New Changing Facility at Bomarsund WCC

Who are we?

We are a friendly and inclusive cricket club situated in Stakeford, Northumberland. We have two competitive teams playing in the Northumberland & Tyneside Cricket League, a friendly team who play midweek and Sunday games as well as a thriving juniors section and a brand new women's team!

Why are we crowdfunding?

We are crowdfunding because our existing changing rooms no longer cater for our growing club, they are small, dated and only cater for two same gender teams, in recent years we are thrilled to have developed female cricketers and have introduced them to our competitive senior teams, unfortunately at the moment they are forced to arrive and leave games in full match kit and have no changing, toilet or shower facilities available to them. Our club has also recently restarted our juniors section and we now have a women's team, it is vital for the future of our club that we can fairly provide for all those who want to enjoy playing cricket.

Impact of COVID-19

We are a non-for-profit cricket club who ensure all of our junior teams, female teams and new mixed team players can access cricket with no cost implications. Our only income is through regular playing members subscriptions, this was something that we decided to wave during the COVID-19 crisis, the knock on effect of this is that that vital project which has been our priority for a while has suffered, this crowdfunding will be vital to ensuring development of our club.

How we’ll spend the money raised

We will spend the money raised by installing a brand new facility at Stakeford & Bomarsund Welfare capable of housing two teams, female players and officials all at the same time. The completion of this project would also allow us to renovate our existing pavilion into an indoor area for spectators, again improving the facilities and the experience at the club for our players, officials & supporters.

The facility we will go for depends on how much money we raise and how much grant funding we receive, at the moment we have secured £10,000 of grant funding, we are extremely confident that another £10,000 will be confirmed in the near future and we are still looking at other sources to increase this number. At the time of creating this page the cricket club had raise £7500 throughout the 2023 season.

The hope with this project is to considerably add to what the cricket club has already raised so grant funders will see the hard work we are putting in and look upon us more favourably.

We're very serious about this project and have been for a while so we have had several companies draw up plans and quotations, we have included the details below from one of those which is quoted at approximately £71,000 this is the ideal facility for us, although we do have similar facility quoted at approximately £37,000 as a backup plan, this facility is similar in size and layout but does not have toilet/shower facilities.

Community impact

Not only will this project have a huge positive impact on our senior, junior, mens and womens teams it will also benefit all those who use the facilities at Stakeford & Bomarsund Welfare including our sister club Bomarsund Bowls and the many junior and senior football teams in Stakeford, Bomarsund, Choppington & Guidepost.

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!