Kiveton Park FC Clubhouse

Aim

To make our clubhouse more energy efficient helping reduce running costs and increase opening hours for the benefit of the local community

Who are we?

Kiveton Park Football Club is the oldest football club in the borough of Rotherham.  Officially formed in 1881, providing a recreational outlet for the village’s inhabitants for over 141 years.

Located roughly equidistant between Sheffield, Rotherham and Worksop, the former mining village of Kiveton Park is right at the very heart of the earliest footballing hotbed, and today provides a sporting outlet for over 400 players of any individual regardless of age, sex or ethnicity to join.  

Community impact

The majority of our players, volunteer coaches and committee come from our local community.  In the last 6 years we have grown from 8 to 28 teams plus an academy for 4 to 7 year olds.  We are also in the process of introducing disability football and further promoting girls and women’s football on as a part of Euro Legacy initiative.    

Kiveton Park Football Club is in partnership with Wales High School to develop the multi-use playing field that they share, which is maintained by the club.   A new 3G sports pitch opened in November which that means the ground is 7 day a week facility for not just the school and football club, but for other sports clubs and schools within the local community.

All of our coaches have Football Association qualifications, are up to date with safeguarding and first aid courses. We invest in the community and support young children from the school in coaching and referee qualifications for various sports as part of our excellent partnership with the school.

The club is run under Kiveton Park FC 1892 which is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), charity number 1173952.  The football club decided to operate as a charity with a community group of trustees to protect the future of the football club.  It was deemed the club could attract additional funding and support under a CIO structure.  We sought advice from several bodies such as the Football Foundation and Football Association as to what would be the best vehicle to protect the club for the future.

Why are we crowdfunding?

We have worked hard to improve our facilities for the community over the years, but there a number of repairs and improvements required to keep them open and continued to be used on a regular basis.  Access to the buildings isn't particularly friendly for disabled people and the footpaths are limited.   

How we’ll spend the money raised

Improving the heating and kitchen facilities within our building to make our club a more attractive place to visit and given the community a place to keep warn and relax when they visit the ground.

This project closed unsuccessfully on 28th March 2023