The Swans Trust is delighted to announce its first ever sponsorship of £3500 to the West Wales Women & Girls League (WWWGL) for the upcoming season.
This is part of a package of 2024/25 support from the Trust to local grass roots football leagues to the value of £8500.
The sponsorship award to the WWWGL followed a recent meeting with their General Secretary Helena Goatley who provided the Trust with an outline of their plans for the upcoming season and afterwards it was unanimously decided by the Trust Board to sponsor their league for £3500 for 2024/25.
The money will go towards new nets, playing equipment and ever-increasing pitch costs both for training and match days.
The WWWGL was set up to inspire local women and girls to play football back in 2020 and over the past couple of seasons has grown significantly.
It now runs seven competitive leagues in the West Wales area and is looking to grow even stronger in the years ahead mainly due to the ever-increasing number of women and girls now looking to play football.
Once we informed the WWWGL of our decision Helena said:
“All of us at the WWWGL are so grateful to the Supporters’ Trust for the help they have given us with this sponsorship for the coming season. It will undoubtedly help us grow our girls’ leagues games from the mini age groups all the way up.
“It will also allow us to provide equipment on the playing sites that currently don’t have what we need and enable us to find more 3G pitches as we grow even stronger.”
The WWWGL is run by a small group of dedicated volunteers and is always looking for help. We’re sure they’ll be happy to hear from you if you feel you can spare some time to join in and support them?
Contact details can be found on their website: https://www.wwwgl.co.uk/officersoftheleague
They also have an active Facebook Group and X (Twitter) account
This sponsorship coincides with the Trust increasing its support for the Swansea Junior Football League (SJFL) and Swansea Schools FA (SSFA) by 75% and 50%, respectively, bringing their sponsorships to £3,500 and £1,500 for the upcoming season.
The Trust has been a long-standing supporter and sponsor of the SJFL and SSFA since the 2012/13 season, providing essential equipment and resources that have helped nurture young talent in the region.
Established in 1968, the SJFL is the beating heart of football in Swansea and has been a breeding ground for future football stars in the area. It currently has over 2,500 registered players representing local clubs in teams in all age categories from under 8’s all the way up to under 14’s. They also have a very active Facebook Group if anyone would like to learn more.
SSFA manages participation projects, festivals, and leagues for boys and girls in the Swansea area, helping develop young players at the grassroots level. Around 80 primary schools and 14 secondary schools are affiliated to the SSFA with both girls’ and boys’ teams representing their schools at age groups all the way up to under 16. Just go to their Swansea Schools FA Facebook if anyone would like to find out more.
Dave Dalton, Chair of the Swansea City Supporters’ Trust commented:
“The Swans Trust are delighted to sponsor the WWWGL for the 2024/25 season. When we met Helena earlier this month, we were impressed with how far the WWWGL has come as an organisation, with a passionate group of volunteer coaches and officials all determined to make their mark on women’s and girls’ football in the area.
“We hope this contribution of £3,500 for the coming season will help them meet some of their upcoming equipment costs as well as their ever-increasing facility costs to train and fulfil their fixtures.
“This is just part of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to local grass roots football and I’m pleased to also confirm increased sponsorships for the season for the Swansea Junior League to £3500 and Swansea Schools FA to £1500 for the 2024/25 season.
“We are only able to do that because of the generous and ongoing support of our members for which we are really grateful. I’m delighted therefore that we continue to be in a position to significantly support these three hugely important voluntary organisations, all of which are dedicated to local football for the year ahead.
“The Trust is committed to growing the grassroots game, and we hope this ongoing commitment to invest in junior football in the Swansea area will help identify and nurture the next Katy Hosford, Chloe Chivers, Liam Cullen and Ollie Cooper.”
A reminder to Trust members who have yet to renew this season or for anyone who would also like to become a member for no more than £5 a year that it takes just a few minutes online here and will help us continue to support important voluntary organisations such as these.
We wish all teams, coaches and players in all of these junior leagues every success for the upcoming season.
Swansea City Supporters’ Trust
19th September 2024
