Sport England - Movement Fund has provided £6,000 of match funding
Dewsbury Celtic Pitch improvements
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Aim
The aim of the project is to raise funds to for equipment to improve the use and ongoing maintenance of our pitches.
Who are we?
- Dewsbury Celtic RLFC is an amateur community rugby league club run by volunteers, providing sport and social facilities to the community of Westown, in Dewsbury and the surrounding area. Our primary sport is Rugby League, we are one of the oldest amateur clubs in the Country.
We have
We have 9 junior rugby league teams with 150 + children aged from 3 years to 18 – Boys and Girls
We also have 3 adult teams with 70 members
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Why are we crowdfunding?
We are currently working on improving in pitches and training area, which haven't been touched for a number of years.
In order to maintain and make the most of these improvements, we want to raise funds for equipment to maintain the pitches and ensure the area is safe to use and the money and time we are spending on improving them now isn't wasted.
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How we’ll spend the money raised
The aim is to raise funds to purchase a range of equipment to support us in making the pitches are always in good use.
- A sit on lawn mower to ensure we can maintain the pitches in between the council cutting the pitches. (We have an SLA in place with the council as the only substantial user of the pitches we are allowed to carry out maintenance work on them).
- Accessories for the lawn mower so we can do other maintenance work in the off season.
- Line marker this will ensure our pitches are always clear marked out when our team come to play. On previous occasions due to weather the markings haven't always been clear.
- Rugby Posts, the posts on our main pitch are currently in a bad state, we aim to purchase 2 sets for this main pitch.
- Portable Floodlights, to ensure our age groups can train on different parts of our pitches so that not too much damage is caused to one section we want to purchase a number of portable floodlights to use different areas.
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Community impact
Westtown is a Super Output area and is in the bottom 10% of the most deprived areas in the UK. Our Club support the residents of our community in many ways including providing a social hub for the whole family.
Or aims are :-
- To support local families when they are in times of need/hardship
- Keep children (3 years to 18 years / girls and boys) off the streets
- Keep children and adults (Open Age teams) fit and healthy
- To enable children and adults to develop as individuals, instilling confidence, discipline and self-belief
- To encourage team work and the belief that there is strength in numbers
- Provide role model support and mentorship to the youth in our care
- Use local businesses as suppliers
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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!
This project successfully funded on 16th February 2026