Who are we?
We are Swindon's own amateur American Football club! We play in the National League and have squads for ages 13+ at youth, junior women's and adult teams.
Why are we crowdfunding?
We've been amazingly successful and this summer our brand new under 19s squad were crowned Division 2 National Champions in their first year of competition! Now we're promoted to Division 1 for 2025 we've had a huge influx of new players and our schedule has doubled from last season!
We've also re-started our ages 16+ women's team with new coaching staff so now's a great time to get involved!
How we’ll spend the money raised
We're crowdfunding to raise £3126 to purchase 10 more helmets so the players can focus on winning and not finding the extra subscriptions to field all the new players.
Community impact
We pride ourselves on developing brand new players to the sport who have been made to feel "unsporty" by mainstream sports. In 2024 three Swindon Storm u19s players represented Great Britain in American Football, five u19s players earned invites to the ground-breaking SGS American Football Academy in Filton, Bristol and another 5 u19s players represented the South of England in a new BAFA flagship Regional championship. None of this would have been possible without our new u19s squad and we’re confident 2025 will see more success for these outstanding players and many new up and coming players.
How you can play your part
There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.
1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!
2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.
3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!
4. Fundraise for us. If you want to run your own fundraiser – maybe a sponsored activity or similar – use the 'contact project' button at the top of our page to let us know. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!