Support given in reviewing the project for funding sources after 12 years of strong fundraising from the club towards the costs of a new Boat House including community space. Total funding secured for the club by wctd ltd is £223k including grants from London Marathon Trust, Sport England, Runnymede Borough Council and a number of other Trusts and Charities.
Construction of the £780k project started in September 2018
London Irish Rugby
Completion of a £1m grant application to the Sport England iconic fund towards a £14m relocation of their training ground.
"Karen's knowledge and background of grants and funding was apparent from the start, she fully engaged volunteers with extensive presentable information. Her experience in the field was vital when relating to football clubs and I would have no hesitation to recommend Karen to other organisations."
Daniel Gayle , London FA
"wctd work diligently as our Funding Advisor seeking out pots of grant funding then producing grant applications to help us deliver our Strategy to our members and work on new projects with the community."
Ian Lacy, Head of Professional Service, The Institute of Groundsmanship
"Karen was very knowledgeable around the subject matter and held the interest of the audience for the duration (and with grassroots clubs this is a great feat). I would not hesitate in recommending Karen and her company to anyone."
Samantha Brown , Amateur FA
Burnham Football Club
Funding and football development consultation service for 5-a-side 3g pitch, new Academy pavilion and clubhouse improvements
Andover Tennis Club
Funding feasibility and applications for club relocation and new indoor courts.
Falkland Cricket Club
Grant feasibility for proposed new cricket pavilion and space for the Bowlers Arms Community enterprise.
Assisted club (now a Charity) with new Business plan, cricket development plan, community engagement plan and grant applications to fundraise for the new building.
More info see http://falkland.play-cricket.com/
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Khalsa Hockey Club
The club appointed wctd to carry out a feasibility study for a new site for the club to host a hockey sand dressed synthetic pitch, club house and parking.
St. Andrews Football Club
Grant feasibility for proposed clubhouse improvements including review of current drawings and quotations and football development plan.
Secured grant funding from Football Stadia Improvement Fund, Football Foundation and Broadland District Council for new changing rooms and club room extension. Now under construction.
Amateur Football Association
Delivery of a grant funding workshop for amateur clubs, helping club officials to understand the funding landscape and make more effective applications.
Ascot and Maidenhead School Sports Partnership
Funding advice and assistance including Sportivate bids and sports development programming assistance, liaison with clubs and event management
Karen is an extremely valuable asset to the School Sport Partnership. Her broad knowledge & experience of our sector really adds value to our offer to schools. Her ability to seek out appropriate and suitable funding opportunities for our organisation and see it through from preparing bids, quality design of programmes and even to the implementation is really appreciated and her support and advice is highly valued. Her ability to join the dots and see the potential links, benefits & impact of our projects supports us in our quest to become a sustainable service." Emma Fitzgerald, Partnership Manager |
London Football Association
Delivery of a grant funding workshop for football clubs and advice about revenue and capital funding streams.
The Sports and Play Constructers Association
Regular delivery of grant funding workshops and leadership and management training for several national conferences and seminars
Sensory Plus
wctd partner with Sensory Plus to help organisations that work with children and adults with disabilities to purchase equipment.
Get Berkshire Active
(formerly Berkshire County Sports Partnership) Completion of a coaching workforce audit and report plus full support for the delivery of the community games across the county. Delivery of training including high performing teams, mentoring, communication skills and safeguarding. Complete project and event management of coach forum and Inspiration and participation Awards.
"The team at wctd have been a crucial factor in the successful delivery of a number of our key projects over the past two years. They are experienced, knowledgeable professionals, always reliable and prepared to go the extra mile to do a good job. I have no hesitation in recommending them to would-be clients." Mark Lawrie, former Chief Executive, |
Maidenhead Athletics Club
Funding feasibility report produced for the club following the production of a 5 year Athletics Development Plan. wctd provided strategic advice to assist the club in requesting better training and competition facilities at Braywick sports ground.
Furze Platt Infants School
wctd ltd has supported the Head Teacher in successfully applying for a Sport England Primary Spaces grant to transform the current playground into a multi sport space suitable to deliver physical education.
The grant by Sport England was awarded in July 2014.
Active Surrey
Delivery of grant funding workshops for Surrey Sports Development Officers and for local clubs to enable improved awareness of funding streams and tips to make applications more successful
Rugged Interactive
wctd has a partnership with Rugged Interactive, identifying grant for the purchase of the Rugged Interactive CardioWall specifically for children and adults with disabilities.
Macintyres
Completion of a 3 year community engagement plan for the school and BIG Lottery Reaching Communities stage one application to provide funding to engage with the local community.
Thame Sports Club
Redevelopment at Thame Sports Club from initial discussions through to successful grant funding approaches and completion of the project.
For more details visit
http://www.thamesportsclub.co.uk/home/clubhouse-rebuild/
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