CLUBS ARE BUILDING A FUTURE WITH £25K
SHOREHAM and Basford United have received a welcome boost to the tone of £25,000 as the next NonLeague clubs to benefit from the Buildbase £100k Transfer Deal 2020 programme.
After Stowmarket and Barton Rovers each claimed pots from the first half of the season, the lead sponsors of the FA Trophy and FA Vase have selected their next recipients.
Entry was open to any club who entered the Buildbase FA Trophy or Vase this season with building, electrical and hire products on offer.
Southern Combination Shoreham and Northern Premier League Basford impressed a specialist panel of Buildbase and FA judges with their plans during a pitching process to beat four other clubs to the prized bursaries.
Sussex-based Shoreham pitched plans to renovate their main changing room roof and develop a second changing room to cater for their emerging girls and youth teams.
They also plan to renovate their west stand to replace corroded seats with a new bench platform seating system.
“Schemes like the Buildbase programme are vital for grassroots football as they offer the opportunity to improve facilities and upkeep that is usually done by donations,” Shoreham co-chairman Stuart Slaney said.
Basford will use the prize money to extend their current club house into a car park, providing room for an additional 120 people, tripling their current capacity and increasing the number of community events the club can hold.
Chairman Chris Munroe said: “Our current size means that we would not be able to operate under social distancing rules. We want to play our part in our community obligations that will be very evident, such as support for the elderly, unemployed and disabled.”
Buildbase has so far awarded £450,000 worth of building materials to improve Non-League club facilities since it became the title sponsor of the FA Trophy and Vase in 2016.