Sport Northern Ireland: Creating Opportunities has provided £4,992 of match funding
Strathroy Harps - Inclusive Opportunities
Omagh, United Kingdom
Aim
Strathroy Harps aims to create inclusive opportunities for a growing ethnic minority population within our community.
Who are we
Strathroy Harps are at the heart of the Omagh community, a community that is becoming more multi-cultural.
Our football team was founded in 2002 and since then we have expanded beyond anything we ever could have hoped. In the last 20+ years, this growth has given us a drive to keep growing.
Secondary school pupils in Omagh are moving into our community, and we as a club want to be ready to offer ALL children the opportunity to take part in organised sports.
Our teams and programmes are run entirely by dedicated volunteers who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of local people.
Why are we crowdfunding?
In order to grow, break down barriers and ensure everyone in our community has the opportunity to play, we need to educate our volunteers and provide them with appropriate equipment in order to host sessions to the best possible standard.
Our primary focus will be –
New youth teams (boys and girls)
Host weekly training and fixtures, with an emphasis on fundamental movement skills, ball control, and team play in a safe, supportive environment.
We as a club believe there is an opportunity to integrate ethnic minorities into a range of our current age groups. For this programme, we will be focusing on U12s-U14s girls teams, and our U12s-U14s boys teams. With enough participation and with the UFEA C licences for our coaching volunteers, we can expand these ages groups into having 2 participating teams per age group.
We will be running a 4-week introduction to football across the 4 weeks of March.
- Week 1– welcome and introductory sessions – team and coach familiarisation – basic skills sessions
- Week 2 - Continuation of basic skills sessions – Focus on passing and dribbling
- Week 3 - Continuation of basic skills sessions – Positional awareness in defensive phases.
- Week 4 - Continuation of basic skills sessions – Positional awareness in attacking phases.
How we’ll spend the money raised
Every penny spent will be going towards furthering our ability to offer high quality youth training sessions, while creating a space environment to integrate ethnic minorities into our football teams. As well as this, we will be spending funds to help us expend our youth programme.
Training
Essential education for 8 new volunteers will support the development of these new teams. It is essential that our coaches have the ability to offer best in class sessions, but also this training is needed to comply with IFA regulations on coaching badges.
3 x NCC @ £220 each (£660 total)
2 x Grassroots Leader @ £100 each (£200 total)
3 x UFEA C @ £500 each (£1500 total)
Total Training Spend - £2360
Storage
Essential for storing the new equipment and resources necessary to deliver and support the new teams. A long term storage solution is also an enabler to help us deliver a longer term sustainable practice and improve our confidence in where our equipment is currently residing.
1 x Storage Container @ £1600
Total Storage Spend - £1600
Equipment
Equipment is essential to the development and growth of our teams, this will enable us to design a programme that will allow us to be competitive within our age groups
3x 10 Water Bottles (750ml) & Foldable Bottle Carrier @£29 (£87 total)
1 x Forza training cones 1000 pack @ £217
4 x Forza training bibs @ @£25 ( £100 total)
6 x First Aid kits @ £35 (£210 total)
2 x 12 x 6 FORZA Alu Football Goal - Pair of Goals @£835 (£1670 total)
2 x 16 x 7 FORZA Alu Football Goal - Pair of Goals @£1000(£2000 total)
1 x 8 x 6 FORZA Match Football Goal Post + Target Sheet + Bag @£159
2 x FORZA Yellow Icon Pro Match Footballs & Carry Bag [12 Pack] - Size 3 @£230 (£460 total)
2 x FORZA Yellow Icon Pro Match Footballs & Carry Bag [12 Pack] - Size 4 @£230 (£460 total)
2 x FORZA Yellow Icon Pro Match Footballs & Carry Bag [12 Pack] - Size 5 @£230 (£460 total)
4 x FORZA Spring Loaded Corner Flags & Poles [8 Pack] - 10x Colours @£50 (£200 total)
Total Equipment Spend - £6023
Total Spend - £9983
Community impact
Strathroy is a multi cultural community, we will be help grow our community by developing a shared love of sport. Over time we want to create a central hub for all youth within are community, a place they can go and create core memories in a way we haven't been able to do before. Strathory Harps have a shared community goal of bring everyone together through the love of football.
We have 2 local community incentives
Shane and Damon are 2 local Strathroy legends. Both grew up and still live in the community.
Shane being a committee member and former manager
Damon being a former first team RB
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Donate £10 get £10 off your first months membership when you sign up for 3 months with local online person trainer DOT. limited to the first 10 approved applicants
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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 4th March 2026