Panel awards record amount to Vale sports clubs and organisations
Vale of Glamorgan-based community sports clubs and
organisations are celebrating a special funding package of more
than £15,300.
The monies, including seven maximum awards of £1,000, have been
agreed as part of the Community Chest initiative, which is run in
partnership by the Sports Council for Wales and the Vale Council
Sports, Arts and Play Development Team.
Helping organisations to develop and improve participation
opportunities and performance standards, grants are used to
purchase equipment, develop coaches, promote and market club
activities and establish new junior sections.
Receiving £1,000 are:
• Barry Basketball Club (to help with hall hire, coach education
and purchase of equipment to offer training opportunities to
under-18s);
• Barry Tae Kwon Do (improving coaching standards and purchasing
equipment to, ultimately, offer more opportunities);
• The Business Centre at Ty Verlon Industrial Estate, Barry (to
purchase equipment, including bicycles, to offer fitness
opportunities for employees);
• Elim New Life Church, Barry (for coach education and equipment
to offer football opportunities to young people);
• Glamorgan Federation of Women's Institutes (to introduce
croquet through taster sessions to members at Dyffryn Gardens),
and
• Penarth Mini/Junior Rugby and Penarth Town AFC (coach
education).
Four Vale bowls clubs will also benefit from the latest round of
awards: Llantwit Major (£832 to improve and publicise adult
recruitment programme, junior development, coach education,
purchase equipment); Barry Romilly (£990 to introduce bowls to
young people, educating coaches, buying equipment and assisting
with marketing); Barry Central (£960 to expand junior membership,
prioritise coach education, publicity and additional equipment) and
Cadoxton (£640 to expand junior membership through coach education
and purchase of necessary equipment).
Also offering bowls opportunities are Llansannor Community Hall
Association, near Cowbridge, and Llantwit Major Comprehensive
School who have been allocated £820 and £990 respectively to
purchase equipment.
The Hensol-based Vale Squash Club has been awarded £986.98 to
encourage more junior members through coach education and the
purchase of equipment.
Porthkerry Country Park in Barry has been awarded £750 to offer
orienteering and nature walking opportunities. The funds will
assist with the production of maps and publicity, with the team
keen to link in with local schools as part of an education
programme.
Wishing to encourage more female participants, Barry Athletic
Tennis Club has been awarded £430 for taster sessions, publicity
and the purchase of equipment.
The panel meets again on Thursday, July 19, with a deadline for
the submission of applications of Friday, July 6.
Vale Sports, Arts and Play Development Manager Karen Davies
said: "The panel will reconvene after a summer break in September
and would welcome plenty of applications for its
consideration.”
"All Vale organisations committed to the development of new or
improved sport and physical activity opportunities can apply.
There’s still plenty of money, some £38,000 until March next year,
to be allocated from the proverbial pot of gold."
To request an application form, telephone Julie Morgan on
(01446) 704754 or, alternatively, for an informal discussion,
contact Karen Davies on (01446) 704614. For more information, visit
www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/sportsdevelopment.