Enovert Community Trust News
Exciting to see the project to provide a new practice nets facility underway at West Bergholt Cricket Club. I'm sure it will be a popular destination come next season for the club's aspiring cricketers!
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Last stop was a fantastic outdoor gym facility at Walsall Arboretum, where ECT has contributed £50k towards a £111k project. I have to say it was one of the most impressive green gym facilities that I have seen in my many years in the role, resembling a professional indoor gym. The park has some incredible facilities, including an extensive play area, MUGA, skatepark and bandstand, and the outdoor gym is the latest string to its bow. #TheLCF
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Enovert Community Trust and its predecessor, Cory Environmental Trust in Britain, has supported several projects at Pelsall Cricket and Sports Club over the years, owing to its fantastic community links and its location in the vicinity of Enovert's Highfields South Landfill Site. The latest project was to improve drainage and resurface the driveway and car park at the club. The Trustees' rarely fund car park projects, however the club demonstrated a particularly strong need case, and the project builds upon ECT's investment in the club to date, which includes updated changing rooms, roof repairs and a family play facility. The project cost £47k, with ECT contributing £27k towards it. #thelcf
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We had a warm welcome at Pelsall Community Association, where ECT awarded a second grant to fund the replacement of room dividers and the provision of new flooring, enabling the creation of dining/private hire area within the centre. The new doors are almost completely soundproof, which makes the space far more versatile, both keeping sounds within the room (choir practice) and also buffering the sounds from the busy community centre. ECT awarded £18,178 towards the project, building on a first grant awarded back in 2022 to restore the outside space at the centre, creating a wooden shelter and raised planters, at a cost of £17k. It was great to hear that Biffa Award had also awarded a grant to this fantastic community facility, funding new heaters/coolers in the centre's main hall. When we visited there was a baby sensory class underway, demonstrating the need to provide warm spaces for the many users. #thelcf
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Farmers Boy Fishing Club approached ECT for a grant to fund new pathways across Barns Lane Fishing Lake, to improve access and encourage more visitors to the site. Trustees approved a grant of £37,450 with the project being delivered in partnership with Walsall MBC, and has proved to be a great success. Investment in the pathways has resulted in additional funding being awarded towards the upgrading of the fishing pegs and installation of some additional pegs, and further plans are afoot to ensure that as many pegs as possible are wheelchair accessible. As a result of the project and additional habitat improvement works, the site has been awarded Green Flag status in the most recent award round, which is a fantastic achievement for all involved. #TheLCF
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At Delves Community Hall, ECT provided a grant of £42,030 to make a number of improvements aimed at making the hall more environmentally friendly, accessible, and also more visually appealing. The improvements included the provision of a DDA compliant WC, upgraded WC's, new exterior doors, LED lighting, replacement guttering and soffits, and rewiring. The project was delivered by Christ Church Birmingham, who took over the running of the building in order to operate it as a community venue and church. They heard about ECT through one of ECT's Trustees, who is also a member of a local tennis club. The tennis club were looking to recycle its clubhouse chairs and Christ Church Birmingham provided a new life for them within Delves Community Hall. This led to them finding out about funding opportunities for community facilities in the area, resulting in another fantastic project being delivered. Delves Community Hall hosts multiple events which support its local population, including dinners, talks, youth events, training etc. The facilities are also available to hire by local people looking for a comfortable but affordable and accessible venue.#TheLCF
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