Help The Groves Cricket Club

Funded on
11 Aug 2020

The Groves CC still require all current & past playing members for help as we slowly come out of the COVID crisis.

£540 Raised of £234

19 Backers

230%

The idea

Due to the COVID-19 crisis our Membership fees have been severely impacted. This revenue stream alone is critical to the functioning of our club. That and the costs of essential ground maintenance still leaves us needing as much help as possible.

Any support from past and current members but also the general public can provide would be a great help and would ensure that we continue to play.

Playing cricket and ensuring there is a place for the last remaining Ellesmerport cricket club for all to enjoy is our main goal.

What we'll deliver

Help pay for critical overheads during COVID crisis
Cover ground maintenance
Cover machine maintenance

Why it's a great idea

We have no income but still have to pay bills that all add up. We have managed to raise some money through other streams however we have no other means of income and this has been extremely hard throughout the Covid crisis.

We love our Cricket Club and want to ensure it survives and with your help we can do this.

Steps to get it done

Run just giving page to collect funds
Pay for essential overheads
Start planning for upcoming games
plan for season 2021

Location

By The Groves CC

The Ellesmere Port social club under the guise of ... Learn More

About

Partner donations

This project has
received funding from
ECB - Return to Cricket Fund

Updates

Help The Groves Cricket Club joined: Cheshire West Crowd 5 years ago

An exciting opportunity to create and fund inspirational projects in your local community

2 Donations worth £606 years ago

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Recent backers

Stephen Jones - £20
6 years ago

Anonymous - £40
6 years ago

Lee Pearson - £20
6 years ago

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The Ellesmere Port social club under the guise of Burmah; Burmah Castrol and laterally The Groves has seen an association with Cricket for nearly 50 years at various standards and including various age groups.

The Crickets Section has always strived for a diverse, inclusive and community based approach, all are welcome. The Groves Cricket Section as we are now called is the last Bastian of Cricket in the local Ellesmere Port area. In the last 10 years the area has seen 4 clubs containing 7 teams, plus midweek and cup cricket almost completely disappear with just one club and one team remaining, the Groves. It is a sad indictment on cricket plus the lack of involvement from schools with Cricket not being on the curricula but we continue to fight and annually it is a battle, to maintain the section having almost disappeared entirely 4 years ago. We are gradually, but it is a very slow process trying to rebuild not just the section but what we can offer to the community. During this season, were due to commence and participate in supporting the ECB’s All Stars programme and although nothing is guaranteed we believed this might be the start of the next phase of our sections cycle.

We are completely self-funded, we raise critical funds through playing members and the support of our extended cricketing family in supporting fundraising events. We also gratefully receive any sponsorship donations but this is not fixed amounts. We work on an annual budget year on year so our income is critical, as you can guess our cash situation is always a topic of conversation. All our equipment plus our square still needs to be maintained and looked after and with no income this will become increasingly difficult.

Project Owner: The Groves CC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.