Who are we?
We are a Grassroots Community Football Club based in Armthorpe. We pride ourselves on offering low cost fun football to all ages. We have players aged from 4-6 in Mini Miners, League teams from U7's through to U15's and a Walking Football team catering for those who wish to play the gentler form of the beautiful game aged from 16 up to any age !
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Why are we crowdfunding?
Quite simply, we do not have a Toilet facility on site ! We need to raise funds in order to purchase this most basic of needs.
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How we’ll spend the money raised
We would like to purchase a reconditioned toilet block and place this in a designated area on the Primary School so this can be used by both us and Shaw Wood (if they need it for outdoor activities) and we will also need to fence off the Toilet block from either side.
We are looking at some grant funding to help us do this but we need to raise some match funding. We estimate we can do this all for around £10,000 so to help with our grant funding applications we are seeking Crowdfunding support.
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Community impact
If we can install a Toilet it would be a gamechanger at Shaw Wood Field. Not only could our current teams, parents, supporters, coaches, officials and visiting teams use the facility but we could also grow in a number of ways.
We'd like to grow our Mini Miners section but this is difficult without a Toilet facility as many people will not come to somewhere without this facility in place.
Likewise, we are passionate about not only giving our current one Girls team the benefit of this much needed facility but equally passionate about extending our number of Girls team. We have times where Girls do not want to play for the Club as we cannot offer them this basic of need - it's time to change that !
Additionally, we believe that more older people, particularly ladies, would come and get involved in our Walking Football session if there was use of a Toilet.
Like we said, a real GAMECHANGER !
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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!