Football Team receive community chest grant
“Star Sports” Football Team from the White Road
Estate enjoyed a double celebration on a recent Sunday morning. Not
only did they win one – nil against “Bredhurst Rovers” in the
Combination Football League, but they were also presented with an
mhs community charity chest grant of £800 to help pay for the
running costs of setting up their team.
Bill Goldsmith, Star Sports Manager, Coach and Team Secretary
was presented with the cheque from mhs homes Tenant Board
Representative Pat Austin. He said, “I read about the community
chest grant in my tenants magazine and thought it was worth
applying for. We are a new team and have no sponsors so we needed
some money to help us get off the ground. Our players range from 20
to 39 years old and love football so we knew we had enough people
wanting to join the team. This grant is going to be a great help in
paying fees and ground hire.”
Bill continued, “Applying for the grant was quite simple,
although it was a little daunting to meet the trustees and explain
why we needed the funding. I would definitely recommend it to
others though as it is a great way of helping local community
groups get started.”
Pat Austin, mhs homes Tenant Board Representative said “It has
been great to meet the team, they all seem really close and love
football. It’s encouraging to see a local community coming together
and I’m really pleased mhs homes has been able to help.”
(November 2011)