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The London Marathon Charitable Trust announces new grants
totalling £635,000
20/11/2017
The London Marathon Charitable Trust has today announced new grants
totalling more than £635,000 for projects in London, Surrey and South
Northamptonshire, taking the total amount of money awarded in The Trust’s
history to more than £67 million.
The latest grants include £58,080 to Access Sport towards the development
of a new community BMX cycling facility in Harrow. The facility will host a
new community BMX club and a community outreach programme aimed at engaging
hard-to-reach and inactive groups.
Joe McTague, Associate Director at Access Sport, said: "We are absolutely
delighted to receive the support of The London Marathon Charitable Trust
for this exciting new project. The new BMX cycling track will be accessible
for the public at all times but will also be home to a new community club.
The clubs will be supplied with their own set of equipment and will offer a
variety of sessions to engage local people of all ages and abilities,
including after-school clubs, female specific "BMXercise" sessions and
disability specific "Wingz" sessions.
"The track will also be the hub for a community outreach programme to local
schools, pupil referral units and special educational needs schools. We
look forward to working with The Trust and our partners in Harrow Council,
British Cycling and Sport England to make the project a great success."
Leatherhead Bowling Club in Mole Valley, Surrey, received £75,000 towards
the replacement of its clubhouse, providing a modern, accessible and fit
for purpose building suitable for hosting year round short mat bowls and a
range of other club and community activities.
Club President Brenda Houston said: "Everyone at Leatherhead Bowling Club
would like to thank The London Marathon Charitable Trust for their generous
grant towards our new clubhouse. The support from The Trust throughout the
application process was first class and the resulting grant goes a long way
in helping us achieve our dream of providing a modern centre of excellence
with year round activity and social interaction, particularly for the older
and/or less active members of the community."
Other major grants include £86,452 to St. Paul’s Way Trust School in the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, towards the conversion of two existing
tennis courts into three courts, the installation of a new floodlighting
system and the introduction of community access at the site. The improved
facilities will allow the expansion of the extremely successful Greenhouse
Sports tennis programme and support the delivery of initiatives such as
cardio tennis, women/girls-only sessions, deaf tennis and social tennis
aimed at increasing physical activity levels in a deprived inner city area.
Mr Graham Price, Executive Headteacher, said: "All of us at St Paul's Way
Trust School are extremely grateful for the support received from The
London Marathon Charitable Trust. For seven years we have been working with
the charity Greenhouse Sports and the LTA using tennis as a means to build
our youngsters' confidence, which has recently been commended in a study
carried out by Loughborough University. This grant enables us to have a
third tennis court, to reach more young people and to introduce a community
dimension to our work."
Towcestrians Sports Club has been awarded £150,000 towards the purchase of
an additional eight acres of land for sporting use next to the club's
existing site in order to offer a wider range of facilities and
participation opportunities for the benefit of the local community.
Mark Austin, Towcestrians Sports Club Chairman, said: "This grant is
critical to kickstart the whole project to deliver new, much needed
sporting facilities in South Northamptonshire, which will benefit the whole
community, both young and seniors. On behalf of Towcestrians and the people
of the Towcester area, we would like to thank The London Marathon
Charitable Trust for their generosity."
In total, 12 grants were awarded by The London Marathon Charitable Trust
totalling £635,197. Of those grants, £370,197 were awarded to projects in
London boroughs, £115,000 to three projects in Surrey and £150,000 awarded
to a project in South Northamptonshire.
The Trust’s mission is to help make available high-quality, accessible and
affordable opportunities for sport, play and physical activity, primarily
in the areas in which London Marathon Events Limited organises
mass-participation sporting events. The funding goes towards facilities
projects that inspire increased participation in physical activity, sport
and play. The Trust supports organisations with a clear commitment to
getting people more active and effective strategies for helping people to
build physical activity into their daily lives.
Sarah Ridley, Chief Grants Officer of The London Marathon Charitable Trust,
said: "Regular physical activity has a major impact on individual health
and wellbeing, reducing the risk of developing long term health conditions
and improving mental health outcomes. We know that high quality, accessible
community facilities in the right locations play a key role in allowing
people of all ages to be physically active on a daily basis and reap the
benefits of this.
"Our latest grants go to organisations with ambitious and innovative plans
for how their facilities will be used. All of the projects have a focus on
engaging and supporting people to be more physically active, with a
particular focus on new audiences and under-represented groups."
The full breakdown of grants awarded is as follows:
Location Grantee Award
South Northamptonshire Towcestrians Sports Club £150,000.00
- Towards the purchase of an additional 8 acres of land for sporting use
next to the club's existing site in order to offer a wider range of
facilities and participation opportunities for the benefit of the local
community.
Tower Hamlets St. Paul's Way Trust School £86,452.00
- Towards the conversion of two existing tennis courts into three courts,
the installation of a new floodlighting system and the introduction of
community access at the site. The improved facilities will allow the
expansion of the extremely successful Greenhouse Sports tennis programme
and support the delivery of initiatives such as cardio tennis,
women/girls-only sessions, deaf tennis and social tennis aimed at
increasing physical activity levels in a deprived inner city area.
Surrey Leatherhead Bowling Club £75,000.00
- Towards replacement of the existing clubhouse to provide a modern,
accessible and fit for purpose building suitable for hosting year round
short mat bowls and a range of other club and community activities.
Bexley Access Sport CIO £71,665.00
- Towards the creation of a new community BMX track which will host a new
community BMX club and a community outreach programme aimed at engaging
hard-to-reach and inactive groups.
Harrow Access Sport CIO £58,080.00
- Towards the creation of a new community BMX track which will host a new
community BMX club and a community outreach programme aimed at engaging
hard-to-reach and inactive groups.
Surrey Windlesham Club & Theatre £20,000.00
- Towards Windlesham Bowls Clubhouse extension which will enable increased
short mat bowls opportunities, in addition to table tennis, darts and other
physical activities for older adults.
Surrey Abinger Parish Recreation £20,000.00
Grounds Charity
- Towards the playground refurbishment at Abinger Common to provide brand
new equipment that will enable play and physical activity opportunities for
early years and young children.
Lambeth Black Prince Trust £20,000.00
Towards a Trim Trail at the inner city Black Prince Trust Community Hub to
provide a facility for individuals of all ages, abilities and fitness
levels to engage in physical activity in a bid to tackle health inequality
and improve wellbeing amongst deprived communities.
Redbridge London Borough of Redbridge £20,000.00
Towards the purchase of a sustainable energy outdoor gym at Mayespark
Primary School to enable children and young people from a diverse local
community the opportunity to become physically active using an exciting
green facility.
Westminster Westminster Boating Base £10,000.00
Towards the replacement of the ageing hot water and heating system at
Westminster Boating Base to support the delivery of water based physical
activities to individuals and groups, including those from target groups
audiences and deprived communities.
Greenwich Royal Borough Greenwich £100,000.00
A top up grant towards the London Marathon Playing Field Hervey Road
project to improve drainage works and pitch improvements.
Southwark London Borough of Southwark £4,000.00
A top up grant to for re-surfacing the pen area multi-sports surface at
Pilgrims Way School in Southwark, to support the delivery of a wider range
of sport and physical activity sessions for participants including disabled
people and members of the local community.
TOTAL AMOUNT AWARDED £635,197.00
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