Barford Tigers taking hockey to State schools

Who are we?

Barford Tigers is a community based hockey club. Formed in 1966 it has become one of the most successful hockey clubs in the area with the Men’s first team playing in the National League and nine teams playing on a regular basis, including the Ladies section. We thrive by working with the local community to encourage physical activity, providing sporting and wellbeing opportunities and promote physical activity in culturally sensitive ethnic groups. As a hockey club we also believe it is important to increase youth sports here in Birmingham, hence the development of our large Youth Section which involves circa 50 girls and boys and that number is growing every year.

Why are we crowdfunding?

The success and growth of our club has put considerable pressure on the Club's resources and therefore we need to raise funds to maintain our position as an inner city hockey club and continue to serve the local community. We are also raising funds to enhance and grow our youth section. Every Sunday we provide coaching for girls and boys in Handsworth area. Our coaches are qualified and many are former Internationals so children from 6 years to 16 years can learn and develop life skills in a sporting environment. We also reach out to local schools to offer free coaching to encourage accessibility and participation for a broad, diverse and inclusive group. This allows us to offer hockey Scholarships to children, which provides free hockey and equipment to those with financial constraints.

Note: The Crowdfunder platform we are using to collect donations suggests a 10% "tip" to Crowdfunder by default, but you can set it down to 0% if you wish - BTHC does not get any of that "tip".  Adding (or leaving out) a "tip" for Crowdfunder is your personal choice as a supporter of Barford Tigers Hockey Club..

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. If you want to run your own fundraiser to support us, 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!

How we’ll spend the money raised

We will be able take hockey to more State schools as well offering more Scholarships to those who are deserving and helping those for whom money is a barrier to playing hockey.

Community impact

We believe we will help children to be better citizens, learn life skills, and lead more healthier, successful and happy life. Through sport we hope to teach youth to become more tolerant individuals and thus leading more cohesive community.