Welcome, Hackney Marshes FC
News and articles worth your attention, picked and framed for what your club is working on. Sort and filter to find what's relevant fastest — eventually this list pulls live from a shared sheet; for now it's a working preview.
A fresh funding pot for pitch improvements, changing rooms, and floodlights has opened to applications from community clubs, with a focus on multi-use and accessible facilities.
Your goals mention securing facilities and growing the youth section — this is exactly the kind of pot worth applying for early, before the round fills up. Check your Sponsorship & Funding tab for the matched listing.
Clubs posting short, behind-the-scenes video clips are seeing far more reach and sign-up enquiries than those relying on match-result graphics and photos alone.
You're focused on youth sign-ups — this is a low-cost, high-impact channel for reaching local parents and players. The Content Creation service can help if you don't have someone to film and edit.
A survey of small and medium local businesses found a growing appetite for sponsoring community sports teams, driven by wanting visible local-community presence over broad advertising.
You're chasing a kit sponsor for 2026/27 — this is a good moment to approach local businesses, and the timing gives you a strong angle. Your Brands & Businesses tab has warm local prospects to start with.
Several London boroughs are trialling reduced or free access to council-owned pitches for clubs running youth and disability sessions during off-peak hours.
Growing your youth section means finding affordable pitch time — worth checking whether Hackney is part of this trial, as it could cut one of your biggest recurring costs.
The renewal process for safeguarding certificates has been streamlined, with a new online portal cutting the admin burden on volunteer welfare officers.
If your welfare officer's certificate is up for renewal, this should save them a chunk of time. Worth flagging to whoever handles safeguarding at the club before the season starts.
A roundup of free and low-cost digital tools for scheduling, communication, payments, and social media that are genuinely built for volunteer-run clubs rather than professional setups.
A lot of these overlap with what the Club House already gives you — but a couple on payments and parent communication could be worth a look alongside your Resources tab.
