Cash boost for Falkirk and Stenhousemuir Ladies sides
On the back of james Anderson’s benevolence last month to the senior men’s game and the top rung of the women’s game more money has been donated anonymously to the SPFL Trust for men’s clubs and now 26 ladies teams in the SWFL Championship via the Scottish Football Partnership Trust.
James Clydesdale, Chair of the Scottish Football Partnership Trust who have supported SWF with grants and sponsorship over the last decade, said: “This is another great boost for women’s football and the new funds will be used to support clubs at Championship level navigate the challenges brought on by the Covid pandemic.
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Hide Ad“It is very encouraging that another benefactor is prepared to support SWF at such a time. It shows how the status and progress of the women’s game is recognised and acknowledged as an integral part of football in Scotland.”
The new investment of £100,000 will be divided equally among the Championship with a donation of £3,846 to each club. The Championship’s two regional leagues of 26 clubs were set up below SWPL 1 and 2, following a review in 2019, as part of the performance pyramid structure of the rapidly developing SWF.
James Clydesdale, chair of the SFP Trust, added: “These clubs had shown great enthusiasm and effort to meet the entry criteria which ranged from qualified coaches to improved venues and medical/physio support for players only to suffer such a setback in their first season.
Thanks to this anonymous donation we are able to give them further support.”
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Hide AdVivienne Maclaren, Chair of SWF, said: “We are delighted to be bringing yet more positive news to our members and we are pleased that these funds will support the Championship clubs who make up the rest of our Performance pyramid below the SWPL”.
“An incredible amount of work and consultation went into devising the new competition structure which clearly identifies the performance pathway from a competition perspective. We were delighted by the response of clubs, who invested in their infrastructure as well as volunteers/staff, and the outcome was 26 motivated and ambitious clubs in the Championship league ready to kick off the new season and new competition structure in March 2020”.