One more game before Boleyn Ground is demolished
Football will be played one last time next Tuesday when Barratt London will host a special charity tournament.
A range of companies involved in the redevelopment of the site will be donating funds to charity in order to participate in this ‘World Cup’ style five-a-side tournament, with 24 squads of ten people each taking to the field. Stanmore Contractors Limited and BK Nolte Contracts Limited are the main financial sponsors for the day with Little Gem Catering providing the catering facilities at cost.
Net proceeds raised will go to charities – including:
- Children of Heroes, a charity focussed on educating and mentoring the children of fallen servicemen and women.
- MacMillan Cancer Support, the charity which aims to reach and improve the lives of everyone living with cancer in the UK.
- The Silver Line, a charity which operates the only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Barratt Developments PLC will match the proceeds raised from the event, donating up to £30,000.
Although the stadium was purchased by the Gallaird homes from West Ham for a reported £38m it was sold on to residential property developers Barratt London in August.
Barratt London will now be building the 842 new homes on West Ham’s former home in Green Street.
“The entire team involved in redeveloping Upton Park recognises the heritage embedded here and we are keen to mark the start of its new era with an event that will benefit a variety of charitable causes.”
The Boleyn development will include a mix of 842 one, two, three and four bedroom properties and incorporates 211 affordable homes including 125 at affordable rent and 84 available for shared ownership. Despite strong objection from some Upton Park residents and community and charitable groups over lack of affordable housing in Newham, planning permission was approved in March this year.