Light up Morpeth Hockey Club!

Aim

Help Morpeth Hockey Club go LED! Brighter, safer, greener floodlights for players & community. Donate to light up our pitch!

Who We Are

We’re a proud and welcoming hockey club based in Morpeth, Northumberland — just outside Newcastle. Founded back in 1922, we’ve grown into a lively community of players, with 130 senior members and 150+ juniors. We’re part of the wider Morpeth Cricket, Hockey and Tennis Club, at our Longhirst Hall sports facility.

We run three men’s and three women’s teams, all competing in the Yorkshire and North East Hockey Leagues. Our junior section is going from strength to strength - our under-14 girls even made it to the England Hockey national club finals this year!

We welcome players of all ages and abilities, and we’re proud of the friendly, inclusive atmosphere that runs through everything we do.

This season, we’ve Launched off our 5-year plan to upgrade and future-proof our facilities. Phase one is all about getting the basics and essentials right: we’re tackling some much-needed repairs to the pitch and replacing our outdated floodlights.

Right now, we’re using old metal halide lights; they’re inefficient, expensive to maintain, and the bulbs are prone to failiure. Aw you can see in the picture below, the illumination across the pitch is uneven and dim in certain areas.

Replacing the lights will boost our club in many ways

• Improve visibility for evening training and matches
• Allow us to play higher league matches under floodlights
• Cut energy use by up to 60%, reducing our carbon footprint
• Significantly reduce maintenance costs, freeing up funds for coaching, youth development and reinvestment in our facilities
• Support growth, enabling more playing time, more fixtures, and more community access

The project will benefit many communities and user of our facilities

• Junior players: evening training under well-lit conditions
• Adult and junior teams: better training conditions and will extend the playing window that we can play our fixtures. 
• Local schools and community groups who use our pitch
• You, as part of a thriving hockey family committed to sustaining our historic club. 

Project cost

The total project cost to replace our lights with brighter more efficient LED units is £28,000. The club have already raised some money towards it and Sport England have agreed to provide £7,500 match funding if our campaign can raise a similar amount of money. BUT to get us there, we need your help!

A Message from the club

“We’re proud of our inclusive, competitive club - but we need your help to keep the facilities  playable and future-ready. LED floodlights aren’t just a technical upgrade they’ll provide a welcome boost to our club in many ways and are a commitment to our players, our sustainability aims, and our community.”

Graeme Jorgenson Club Chairman

How you can help?

• Donate: Every pound brings us closer to our goal
• Sponsor a light or floodlight pylon: £1,000 covers one LED unit your name or business can be featured pitch-side
• Fundraise: Organise a bake sale, quiz night, or sponsored run
• Contribute a reward to our campaign
• Take out one of our exciting rewards (see below) from supporting local businesses.
• Share: Spread the word on social media and within your networks

Timeline

We aim to install new LED lights as soon as we meet our fundraising target. Early donations will help us secure contractor installation date and match funding.

This project successfully funded on 8th December 2025