About us
Our Mission: Creating space to belong in West Silvertown
Our Values
Welcome
Offering a warm welcome to everyone we meet.
From the moment we meet someone, we want them to feel welcome. Our activities are mainly free and open access, with no need to pre-register, so people can walk in and get involved straight away.
Support
Providing support for life’s challenges.
It’s easy to feel isolated in London, where people can seem too busy to stop and talk. Our diverse community face a range of challenges on a daily basis. We want everyone to know that they aren’t alone and will provide support where we can – from mentoring for young people to English classes for asylum seekers. Sometimes we can’t provide all the support ourselves, but that’s where we’re glad to be part of a wider community. We help people to connect with their neighbours, building their own support network, and we link people in with our partners for more tailored support.
Empowerment
Empowering people to achieve their goals.
Every individual is different and has their own set of goals and ambitions. We listen to our community and help individuals to think about their next step, empowering them to work towards their goals, from teenagers wanting to run a community project to Mums getting back into work.
Fun
Finding ways to celebrate and have fun together.
All along the journey, we are here to have fun and celebrate. In an increasingly polarised and busy society, we sometimes lose the importance of simply having fun and celebrating the good times. We have regular community events to bring our community together, but also look for the little ways to enjoy life – whether that’s our ESOL students going on a trip to a new part of London, or our under 5s families singing funny songs together.
Our Theory of Impact
We run a range of activities for the community which enable change for individuals and the community. Our theory of impact diagram shows how we see our activities make a difference.
We know that belonging happens a little bit at a time. So our arrow shows the continuous cycle of outcomes leading into the greater long-term impact for individuals and the wider community.
Our Strategy 2025-28 - "ready for change"
The past 5 years have been challenging times across the country. We have faced COVID, the cost-of-living crisis, and increased divisions amongst communities. WSF has felt the burden of these, but despite this we have grown rapidly, expanding our services and deepening our impact.
Add to this our local context. In 2014 the West Silvertown community had 2,000 homes, and we now have over 7,000 homes. But this is only the beginning. There are around 15,000 new homes planned in the Royal Victoria Ward in the next 20 years. Most of the developments are in currently in the planning stages, with the majority of new homes completing after 2028.
WSF wants to be ready to grow alongside the community – to continue to deliver high quality services, and more importantly to continue to create opportunities for belonging.
We know that we are entering a new time. Our 2025-2028 theme is being ready for change – in the sector, in our community and across the UK.
Our strategic aims lay out 4 ways we plan to prepare for that change:
- Embedding our services
- Strengthening financial security
- Enabling and advocating for high quality community provision
- Communicating well to increase our impact
You can read the full strategic plan here.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion statement
West Silvertown Foundation is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion in our community.
We want to be truly representative of all sections of our community, and for everyone we interact with to feel respected and able to give their best.
We want to celebrate consistently and positively the differences we have as people. We affirm the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) because we:
- believe each person is unique, so should be treated with respect;
- welcome all people;
- are committed to giving people equality of opportunity and treating all people fairly;
- acknowledge that in society certain groups and individuals are unfairly discriminated against;
- acknowledge our legal and performance obligations;
- understand effective EDI policies are a key part of the achievement of a quality business.
Our documents
Check our Companies House profile for WSF's financial filing history and WSF's Safeguarding policy