The Borough and London Bridge Neighbourhood Community Meeting approved funding for a range of local projects through the Cleaner Greener Safer programme and the Neighbourhoods Fund. The meeting also allocated funds for devolved highways improvements across the neighbourhood.

Cleaner Greener Safer 2026-27: Capital Funding Allocation

The meeting approved the reallocation of £67,556 from previous years' underspends and project cancellations to the 2026-27 Cleaner Greener Safer (CGS) budget for the Borough and London Bridge Neighbourhood. A further £234,400 was allocated to new projects, bringing the total available for the year to £301,956.

Funding was distributed across the four wards within the neighbourhood:

• Borough and Bankside ward: £75,600 was allocated to projects including the Perkins Square Playground Makeover (£20,000), Mint Street Park improvement project (£14,600), Courage Garden Top Up (£11,000), improvements and repairs for Mint Street Park stage (£7,000), The Bittern House Raised Beds Project (£5,000), Redman House Greening and Biodiversity Project (£15,000), Safe Garden community grow Project (£20,000), and Cleaning & Greening Gatehouse Square (£3,000).
• Chaucer ward: £76,700 was allocated to projects including Refreshing Falmouth Road Park (£2,000), Play for All: Revitalising the Tabard Park Playground (£40,000), Sheffield stands for Rockingham estate (£3,700), Alice Street Alleyway Security Gate (SE1) (£4,000), Rockingham Estate Sustainable Water Storage System (£8,000), Albert Barnes House Backyard Gate Repair and Replace (£5,000), Brotherhood Peace Garden (London) (£4,000), Installation of a bicycle storage unit (£7,000), and Recycling Bin Storage Area (£6,000).
• London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward: £56,399 was allocated to projects including Tooley Street Blooms (£5,000), Greener and Safer 2 Fair Street and St Olaves Estates (lighting and greening) (£10,000), A Quieter Life Please - Phase One (£10,821), Security (Tanner House) (£2,500), Dog Turd Alley to Happy Valley (£7,000), Smartening up our estate entrance (£7,500), A Little Bit of Green (£899), Community garden gates for the Snowsfields estate SE1 3SX (£7,000), Greening Our Estates – Building Community through Shared Gardening (£15,000), and Two Towers TMC Community Gardens and Bicycle Storage Project (£7,000).
• St George's Ward: £44,532 was allocated to projects including Cooper Close environmental improvements (£5,000), Reducing Anti Social Behaviour and Drug Dealing through improved lighting and layout in St George's Garden Pocket Park (£2,000), Webber and Quentin Playspace and Locker Estate Investment (£27,430), All Things Bright And Beautiful Community Garden (capital build costs) (£12,832), and Reducing fly tipping through installing fencing (£100).

Neighbourhood Grants (Neighbourhoods Fund 2026-27)

The meeting approved the allocation of £110,000 from the Neighbourhoods Fund for 2026-27. The fund supports revenue-funded community activities.

• Borough and Bankside ward: £24,733 was allocated to projects including Gather & Grow: Seasonal Celebrations in Borough & Bankside (£6,500), Southwark Street Peabody Estate 150th Anniversary Celebration (£3,640), Mint Street Music Festival 2026 (£500), Borough Market Residents' Association Professional Advice Support (£3,360), Eco Art Club Spring After-School Club at Marlborough Sports Garden (£450), Tiny Tribe Play group (0-5 years old) (£7,117), Borough and Bankside Events (£3,733), Living Bankside Academy Celebration (£2,500), Grand Iftar (£1,000), and Pattison and Babington House Celebration (£1,200).
• Chaucer ward: £21,640 was allocated to projects including Rockingham Wellbeing (£6,640), (BASH) Be Active Stay Healthy (£5,000), Health, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support Project for Southwark Residence (£4,030), Seaside Connections: A community Day for Tabard central & South Residents (£4,750), Borough & London Bridge Digital Content Creators (£3,080), The Big Tabard Get Together 2026 (£2,500), Eid event at Harper Road Mosque (£2,500), and Empire Square Community Meeting Space Project (£1,500).
• London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward: £27,528 was allocated to projects including Bermondsey Street Festival (£6,000), Regulation (£6,500), Speech Bubbles at Grange Primary School (£3,088), Representation of Daloa-Bété Cultural Open Day (Annual Edition – South East London) (£2,500), Venue Hire for Weekly Meetings and Storage (£1,950), OBC Youth Engagement & Participation Programme (£2,940), Dentermed - We Are Determined! (£520), Bike Marking and Phone Marking event (£2,000), Promotion of Southwark's heritage and local list by CAAG (£500), St Olaves Estate - Annual Celebration (£1,500), and Parent Connect: Supporting Parents and Carers of Neurodiverse Children (£2,500).
• St George's Ward: £12,555 was allocated to projects including Disable Participants Access (£6,445), Tripod Cord (£5,000), Rasing Awareness for Nesting Season (£1,000), Young Company (£2,400), (BASH) Be active Stay Healthy (£3,000), and All Things Bright & Beautiful Community Garden (£2,155).

Devolved Highways Budget 2026-27: Capital Funding Allocation

The meeting approved the reallocation of £84,077 from previous years' underspend to the 2026-27 Devolved Highways Budget (DHB) for the Borough and London Bridge Neighbourhood. A further £139,681 was allocated from the capital programme for new projects, bringing the total available for the year to £223,758.

The allocated funds for new projects are as follows:

• Borough and Bankside ward: £30,000 was allocated to Kings Bench Street trees and bench.
• Chaucer ward: £2,500 was allocated to Planting in the abandoned planter - Tabard Street, Long Lane. An additional £35,595 was allocated for Trinity Street repaving, listed as an officer proposal.
• London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward: £3,000 was allocated to Street cleaning and maintenance of planters on Bermondsey Street.
• St George's Ward: £15,000 was allocated to We Are Waterloo, £1,500 for Gladstone Street Slabs, £45,792 for Colnbrook Street Improvements (listed as a Councillor proposal), £800 for Lamlash, and £1,000 for Safer Walking.

The unallocated funding for the Devolved Highways Budget in the Borough and London Bridge Neighbourhood for 2026-27 is £71,369, with £24,498 remaining in St George's ward, £18,380 in Borough and Bankside, £3,095 in Chaucer, and £25,396 in London Bridge and West Bermondsey.