Moormead Pavilion project seeks £14,000 of community funding after 10-year fight

Twickenham residents are urging the community to help them clear the last hurdle in their 10-year fight to build a new pavilion in their local park. Charity Moormead Community and Sports Pavilion has crowdfunded more than £20,000 in just two weeks to put towards replacing the derelict, boarded-up pavilion at Moormead Park with new facilities, including toilets and a café.

If they can hit their initial £35,000 target they believe it will show other organisations with the ability to grant them the remaining cash they need, that the community is behind the project.

The original pavilion has been condemned, and was already unusable except for storing sports equipment for many years, while the park does not have any toilets or a café. Trustees of the charity told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) they want to turn the new pavilion into the 'heart of the community', with facilities to make the park accessible, tackle loneliness and help residents become more active.