Litherland REMYCA Win at Community Business Awards 2016
Tue 29th November 2016 | General | By Gary Langley
It has been a busy week for Litherland REMYCA FC as they have taken a couple of large steps to transition to becoming a Community Owned Club.
Last week they attended the Community Business Awards 2016 held at the highly regarded Titanic Hotel on Liverpools Waterfront where they were put forward to enter a Competition best new Community Business on Merseyside under the banner of the "Bright Sparks" award. The club were selected from a range of business start ups to be finalists and present their business idea to a packed audience "Dragons Den" style at the hotels Conference facility. Chairman, Don Rimmer spoke confidently to the panel about the clubs aspirations and the high standing the club holds within the Sefton Community.
On the day despite intense competition The Remy came out winners impressing the three business judges with their ideas to grow and develop a Community Club.
Chairman Don Rimmer said "What a great day for our club. Initially I did not think we could win a competition which involved so many businesses delivering benefit to the community. However, given we are a large Community Club we were able to demonstrate that sport particularly football can deliver social impact in areas such as health and wellbeing, education, social cohesion etc
It's great to be recognised in this way and this will help on our way to deliver our vision of a facility of our own to include clubhouse, Community Space and playing pitch. As a result of our success in the Community Business Awards we will receive £6,000 worth of Business Support to develop business planning ,financial projections and funding options. It was a good day for us on a number of levels as we made lots of good contacts on the day which will be useful as we continue our development journey, we even struck a deal with a Community bakery to supply match day pies!"
The Clubs charge towards Community Owned status was also bolstered over the weekend with a Club meeting held in Netherton to discuss the switch and an opportunity to vote upon the switch in status. The meeting was well attended and included presentations from Peter Furmedge from Supporters Direct who are assisting the club in the process and from Club Ambassador Andy Grant. On the day 80+ pledges were made by potential club members and this was more than enough to enable the club to continue the process.
Litherland REMYCA Win at Community Business Awards 2016
Tue 29th November 2016 | General
By Gary Langley
It has been a busy week for Litherland REMYCA FC as they have taken a couple of large steps to transition to becoming a Community Owned Club.
Last week they attended the Community Business Awards 2016 held at the highly regarded Titanic Hotel on Liverpools Waterfront where they were put forward to enter a Competition best new Community Business on Merseyside under the banner of the "Bright Sparks" award. The club were selected from a range of business start ups to be finalists and present their business idea to a packed audience "Dragons Den" style at the hotels Conference facility. Chairman, Don Rimmer spoke confidently to the panel about the clubs aspirations and the high standing the club holds within the Sefton Community.
On the day despite intense competition The Remy came out winners impressing the three business judges with their ideas to grow and develop a Community Club.
Chairman Don Rimmer said "What a great day for our club. Initially I did not think we could win a competition which involved so many businesses delivering benefit to the community. However, given we are a large Community Club we were able to demonstrate that sport particularly football can deliver social impact in areas such as health and wellbeing, education, social cohesion etc
It's great to be recognised in this way and this will help on our way to deliver our vision of a facility of our own to include clubhouse, Community Space and playing pitch. As a result of our success in the Community Business Awards we will receive £6,000 worth of Business Support to develop business planning ,financial projections and funding options. It was a good day for us on a number of levels as we made lots of good contacts on the day which will be useful as we continue our development journey, we even struck a deal with a Community bakery to supply match day pies!"
The Clubs charge towards Community Owned status was also bolstered over the weekend with a Club meeting held in Netherton to discuss the switch and an opportunity to vote upon the switch in status. The meeting was well attended and included presentations from Peter Furmedge from Supporters Direct who are assisting the club in the process and from Club Ambassador Andy Grant. On the day 80+ pledges were made by potential club members and this was more than enough to enable the club to continue the process.
