas Gifts Larkswood ward 2021

Grant: £2,000.00 Highams Park Food Aid (HPFA)

Grant: £500.00 hSpark Radio

Grant: £500.00 Chingford Athletic Under 21's Season 4

Grant: £1,750.00 Memorial Park - Refurbish wooden carvings

Grant: £200.00 On going gardening for South Chingford Town Centre

Grant: £1,250.00 Metal soldier silhouette

Grant: £500.00 Ongoing gardening

Grant: £379.00 Stadium Place Community Allotments Open Day

Grant: £400 Friendship Social Group

Grant: Easter and Jubilee Starter 2022

TOTAL: £10,000

Lea Bridge

Grant: £500.00 KO to knife crime

Grant: £500.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £500.00 Bridge Road Street Party 2021

Grant: £1,000.00 Operation Fight to Finish the Coronavirus Attack

Grant: £500.00 Pak UK Social Festival

Grant: £1,000.00 Unity in diversity

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £900.00 Wiilma: this project is in memory and thanks to The Mayor of Waltham Forest Cllr Chris Robbins

Grant: £1,000.00 Aso Oke Cottage Weaving

Grant: £800 Promoting Poetry and Publishing Books

Grant: £500 Team Building Holiday Activities and Christmas Party for Children

TOTAL: £7,700

Leyton

Grant: £500.00 Knife Down, Glove Up

Grant: £2,000.00 East London Shakespeare Festival (ELSF)

Grant: £1,000.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £1,500.00 Wiilma  - this project is in memory and thanks to The Mayor of Waltham Forest Cllr Chris Robbins

Grant: £1,250.00 Aso Oke Cultural Weaving

Grant: £1,271 East London Shakespeare Festival presents Twelfth Night

Grant: £1,979 Team Building Holiday activities and Christmas Party for Children and Young People

TOTAL: £10,000

Leytonstone

Grant: £650.00 Vintage Tea for Seniors

Grant: £400.00 GFS Leytonstone Covid Recovery and Growth Project

Grant: £2,000.00 Communal Chanukah Menorah Lighting

Grant: £2,000.00 Leytonstone Festival 2021

Grant: £450.00 Booking Leytonstone Library Theatre Hall for monthly playreadings

Grant: £250.00 The Royal British Legion Remembrance Day Parade, Service and Reception

Grant: £2,500.00 Improved lighting for the Stone Space Gallery

Grant: £300.00 Writing in the Margins

TOTAL: £8,550

Markhouse

Grant: £910.00 Post Lockdown Womens Fitness Recovery Group

Grant: £1,000.00 Markhouse All Sports Project

Grant: £1,500.00 Jade's Garden

Grant: £1,500.00 We Play

Grant: £300.00 Gosport Road Pocket Park

Grant: £1,000.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £305.00 Three Streets Street Party

TOTAL: £7,015

Valley

Grant: £3,400.00 Young Leaders

Grant: £2,500.00 Heating renewal

Grant: £500.00 Twixmas Party

Grant: £500.00 Ongoing planting at Chingford Mount

Grant: £1,842.00 Family Food Fun at Paradox

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £750.00 Christmas Gifts Valley Ward 2021

TOTAL: £9,992

William Morris

Grant: £1,700.00 Priory Court Carnival Arts Programme

Grant: £500.00 Annual Diwali Festival

Grant: £500.00 Operation Fight to Finish Coronavirus Attack

Grant: £500.00 Hoe Street: a multimedia response to endemic street harassment

Grant: £500.00 Taster Course: Introduction to Health Qigong

Grant: £2,025.00 East London Shakespeare Festival (ELSF)

Grant: £500.00 Women's Silver Group Exercise Group

Grant: £275.00 Baby and Parent Music Class

Grant: £1,000.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £500.00 Pak UK Social Festival

Grant: £500.00 Waltham Forest Cricket Festival 2021

Grant: £500.00 Japanese Culture Olympics 2021!

Grant: £500.00 African Heritage Weaving Loom

Grant: £496.00 Ramadan and Eid Mosques

TOTAL: £9,996

Wood Street

Grant: £500.00 Educational activities

Grant: £1,000.00 Health and wellness project

Grant: £500.00 We are a newly formed Explorer Scout unit providing activities for 14 to 18-year-olds in the Wood street / Walthamstow area as part of the Scouting movement. We are enquiring about Funding to help us purchase camping equipment and resources

Grant: £1,175.00 Wiilma: this project is in memory and thanks to The Mayor of Waltham Forest Cllr Chris Robbins

Grant: £1,490.00 Go Wild-Life the Socially Distant Doorstep Carnival

Grant: £199.00 Turner Road Gardeners

Grant £500 The Women’s Decision Group CIC

TOTAL: £5,364

Email: Community Ward Funding Team

Please note that we are no longer accepting applications in the previous format. All applications must be submitted as an online application form.