Wards Corner CBS

The Wards Corner Community Benefit Society (CBS) was established in 2022 in order to restore and manage Seven Sisters Indoor Market (Latin Village) and the historic Wards buildings to serve our two key beneficiary communities; the local community of Tottenham and the Latin American Diaspora of London. Over the last two years, we have been working to turn 20 years’ grassroots campaigning against demolition by corporate developers into a community led organisation capable of both delivering a multi million pound refurbishment, and operating the market and the building for community benefit for years to come. In 2021, we secured a major victory when Haringey Council gave its support to the Community Plan and building-owner Transport for London committed to a long leasehold bidding process for trader-backed bids. Since then, we have attracted over £180k funding to resource the development of the CBS, our design proposals, the business plan and our operational model. We have gained national recognition as a successful community campaign and new model for urban regeneration led by and for the community. After a period of intense re-organisation and volunteer-led activity, we are now ready to hire our first core staff. This is a great time to join the Wards Corner CBS as we refine our governance arrangements, develop our community programmes and prepare to take ownership of the Wards buildings and re-open Seven Sisters Indoor Market.