Knight Dragon award £100k to Greenwich Peninsula community projects

We’re delighted to announce that the latest round of funding from Greenwich Peninsula Community Fund has been distributed to community organisations in the area. Funded by Knight Dragon, the lead developer regenerating Greenwich Peninsula, the programme represents a £1.9 million investment in supporting and strengthening this urban community over the next decade.

The priority themes for Greenwich Peninsula Community Fund are employment and training opportunities, life skills, civic engagement, health and wellbeing, the environment, community resilience and opportunities for vulnerable and disadvantaged. Projects that were inclusive and innovative were also favoured by the grants panel, which consisted of representatives from Knight Dragon, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greater London Authority, L&Q and Greenwich Giving. Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 were awarded for the one-year funding.

This year we dedicate one of our grants to Greenwich Peninsula Community Fund panelist Shehla Kadri (Community Development Lead) from L&Q Foundation who tragically passed away last year. Shehla was passionate about women’s rights and had dedicated her career to supporting those in need. We therefore we dedicate the Housing for Women funding in her name. She will be truly missed by her colleagues, friends and family.

Other winners include MumsAid who have received funding in both rounds of the fund so far, to support their perinatal mental health counselling services for 15 mothers as well as maternal mental health awareness-raising talks to the Greenwich Peninsula community, reaching a total of 50 beneficiaries:

MumsAid are delighted and proud to be chosen to be part of the Greenwich Peninsula Community Fund. We will provide counselling support, reducing isolation and strengthening families in the area. We look forward to ‘mothering the mothers’

Platform Cricket will receive their first grant from the fund in 2025. This funding will go towards the development of an inclusive cricket engagement programme at a local school, aiming to engage 400 young people:

Greenwich is a very diverse area with a great deal of development. So opportunities for physical activity are vital and we firmly believe cricket offers opportunities for socialisation and personal development, and a cross-cultural appeal, which are relatively unique. We are extremely grateful to the Greenwich Peninsula Community Fund for their support which is enabling access to the Platform Cricket programme and a route into the game for local youngsters.

The full list of groups, projects and community organisations supported by Greenwich Peninsula Community Fund this year are:-

• BIGKID Foundation
• ELREM Foundation
• Greenwich Carers Centre
• Housing for Women
• Motivez
• MumsAid
• Platform Cricket (THYSF)
• Queercircle

We have been extremely impressed with the Greenwich Peninsula Community Fund delivery partners, especially their dedication to maximise social value and achieve long-term positive impact for the local community. We look forward to working with our community and public sector partners to improve social outcomes for those who live, work and study at Greenwich Peninsula. – Matt Hawkins, CEO, Knight Dragon.

Greenwich Peninsula is due to see over 17,000 new homes, 12,000 new jobs and 48 acres of open public space emerging over the coming years. In that time, Greenwich Peninsula Community Fund will support the delivery of community projects that will have a positive social, economic, and environmental impact on the local community. Previous funding has been provided to Breadwinners, Ahoy Centre, The Conservation Volunteers and London Gypsies and Travellers.

Knight Dragon has also launched the next round of Greenwich Peninsula Community Fund, seeking further funding requests from community organisations within Greenwich Peninsula. This third round of applications will close on 18th July 2025.