Community ward funding

We would like to announce that the first round of applications for Community Ward Funding 2025 to 2026 is open from Monday 24 March 2025 until Friday 2 May 2025. 

Applications must be received by 5pm on Friday 2 May 2025.

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

Apply for Community Ward Funding 

Residents and Community Groups will be able to apply for funding under the theme of Mission Waltham Forest.

You can apply for any amount of funding that will have an impact on the local community during this time, however you will only be able to apply for funding in a maximum of two wards per project. Wards are allocated an amount based on geographical size. Wards with two councillors are allocated £6,600; wards with three councillors are allocated £10,000. Projects must be used on practical initiatives led by individuals or community groups. 

Mission Waltham Forest: 

At a time of complexity and challenge resulting in increasing inequality and pressure on services and budgets, the council has an important part to play. We also recognise the need to unlock the potential and resilience of residents, communities, and neighbourhoods. We want there to be a network of support within neighbourhoods so that residents are getting the right things, in the right place, at the right time. 

Communities know what is best for their local area. The people who live there can connect with a huge range of people. Through CWF we want to support you - the people and community groups - to set up initiatives and events that look to strengthen community ties, empower fellow residents, and realise potential within your neighbourhoods. 

This could be done in ways that bring people together, or offer support to those who need it or are at risk of needing it soon. Your application for funding should demonstrate how you intend to tackle inequalities within your ward. 

Please note that this funding cannot be used for personal needs, on an individual basis or to pay staffing costs or wages. 

Click the below for further details of support available for: 

• Local businesses
• Residents 

If you require additional help to complete your application, please contact us at cwfsupport@walthamforest.gov.uk. 

If you received 2024/25 Community Ward funding , you must complete your project evaluation including proof of spend, and submit to cwfsupport@walthamforest.gov.uk. 

If you have outstanding requirements from the 2024/25 round, this may cause delays to the progress of your 2025/26 applications.

Cann Hall

Grant: £1,000 Knife down, Glove up

Grant: £56.41 The Royal British Legion Remembrance Day Parade, Service and Reception

Grant: £500 International Women’s Day event in Cann Hall

Grant: £500 Leytonstone Festival

Grant: £476.59 Volunteer Recruitment to Support Older People in Cann Hall and Leytonstone Ward

Grant: £2,000 St Margaret's Community food share pop up shop

Grant: £1,000 EVERYONE WELCOME - EVERYONE ON BOARDS

Grant: £1,000 Leytonstone Arts Trail including Let's Fill Leytonstone with Art

Grant: £500 TeaTalk

Grant: £1,000 Aunties Community Café

Grant: £450 2nd Leytonstone Sea Scouts Heritage Celebration

Grant: £300 Community Arts & Crafts Day

Grant: £707 Wesleyan Day Care Centre

Total: £9,490

Cathall

Grant: £1,875 No more Knife crime

Grant: £300 The Royal British Legion Remembrance Day Parade, Service and Reception

Grant: £498.57 Alfred Hitchcock Remembered 2024

Grant: £3,000 The job opportunities for you (J.O.Y) project

Total: £5,673.57

Chapel End

Grant: £1,450 SEND Football

Grant: £1,650 Eucalyptus Tree Seating

Grant: £2,500 Much Ado About Nothing' and accompanying Community Engagement Programme

