At the beginning of 2020 we led a community project at Sidney Park JFC. Keith Newby, director at New Mills Properties, saw a news article about the dire state of the clubhouse where he used to play as a boy and decided to get involved. After several calls to our trade partners we had a team of volunteers willing to refurbish this tired building.
Inside was a bit of a mess with nowhere to store goal posts and training equipment. The roof was also leaking, the carpet on the floor was damaged and the heating was ineffective. It took just two weeks, with all trades giving their time and equipment free of charge. This is the story so far.
This is a short introduction to the renovation project.
This video is an update of the community project so far. Already you can see the difference the trades are making.
At the beginning of week 2 we spoke to Lindsey and Natalie about renovation and the football club.
Now the colour has started to go on the walls you can see a remarkable difference.
Day 9
We are almost at the end of the refurbishment now.
The clubhouse looks so different now. Here is a virtual tour around the club house from the beginning of the project as a reminder of what it once looked like.
Our trade partners and local businesses donated over £9,000 in time and materials to transform this run down clubhouse. Here is a look around the finished project and some photographs of the opening event.
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