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NEXT GRANT DEADLINE

Our next deadline for the main grant scheme is 5pm on Friday 14 December. Funds of £25,000 and £20,000 are available, depending on the club's status. What could you do with this? Maybe start some walking football, run a new girls' group or develop a partnership with someone like Sporting Memories? Or you could use the funding to create a job opportunity for someone to develop your community programme. We can put you in touch with successful projects if you want to find out more. Need an application pack? Then contact Carol Follis on admin@nationalleaguetrust.org or call 0121 [...]

The North Final of the Under 11s Cup

If you thought Tuesday's South Final of the Under 11s Cup was entertaining, we have another action packed, goal-thriller and exciting day of football awaiting us this week. The Northern Finals of the cup will be held in Bradford this Friday, with the two sets of winners of the tournament playing Southern champions Woking (Beaufort Primary School) for the girls and Dartford (Danson Primary) for the boys at Wembley Stadium on the 12th May. The clubs participating in the Northern final are as follows: Girls Tournament Gateshead, represented by Portobello Primary School. The girls recently took part in the region [...]

Southern Finals of the Under 11s Cup

Whilst most of us in the United Kingdom have been enjoying the hot weather over the last week, twelve teams (6 girls and 6 boys) have been spending their time preparing for the Southern Final ahead of the Under 11s Cup Final at Wembley on the 12th of May. The Southern Final takes place on Tuesday 24th April, starting at 10:30 a.m. There will be a boys tournament and a girls tournament which will begin with a group stage, all of the teams in both tournaments will play each other once to ensure equal opportunity and [...]

Under 11s Cup moves on to the North West

Tuesday 28 March sees the North West regional final of the cup, with Stockport County hosting the event.  Teams from across the area will compete to be the third club to qualify for the Wembley finals. Those taking part are: AFC Fylde                          Ansdell Primary School AFC Telford Utd                Lawley Primary Altrincham                         St Vincents Primary Chester                               Tattenhall Park [...]

Under 11s Cup – Regional finals begin next week!

The inaugural National League Under 11s Cup reaches the regional final stage next week.  Primary schools from across the country have competed at tournaments run by 40 National League clubs and now meet in regional competitions to decide the four schools who will play at Wembley. The tournaments take place on: South East – Woking, 22 March South West – Bath, 27 March North West – Stockport, 28 March North East – Lincoln, 29 March In these competitions the schools will play in the name of their National League side, and will wear their kit.  The schools competing in the [...]

DAGENHAM GIRLS LEAD THE WAY

The Imps in the Community awarded £118,113 by BBC Children in Need

Lincoln City FC Sport & Education Trust - known as Imps in the Community - have been successful in achieving funding from BBC Children in Need for the Get Onside Programme. They have been awarded a grant of £118,113 over 3 years. This will help make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in Lincoln. The Get Onside programme works towards helping each child realise their potential through: enabling them to access sport and physical activity sessions, helping them develop essential skills and give them an environment to practise and enable children to be [...]

AUTUMN HARVEST – A BUMPER 18 PROJECTS FUNDED IN OCTOBER

GRANTS NOW OVER £4.76m The Autumn proved to be a busy season for the Trust, as Club Community Organisations (CCOs) took the opportunity to apply for funds to run programmes over the winter months. Trustees awarded 18 grants in October, amounting to just over £307,000. Some were to new project and other additional funding to allow existing programmes to continue. Two new clubs applied successfully for the first time: East Thurrock and Poole Town. East Thurrock’s project Sporting Steps will use the funds to employ a disability coach and they will work closely with the local Treetops Special School. Poole Town [...]