Grant: £900 Community Connect 

Total: £6,500

Chingford Green

Grant: £465 Bank Holiday Monday Community Get-Together

Grant: £1,500 The Chingford Village Festival 

Grant: £400 Knittogether

Grant: £500 Chingford Children's Community Garden Completion

Grant: £500 Food Bank Growers

Grant: £360 A Bridge to far

Grant: £1,500 Mornington Hall, Electrical Works

Grant: £1,500 Gail’s Chingford Green trips

Total: £6,725

Endlebury

Grant: £1,000 The Chingford Village Festival 

Grant: £500 Veterans Network Building

Grant: £200 Horsley Road Street Party

Grant: £3,000 Chimney Energy Saving Project

Grant: £500 Chingford Residents Association

Grant: £1,000 Nutritional Cooking and Wellbeing Programme

Total: £6,200

Forest

Grant: £1,050 Hope Garden

Grant: £400 Nottingham Road Residents Association Summer Picnic

Grant: £4,000 Soul Food Cafe

Grant: £500 Forest Lodge Festival

Grant: £750 Eid Party

Grant: £1,000 Eid Party

Grant: £1,000 ILM-Connect Educators Networking Event

Total: £8,700

Grove Green

Grant: £800 Francis Road Community Summer Street Party

Grant: £600 Community Birdbox Project

Grant: £900 Birds in school

Grant: £876 Subsidised Places for community dance

Total: £3,176

Hale End and Highams Park South

Grant: £250 Summer Street Party 2024

Grant: £560 Poetry for the people

Grant: £1,000 The Highams Park Christmas Fayre

Grant: £1,000 The Picnic in The Highams Park

Grant: £500 A Season of four Classical Music Recitals

Grant: £1,000 Youth Link

Grant: £500 hSpark Radio Community Outreach

Grant: £500 Woodland Wellbeing

Grant: £500 Bushcraft Club

Grant: £850 The Highams Park Business Group 'The Growth Project'

Total: £6,660 

Hatch Lane and Highams Park North

Grant: £1,500 The Highams Park Christmas Fayre

Grant: £1,500 The Picnic in The Highams Park

Grant: £2,000 Youth Link

Grant: £500 Community Yoga inspired movement classes

Grant: £1,000 Xplorer Trails -Pimp Hall Nature Reserve and The Highams Park

Grant: £1,000 hSpark Radio Community Outreach

Grant: £500 Woodland Wellbeing

Grant: £250 Bushcraft Club

Grant: £1,750.00 New pond dipping platform in Pimp Hall Nature Reserve

Total: £10,000

High Street

Grant: £500 Christmas Buffet

Grant: £1,000 Health and Wellbeing Fair

Grant: £750 Good Grief Cafes

Grant: £1,000 The Victoria M Mental Health Project for All

Grant: £2,250 Celebrating diversity

Grant: £1,500 Providing a Nightly Hot Meal to Local Homeless People

Grant: £750 Community Garden Project

Grant: £750 Community Outdoor Cinema Event

Grant: £1,000 Gleaners Cafe Takeaways

Grant: £500 Warner Road Street Party

Total: £10,000

Higham Hill

Grant: £1,000 Higham Hill Community Social Group

Grant: £1,006.91 SHORT/CUT

Grant: £1,654.50 Much Ado About Nothing' and accompanying Community Engagement Programme

Grant: £1,410 Garnett Way Gardening

Grant: £1,200 Higham Hill Play

Total: £6,271.41

Hoe Street

Grant: £1,250 The Drive Food Stall

Grant: £769 Theatre for all

Grant: £1,000 Walthamstow Trades Hall Podcast Project (Working Title)

Grant: £546 Songs & Smiles

Grant: £3,500 St Mary's Summer Festival

Grant: £1,000 Hilltop Community Gardening, Hilltop Community Street Party

Grant: £500 Know Your Neighbours, Community Engagement and Community Cohesion

Grant: £433.84 Toy Library Take-Over at St Mary's Village Festival

Grant: £1,000 Fredrick Bremer Mosaic

Total: £9,998.84

Larkswood

Grant: £770 Planet Compassion - Nature & Mindfulness Summer Holiday Pop Up workshops

Grant: £500 Food Bank Growers

Grant: £700 "Lets celebrate our diversity" & "Mental Health Matters" Piñata Workshops

Grant: £734 Summer Community Activities at Walthamstow Stadium

Grant: £1,050 Community Peace Garden

Grant: £2,750 Healthy Ageing and Wellbeing

Grant: £490 Little Larks forest school

Grant: £1,500 Larkswood Ward Series of Events by Gail Penfold

Total: £8,494

Lea Bridge

Grant: £500 Palamos Road Street Party

Grant: £1,000 Positive Routes

Grant: £1,000 STEAM Academy CIC - Empowering through STEM Education

Grant: £300 Promo film Kiran Support Services

Grant: £400 East Asian Cultural Salon (EACS)

Grant: £1,000 People's Kitchen

Grant: £1,000 The Brothers Project

Grant: £600 Understanding Unconscious Bias 

Grant: £1,000 Community Makers

Grant: £1,000 Boundary Road (Lea Bridge Ward) Safer Neighbourhood Initiative 

Grant: £600 My Skill - My Hope

Grant: £1,000 Bromley Road Community & Rain Garden

Grant: £600 18-25s Neurodiversity social club

Total: £10,000

Leyton

Grant: £100 Radlix and Sunnyside Street Party

Grant: £500 The Procession

Grant: £250 Windsor Road Fun Bus: Community Art Workshop

Grant: £500 Bursary spaces Zip Zap baby and toddler classes

Grant: £500 Summer Dance (SD)

