Council grants for community projects 

Kemi Akinola, Deputy Leader of Wandsworth Council said: “We are so lucky to have incredible groups in our borough providing the help people need right in the heart of their communities.

“We want to thank them and provide them with the support they need to continue their work, including affordable workspace at our VCS Hub, and funding from the Wandsworth Grant Fund.”

The money available for this round of the Wandsworth Grant Fund was increased to ensure more local groups could be supported. This funding came from the council’s Cost of Living Fund and is part of a longer-term programme to support and strengthen the Wandsworth Grants Fund in Wandsworth.

Projects receiving funding include:

Community Drug and Alcohol Recovery Services (CDARS): Voices of Resilience. A year-long performing arts programme for service users including acting, play writing and stage production.

Connected Lives: Circle of Security Parenting Groups. Eight weekly parent support sessions at Family Hubs across the borough including Battersea Family Hub, Cromwell house and Roehampton Family Hub.

Enable LC: The Care Collective. Activities for young carers to improve wellbeing and build confidence including youth café sessions, workshops and trips.

Exceed Reading Stars: Digital Achieving Beyond Capabilities (ABC). A youth-led literacy and learning project to strengthen reading fluency, comprehension, and peer-led mentoring in schools.

Forever Fishponds: Community Garden. A new community garden in Fishponds Fields. Volunteers will support the gardening, design, and construction of the garden and will encourage visitors.

Future Skills. A science teacher will provide extra support to children aged 11 - 16.

Generate: Wandsworth Change Makers. The project will empower learning disabled and neurodivergent people to come together as active citizens to solve problems or issues that are important to them.

Katherine Low Settlement. Workshops for newly-arrived refugee and asylum-seeking young people, including first aid, CV writing and job preparation, financial literacy, public speaking and online safety.

Mother and Child Welfare Organisation: Empowering Women: Building Community, Achieving Potential. Activities for refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds to address key areas such as mental health, financial resilience, and community integration.

Send In Mind: WCL Mind. To help parents/carers understand their child’s special educational needs and help them navigate and access the right professionals for support.

Sport in Mind. Sport and physical activity sessions for adults with serious mental illness and those struggling with their mental health.

Sport4Health: Winstanley Youth Basketball Sessions. Two basketball sessions a week for young residents of the Winstanley and York Road Estates.

St Mark’s Church: Replacement of the lift. The church building is widely by groups including the Wandsworth Foodbank, Spear Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Foodbank Advice Project, Wandsworth Mediation Service, and the Wandsworth OneStop Shop for survivors of domestic abuse.

The Furzedown Project: Care and Connections. A year-long support group for unpaid older carers aged 60+ across Wandsworth.

Tooting History Group: Historic Shops of Tooting Trail. A walking trail of historical Tooting shops. A collection of historical photos of Tooting will be displayed in shop windows throughout Tooting with information about the shops that have previously occupied the premises.

Transition Town Tooting: TootingCAN. A one-day event that brings together the Tooting community to share their skills with the wider community and each other.

Find out more about the Wandsworth Grant Fund, including previous recipients and how to apply.