Funding Boost for Welsh Football Clubs: Up to £25k for Goalposts & Essential Equipment

A grant of up to £25,000 is available for welsh football clubs to apply for. The grant is for essential equipment such as goalposts and pitch maintenance tools.

The grant is available thanks to a partnership between the Football Association of Wales and the UK Government Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS). The DCMS has provided the opportunity through their ‘Fit For Future’ equipment and ‘Fit For Future’ Facilities funds.

As stated above, funding is available to replace goalposts or to help with pitch maintenance equipment and tools. The aim of this grant is to improve the quality of the game from grassroots level to higher levels.

Although the submission period is closed for now, it will be opened again on 18th November 2024, therefore clubs have enough time to make arrangements early in advance.

The football association of wales does not stop there in terms of aiding clubs with a bettering of facilities. In combination with The Fit For Future Facilities Programme, The Sustainability Fund also helps clubs obtain capital towards improvements such as facility improvement, energy efficiency among other things.

Any parties wishing to make their applications or would like more information can use the address email for this purpose info@cff.cymru

You can also contact Net World Sports for a quote for specific products and/or bespoke bundles of equipment for your club.

Corsa Campervan Adventures – Hope Mountain

Thought I would trial the ‘campervan’ somewhere close, so Saturday night I slept on Hope Mountain, which is on the border of Wrexham & Flintshire in North Wales.

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The campervan is basically at the prototype-stage…several black-out-blinds cut out to the shape of the back windows, and ducktaped on, a USB charger for the cigarette-lighter and an army-issue sleeping bag.

I tried my folding Judo-mat as a sleeping platform, but it was too hard and too high, so I’ve replaced this with a shed-load of thick-blankets (thanks Aunty Vicky). I’ve order some velcro-stickers to add to the car interior and the black out blinds and a unisex urinal. I might take the passenger- front seat-out, as it was a right pain getting in and out.

I want to build (or buy) a hollow sleeping platform with pull out bits for cooking utensils etc There’s a few ideas here.

Anyway, here’s Hope Mountain Sunrise:

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Hope Mountain

I didn’t get bummed (chance would be a fine thing) or woken up by Police or wild animals (as predicted by friends), but I was a bit tired.

That sunrise was one of the best things I’ve ever seen, better than the one I saw in Death Valley or the rip-off skywalk thing in the Grand Canyon.  Amazingly peaceful too. So definitely worth losing some sleep over.

 

Halkyn Mountain

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2 nights later I slept on Halkyn Mountain, it was shit. I think it’s all about the sunrises really, so it’s definitely worth checking the weather forecast. Also I probably chose a bit of a crap spot