Fountain Top Nursery Seeks Funding to Expand After-School Club

5 October 2025

Fountain Top Tiney Home Nursery's bid for £2,000 in funding from Tower Hamlets Council to expand its after school club has been rejected. The nursery's application was considered at the Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee on Wednesday, 1 October 2025, but the funding was not agreed because the Financial forecast showing not financially viable .

The funding would have allowed the nursery to offer six additional after school club places and provide a pick-up service from Christ Church C of E and Osmani School, according to a summary of applications included in the public reports pack.

Fountain Top Tiney Home Nursery's £2,000 request was significantly smaller than other requests considered at the same meeting. These included applications from:

Blue Gate Fields: £120,000 for 20 places
Junior Adventure Group – Cubitt Town: £33,960.00 for 40 places
Elizabeth Selby: £10,000 for 60 places
Olga Primary: £57,000 to increase their Breakfast Club by 6 places and the after school club by 11 places

Other nurseries and after-school clubs that requested funding at the same meeting as Fountain Top Tiney Home Nursery included Blue Gate Fields, aiming to extend their after school club hours, Junior Adventure Group – Cubitt Town, aiming to open a new After School Club at Cubitt Town, Elizabeth Selby, aiming to increase their opening time, and Olga Primary, aiming to increase their Breakfast Club and after school club, providing a service for Olga Primary and Old Ford.

The Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee is a Cabinet Sub – Committee established to consider matters relating to grants. The meeting on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 was scheduled to be attended by Mayor Lutfur Rahman (Executive Mayor), Councillor Maium Talukdar (Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education, Youth and Lifelong Learning (Statutory Deputy Mayor)), Councillor Saied Ahmed (Cabinet Member for Resources and the Cost of Living), Councillor Kabir Ahmed (Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Inclusive Development and Housebuilding), and Councillor Shafi Ahmed (Cabinet Member for Environment and the Climate Emergency).

Councils Involved

Tower Hamlets

Meetings Involved

the Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee of Tower Hamlets Council on 1 October 2025

People Involved

Mayor Lutfur Rahman (Executive Mayor) • Aspire

Councillor Maium Talukdar Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education, Youth and Lifelong Learning (Statutory Deputy Mayor) • Aspire • Canary Wharf

Councillor Saied Ahmed Cabinet Member for Resources and the Cost of Living • Aspire • Canary Wharf

Councillor Kabir Ahmed Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Inclusive Development and Housebuilding • Aspire • Weavers

Councillor Abu Talha Chowdhury Cabinet Member for Safer Communities • Aspire • Bethnal Green West

Councillor Shafi Ahmed Cabinet Member for Environment and the Climate Emergency • Aspire • Whitechapel

Councillor Sabina Akhtar (Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care) • Aspire • Stepney Green

Councillor Musthak Ahmed Cabinet Member for Jobs, Enterprise, Skills and Growth • Aspire • Bethnal Green West

Councillor Bodrul Choudhury (Cabinet Member for Equalities and Social Inclusion) • Aspire • Bromley South

Councillor Kamrul Hussain Cabinet Member for Culture and Recreation • Aspire • Whitechapel

Topics

Fountain Top Tiney Home Nursery Christ Church C of E Osmani School Tower Hamlets Council Fountain Top Tiney Home Nursery after school club expansion Executive Mayor (Mayor Lutfur Rahman) Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education, Youth and Lifelong Learning (Statutory Deputy Mayor) (Councillor Maium Talukdar) Cabinet Member for Resources and the Cost of Living Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Inclusive Development and Housebuilding (Councillor Kabir Ahmed) Cabinet Member for Environment and the Climate Emergency (Councillor Shafi Ahmed)