WELLY REC YOUTH ACADEMY - DARE TO DREAM

Aim

We will use funds to help pay for additional facilities hire and equipment & increase participation at our club & build new friendships

Wellington Rec Youth Academy 

About us :

As a Community Club at the heart of the local area, we are aware of the devastating impact that COVID-19 has had and we have played our part in contributing to a community response.

The Covid epidemic was a tough time for everyone but a lot more so for grass roots football 

We rely on the memberships fees as well as the dedicated  parents , volunteers and committee members to make the club  grow &  be sustainable  long term 

As football was on hold for 12 months the club has suffered financially and a lot of the money built up for running our academy programmes , football tournaments   & community fun days dried up .With bills still coming in such as insurance & having to pay other club bills this became a drain on our club finances 

We now need  funding support to help us pay for the  extra facilities hire due to effect of covid 19  has had on our resources and with winter setting in we need these facilities booked  now to ensure we have the training spaces required to meet our needs & ensure our kids have safe training space 

We normally have built up provision over the summer months to help pay for our winter training away from the club and for indoor facilities for our younger members

With  replacements  & repairs of equipment this will enable us to bring more of the local community into our facility  

Who We Support 

We all know sport has the power to bring people together, to challenge us and have a positive impact on our lives. Now more than ever we realised the positive impact of sport when for many of us our friends and teammates were taken away from us for a long period due to Covid-19. 

Having lost families who have not returned to sport after the pandemic due to lose of jobs and to bring them back to the club especially those on low incomes which we  offer subsidised & family packages  by way of our fundraising efforts  

the club aim to have 100 new & returning members by 23-24 season 

How will we use the Money :

1.We intend to bring in guest coaching staff  to enhance the programmes we already provide  to encourage networking with other club coaches /collaborate on fresh ideas AND TO KEEP THE KIDS MOTOVATED  

2.To hire indoor winter training  facilities for our younger kids   and additional 4g pitches for our older youth teams as and when needed, when our grass pitch becomes unplayable / unavailable 

3.To purchase relevant equipment and other coaching aids which will be beneficial to our community /clubs  coaching and fitness goals.

4.REpair and maintain equipment throughout the year needed to run our programmes 

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Our Future Vision :

Phase1 ( The pitch )

we have just had our 4g pitched passed by planning and in the near future we hope the club will become self funding and sustainable  and build a  future for the whole community 

In turn we hope to have more community participation when the pitch is built

Dare to Dream :Phase 2 

will see the development of our clubhouse extension which will house seperate home and away changing for male and female players as well as a function room which will bring in much needed revenue as well as becoming a community hub 

Meet The Senior Team 

Charity Donations & help :

Wellington Rec Youth Volunteered for  the Agewell partnership over the covid to collect and deliver prescriptions  s far down as Glenarm

helping hands is a charity close to the hearts of everyone at wellington rec f.c

Helping Hand charity was established to provide the best equipment, to fund research, education and to support the immediate needs of children and their parents at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick. 

This project successfully funded on 28th June 2023