Grant: £1,250 Leyton Más - The Heart of Carnival Youth & Community Participation

Grant: £400 Subsidised Places for community dance

Grant: £1,000 Truevie: Youth football skill showcase

Grant: £500 Empowered Ageing

Grant: £1,000 Home Team

Grant: £1,000 The Lighthouse Project

Grant: £250 Bigger than hair workshop

Grant: £1,000 Wellness in Waltham Forest: A Day of Serenity and Self Care

Grant: £1,000 Gather, make and grow

Total: £9,250

Leytonstone

Grant: £1,000 St John’s Vintage Tea

Grant: £1,000 Party in the Park 2024

Grant: £150 The Royal British Legion Remembrance Day Parade, Service and Reception

Grant: £1,200 GT International Festival

Grant: £1,100 Birds In school

Grant: £1,100 Leytonstone Festival

Grant: £730 Good shepherd Chair Yoga

Grant: £630 Monthly Playreadings at Leytonstone Library

Grant: £1,250 Leytonstone Arts Trail including Let's Fill Leytonstone with Art

Grant: £700 Nature Through Young Eyes: Children's Film Festival

Grant: £1,140 Future Creators

Total: £10,000 

Markhouse

Grant: £500 Monthly hot meals for lonely pensioners and elders

Grant: £1,000 Positive Routes

Grant: £1,000 Tuesday evening filmmaking @ Leyton Family Hub

Grant: £1,000 Project Zero Engage

Grant: £1,000 Summer Holiday Art Programme

Total: £4,500

St James

Grant: £500 Chester Road Street Party

Grant: £500 Christmas Buffet

Grant: £932 Bollywood Fitness Classes with Mevy at The Mill

Grant: £600 Hazelwood Rd street party

Grant: £500 Elmfield Road Street Party

Grant: £1,000 WFMS/ Project Zero Producers Group

Grant: £672 Coppermill Play and Engage project

Grant: £400 Community Christmas Carol

Grant: £196 Clothing Repair With Embroidery

Grant: £1,200 Holiday Nature Immersion Programme

Grant: £2,000 Gleaners Cafe Takeaways

Total: £8,500

Upper Walthamstow

Grant: £1,200 Music & Family Fun Fete

Grant: £200 Blooming Ulverston Road Project

Grant: £1,000 Joust! Screen free gaming fun for all

Grant: £895 Nature Connection: Forest School Club for Neurodiverse Teens

Grant: £1,500 A programme of summer activities

Total: £4,795

Valley

Grant: £1,250 Earthseed

Grant: £500 Old Church Surgery Patient Participation Group

Grant: £1,044 Community Living Room – Valley

Grant: £700 "Lets celebrate our diversity" & "Mental Health Matters" Piñata Workshops

Grant: £1,125 Moving Pictures in Valley 2024 - 2025

Grant: £1,000 Quids in! Money Guidance

Grant: £1,000 Pensioners Outing to Southend on Sea

Grant: £1,000 Love South Chingford Xmas Event

Total: £7,619

William Morris

Grant: £600 Coach Trip (for older adults)

Grant: £825 Eucalyptus Tree Seating

Grant: £500 Walthamstow Adult Neurodivergent Group

Grant: £2,000Friends of Lloyd Park Event Series 2024

Grant: £500 Planet Compassion - Nature & Mindfulness Summer Holiday Pop Up workshops

Grant: £500 The Victoria M Mental Health Project for All

Grant: £300 Deciphering Mindfulness (DM)

Grant: £98 Clothing Repair With Embroidery

Grant: £500 Ruby road regeneration 

Grant: £1,000 Stone Soup weekly Stay & Play sessions at Priory Court

Grant: £1,000 Cooking Together

Grant: £1,000 Plot E17 Community Orchard

Total: £8,823

Wood Street

Grant: £1,222 Skateboarding Coaching Sessions

Grant: £500 Flower Bed at Shernhall and Addison Roads

Grant: £1,000 ARMP PPG Hope Garden Project

Grant: £1,200 Christmas Tea Party

Grant: £500 Waltham Forest Pet Foodbank Leyton by Gail Penfold

Total: £4,422

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.