The Colombo Street community & sports centre is another local social enterprise and charity to which Coin Street Community Builders is closely linked. The centre, in SE1, provides high quality health, recreation and leisure facilities at an affordable price to residents and employees in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.

The centre has a 300 sq. ft well equipped gymnasium, badminton courts, fitness classes and yoga.

In 2005 Colombo Centre opened four outdoor sports pitches.  The opening followed a 4-year local campaign which ended with Lambeth and Southwark Councils transferring 2 derelict sites to the Colombo Centre at nil cost, and £500,000 being raised from The Big Lottery, London Marathon Charitable Trust, a Southwark Council section 106 fund and Waterloo Project Board SRB.  The fundraising and development of the 4 pitches was project managed by Coin Street Community Builders.

The 4 courts are on Hatfields SE1: 2 are state-of-the-art 7-a-side FIFA approved synthetic turf football pitches, 2 are multi-sports pitches designed for tennis, basketball, volleyball and netball.  The pitches are available for hire without charge to local community groups every evening and throughout the weekend with special rates for local schools. 

Coin Street Community Builders and Colombo Street community & sports centre are working together to develop a Healthy living programme. Click here for more information.

Click here to visit the Colombo Street community & sports centre website.