West Silvertown Online

	West Silvertown Village Community Foundation
	West Silvertown Online

Welcome!
We hope you enjoy exploring our site. The Navigation bar will help you in negotiating the many pages but if necessary you can navigate via the Site Index (Alt+1>Enter) which has simple links to every page of the site.

Q. From where does Silvertown get its name?
A. It's named after Samuel Silver who brought his waterproof clothing works to the area in 1852
More key dates in local history

More information about the development of the Olympic site on the development of the Olympic site in the Lower Lea Valley

Times Past
- a collection of pictures and written material contributed by Stan Dyson, Keith Lloyd, Ken Smith and Albert Hodkinson who lived in the area years ago - click here for the Times Past page

Britannia Village Hall
The Foundation took over the Village Hall in May 2007.
Visit our new Village Hall page

Origins: The Foundation was set-up in 1995 as part of the arrangements to ensure that the proposed new urban village in West Silvertown enjoyed good facilities for the new community which would soon emerge there. The Foundation was sponsored by the developers of the village - George Wimpey & Co., the Peabody Trust and East Thames Housing Group all of whom contributed to its initial funds. It is a company limited by guarantee and enjoys charitable status. Its area comprises West Silvertown and its environs.

Purpose: Within its formal charitable objects, the Foundation sees its central purpose as engaging the existing and emerging resident and business communities to work together to further the interests of the area and build a real sense of community from which all will benefit.

The Trustees: The Foundation is managed by a Board of Trustees all of whom give their time absolutely free. The Board is structured so that representatives of local residents, the local community and voluntary organisations and local businesses all have an opportunity to serve on it along with Trustees appointed by the initial sponsors. There is also a facility to co-opt a small number of additional people whose positions or skills will strengthen the expertise available.

Membership: The Trustees see the Foundation as “belonging” to the local community and they very much welcome applications for membership from local residents, voluntary and community organisations and businesses. The Trustees would like to achieve a situation where the vast majority of local people have joined. Click here for information about becoming a member.

West Silvertown Village Community Foundation

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