More Interesting Developments

[JimGNFC]

Front Page of Gravesend Extra, dated January 11th 2008 reads:

 

Students given a sporting chance

 

The name of the game for Ebbsfleet United is learning.

 

And the Clubs goal is to motivate youngsters by using sport, which is why it has put in a planning application to build a study centre.

 

As part of a national initiative called Playing for Success the stonebridge Road ground has teamed up with Kent County Council and the Department for Children, Schools and Families to produce the centre.

 

An Ebbsfleet Unuted spokesman said "It is aimed at all the schools in the area, taking children who are struggling with numeracy and literacy"

 

The Club finds out if the application has been succesful later this month and if it gets the go-ahead it is expected to be up and running by early summer.

 

The building, which will be an area of the ground which is not used, will be able to house about 16 people and have a computer suite. (Picture shows the empty terrace, along the Main Stand at the Swanscombe end).

 

The Club would not disclose how much the project will cost but said it was a "significant investment".

 

The centre will provide activities in the form of an after-school club. It will be used to motivate, improve self esteem and raise attainment of the youngsters.

 

It will also provide rewards and incentives such as tickets to matches, merchandise, tours of the ground, visits by players and coaching sessions.

 

If permission is granted it will be the second of its kind in Kent, with one already based at Kent County Cricket Club in Canterbury.

[Harry J Allstars]

There you go Uncle Urchin, come along. There is hope for you yet.

[Trebor1975]

"Significant investment" - but all funded by grants and government funding, ie cost neutral. This is something I've been urging us to do at AFC Wimbledon for some time.

[Uncle Urchin]

Originally Posted By: Harry J Allstars

There you go Uncle Urchin, come along. There is hope for you yet.

an admirable little project harry which we in fact have been exploiting for a good while...all clubs should dive into that little socialist council funded freebie....(I do like a few quid from a labour council)

musn't take your eye off the ball tho H as the superfluous spin comes in.....next stage up is the DD report and then of course the associated costs being revealed to the members and the fleeties...

great result to get into the last 16 of the trophy by the way and everything (inc gates) on the up and up....as a potential new owner of your club I am delighted...

don't worry about liam either...its all bollox in the press..