Vision: Using the power of sport to improve life chances

Mission: To deliver and develop Health, Well Being, Educational Attainment and Life Skills programmes that are relevant, engaging and inspiring.

Values

  • Opportunity

  • Respect

  • Inspiring

  • Equality

  • Nurturing

  • Trust

Strategic Objectives In line with these values Leyton Orient Trust has considered its strategic objectives which are:

  • Health and Well Being

  • Educational Attainment and Life Skills

  • Working with Leyton Orient for mutual benefit to help make both viable and sustainable

Since its creation in 1989 Leyton Orient Trust has invested over £40 million in North and East London, touching the lives of over 110,000 people in that time.

Leyton Orient Trust aligns itself with the aims and objectives of Local, Regional and National Government; its agencies and the third and community sector where appropriate and of mutual benefit, in particular in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest and collectively through the Growth Boroughs Unit.

As a result, Leyton Orient Trust delivers the following programmes:

Youth Engagement and Mentoring Projects such as:

  • Kicks in partnership with the Premier League

  • Chances Programme in partnership with Substance and the Big Issue

  • Divert Project in partnership with Bounce Hack and London Violence Reduction Unit

  • Holiday activities and Food Programme with the London Boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest

Education, Training and Health projects such as:

  • Study Programmes for 16-19-year-olds with Waltham Forest College

  • Healthy Schools Projects supported by Premier League and EFL Trust

  • PL Inspires supported by the Premier League

  • Mental Health Treatment and Recovery Programme 'Coping through Football' with London Playing Fields Foundation and North and East London Mental Health Trust

  • Mental Health Teenage Well Being Advantage programme in partnership with NELFT, West Ham and Arsenal

  • Community Health Champions programme in partnership with London Borough of Waltham Forest

  • Community Living Room programme

  • Training Ground - in partnership with EFL in the Community and the GLA

  • Garne Changer - in partnership with the Portal Trust

Leyton Orient Trust is a company limited by guarantee and registered charity. It is governed by a Board of Directors and Trustees who ensure that the Trust operates within the law and is financially viable and sustainable. It also sets the strategic direction of the Trust and employs a Chief Executive and Senior Team to deliver the strategy who are held to account through regular Board meetings and processes. 

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