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%

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

19 Donations worth £5306 years ago

Help The Groves Cricket Club joined: ECB Crowdfund Cricket 6 years ago

Providing support and funding to cricket clubs across the country as they return to cricket.

10 backers!

10 people have backed Help The Groves Cricket Club !6 years ago

Whoop, 10 people have pledged since fundraising began!

10 backers!

10 people have backed Help The Groves Cricket Club !6 years ago

Whoop, 10 people have pledged since fundraising began!

Help The Groves Cricket Club hit its fundraising target!6 years ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

6 years ago We've hit our target

Help The Groves Cricket Club has reached 90% of its target!6 years ago

Help The Groves Cricket Club has reached 80% of its target!6 years ago

3 people liked Help The Groves Cricket Club 6 years ago

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.