More than £100,000 of Olympic legacy funding goes to Redbridge sport and community projects

Kids and residents jump for joy on the land that will be the Vicarage Lane Play Park (Image: Archant)

Redbridge Council allocated chunks of the grant to applicants and more will be available in a second round of applications opening tomorrow.

Disabled multisports at the Frenford Clubs for Young People, Yusra Hussein, and Tobias Yasin, (Image: Archant)

The Vicarage Lane Play Park project, which plans to transform an empty plot of land in Ilford into a games area, play space and allotments, got the largest award of £18,500.

Roger Backhouse, secretary of the Vicarage Lane Play Park group, said the money would be used towards work starting next month on the games area and car park.

He added: “We are delighted with the contribution and it will be a great help.

Other projects benefitting from funding include £11,000 for pitch drainage at Woodford Rugby Football Club to cater for the club’s 18 teams, and opportunities for young people.

The Redbridge Amateur Boxing Club was awarded £15,000 to develop a new club and facilities in Clayhall Park, and the South Park Users Group got £15,000 towards a new multi-use games area.

Frenford Clubs will use the £9,000 grant to train young volunteers into qualified disability sport coaches and the Redbridge and Ilford Hockey Club are going to run more coaching sessions for new members with £4,225.

Funding will also go to the Fairlop Heritage Group for a new local history website and the Chigwell and Epping Forest Orienteering Club to install permanent challenges in Redbridge parks.

A new rowing club, beach sports facility, pre and post-natal exercise group and exercise programme for mobility impaired people also got a boost.

The second round of applications for the Olympic legacy finding will open tomorrow and run until October 21.