The Walthamstow Stadium Community Sports Trust (WCST) fund aimed to increase local participation in sports and other leisure activities in and around Chingford. We're sorry, but the fund is now closed for further applications.

Overview

The Fund has allocated funding over the last five years to projects within a one-mile radius of Stadium Place, encouraging physical activity with a strong health element.

Studio space has been on offer to projects at Better Gym, which is on-site and has helped reduce costs related to the hiring of venue space.

Walthamstow Stadium Section 106 had a budget of £250,000 to help increase community participation in sports, recreation and other leisure activities across five years.

The programme was overseen by the Walthamstow Community Sports Trust Board, which made decisions on how funding is spent. There was a budget of £50,000 per year, with local initiatives being able to apply for a maximum award of £10,000 per application.

The Board funded projects that delivered sports and promoted wellbeing from the new community facility at Stadium Place in Chingford. They prioritised any application that benefited L&Q residents, but would consider projects based within one mile of the surrounding area.

Applications advanced local education in healthier living, promoted community participation in healthy recreation that offered facilities for sport, recreation and other leisure activities and improved the conditions of life for those who used the facilities.