The hub will include new equipment for an already running weekly youth space, Zumba, boxing and table tennis coaching, as well as health and wellbeing community days

Walthamstow Stadium residents have won funding to turn an empty onsite café into a community hub.
Stadium Place Tenants & Residents Association (TRA) won £12,500 of funding from the CHIP Community Chest Fund and London & Quadrant’s (L&Q) Walthamstow Stadium Community Sports Trust for the hub at the former dog stadium.
Activities for residents in 2024 and 2025 will include new equipment for an already running weekly youth space, Zumba, boxing and table tennis coaching, as well as health and wellbeing community days.
The association is led by a committee of resident volunteers from all tenancies across the estate, which is managed by housing association L&Q.
Formed in 2018, Stadium Place TRA organises regular events to bring the community together, from Easter fun days to an annual Eid Party.
With support from Waltham Forest Council, the TRA has also partnered with knife crime charity Project Zero to start a new youth hub.
This runs every Wednesday in term time, offering a safe space and activities for 10-18-year-olds. The new funding will ensure the youth space can function for at least another year, alongside new activities for all ages.
TRA chair Sarah Chaney said: “This funding will help offer something positive for us as a community, as well as supporting the surrounding area.
“South Chingford suffers from a lack of social amenities and services for young people, and we’re proud as a residents’ group to be playing our part to improve facilities in the local area.”
Stadium Place was fully completed in 2017, with residents moving in in phases from 2016. There are 290 homes on the estate (originally 97 shared ownership, 100 private rent and 93 social rent) across four blocks of flats and three blocks of townhouses.
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