An important announcement…

End of the line.


It’s with a very heavy heart that we’ve had to close our station & cease trading with immediate effect.

We’ve weathered many storms including navigating through the lockdown landscape with multiple arch adaptations. However despite fundraising efforts & grant support, trading through the cost of living crisis is an economic headwind that’s proved too strong to overcome.

We can’t express enough our eternal gratitude to our Newham neighbours & small suppliers for showing the local love over the years. We’re forever grateful to our talented Tracks team past & present including our current close-knit clan who are more like family. Wherever their next path lies no doubt they will be success stories.

What started as a labour of love evolved into a people powered place supporting grassroots projects, marginalised groups & the local LGBTQ+ community to help cause change. We also nurtured a co-operative economy that supported local creatives & encouraged entrepreneurship. It’s been really rewarding that our space has been a source of inspiration & springboard for others to launch their small startups & we were very proud to be awarded accreditation as a Newham Community Wealth Building Champion.

To those of you who kindly donated to the Save Tracks fundraiser - we're sorry we didn't manage to reach our target. Even though we fell about 35k short, the donations made were not in vain. They were a huge part of what kept us running since we launched the fundraiser until now and allowed us to support more community projects in that time. We're eternally grateful for your support.

On a personal level, I think I found my true calling in bringing people together & empowering them through collaborative community powered projects. The amount of people that have come to up me to say they’ve moved to Forest Gate because of our safe space or it has helped change their life really means a lot. There’s quite a lot to process & I think I’ll need some time to decompress but I’ve been overwhelmed by all the messages of support. I’m just so sorry I couldn’t do anything more.

I’m not sure what the future holds but I hope the spirit of Tracks lives on…

Aiden & Team Tracks x

For further enquiries please contact linda.fitzpatrick@quantuma.com