KEEPIETHE MAGAZINE OF THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL PARTNERSHIP UPPIE & TRUST SEASON 2016/2017 Scottish Football Partnership Working in partnership with: 2016/17 IN NUMBERS 2016/17 SAW 103 AWARDS GRANTED Chairman’s Report When we started we intended to be a non-stuffy organisation and I hope we have kept it up. This * is as close as it gets to an annual report. We prefer the deeds of the clubs and groups we support £541,548 to tell our story in the hope it will allow us to do more next year and encourage others. This year we have processed a total of 103 Awards and our combined investment of £541,548 will benefit clubs and charitable organisations, big and small, across all parts of Scotland. 37 SFP AWARDS We remain indebted to the Scottish FA for their continued support. Without them we would cease to exist as a helpful body assisting all levels of the game. We hope our efforts feed back into the football development chain. If nothing else the youngsters that participate gain lifetime changing habits. Some highlights from the year include our support for the Scottish Women’s National squad in £249,904 partnership with sportscotland and sse. Qualification forEuro 2017 was a fantastic achievement for Anna Signeul and her players and we hope the funding provided will assist their preparations ahead of their opening group match against England in Utrecht on the 19th of July. We wish them well. Our containerised changing room projects are now all over Scotland including the outer isles. 62 SFP TRUST AWARDS More importantly we are now getting them back to re cycle after clubs find permanent long term solutions. We conservatively estimate that this project alone provides facilities to support activity for around 14,000 grassroots players and we look forward to working with 4 new clubs who were awarded changing rooms this year. £131,644 It has been another busy period for our Trust as we complete our third year of operation. I would like to thank all of the charitable organisations who have provided funds to support our work this year as we continue to assist the non-professional end of the game. A special mention goes to the Kilpatrick Fraser Charitable Trust who backed our pilot FooTea project in Cumbernauld and IN ADDITION Kilwinning. This football based health and wellbeing project proved to be a very popular and we hope to expand on this work on a much bigger scale across the country. In the coming weeks we will be announcing some recently secured funding to enable us to do so. Watch this space. 4 PORTABLE CHANGING ROOM We are a small organisation but work very hard to deliver for football, no more so than Stuart and Laura who’s energy and enthusiasm keeps a very able board from becoming stuffy and boring. PROJECTS AWARDED As chairman I am lucky to enjoy such support and would sooner the clubs tell our story as this edition of Keepie Uppie will show. Please remember if your idea is good for football at any level, * we will listen. James Clydesdale, Chairman £160,000 The Scottish Football Partnership *representative investment value THIS SEASON, SFP AND SFP TRUST MADE 103 AWARDS, INVESTING £541,548 SFP supports the Scottish Women’s Scottish Football Partnership We’ve provided fun football We supported the participation of National Team ahead of the UEFA activities, health education over 4,000 schoolchildren, boys and hot nutritious meals to 60 and girls, in the Scottish Schools Euro 2017 Finals schoolchildren FA National Cup Competitions. The Scottish Football Partnership was delighted to Gemma Fay, Lucy Graham, Hayley Lauder, Leanne be able to assist the women’s national squad in their Crichton and Jo Love and the SFP have also assisted We’ve funded First Aid training for non- We’ve funded the delivery preparations for this summer’s Euro 2017 Finals in Lizzie Arnot, Frankie Brown, Hayley Lauder, Eilish professional coaches and volunteers as well of educational workshops to the Netherlands. What a fantastic achievement for the McSorley, Zoe Ness, Kirsty Smith, Rachel McLauchlin as funding Health Checks for Managers grassroots clubs to combat players to qualify for these Finals and we hope our and Lee Alexander. racism and encourage players and Coaches at the professional end of the funding support will enhance Anna and her squad’s Anna Signeul said: game. and coaches to reject prejudiced ability to progress far in the tournament. We wish them attitudes and behaviour every success. “ It’s fantastic that The Scottish Football Partnership, sportscotland and SSE have As well as the support from the SFP, funding from come together to support the players in being sportscotland, through its National Lottery stream the best they can be ahead of their first ever We’ve funded 15 players from the as well as from SSE will enable those home-based European Championships.” Scottish Women’s National Team international players in full-time employment or “ It’s a strong statement from all three parties with training bursaries ahead of education to focus solely on their preparations for this that they care about the women’s game in their involvement in the UEFA Euro summer’s tournament. The ground-breaking move 17 Finals. Scotland and are willing to help the players for football has been met with the support of those improve. We feel we have support from players’ employers and educational establishments. everyone and that will help us going into the The scheme is now underway and will continue until Euros. To have our best domestic players on after the end of Scotland’s first-ever campaign in the We’ve helped clubs across the country with the same playing field as their teammates new goalposts, floodlights, clubhouses, 3G European Championship finals. who are full-time professionals is really We’ve helped 27 grassroots clubs Pitches, dug-outs, portable changing rooms, important. It offers equal opportunity and will add another team to their playing More than half of the squad have benefitted from the turnstiles, defibrillators, pitch drainage, stand us in good stead ahead of July.” membership. funding package including Joelle Murray, Leanne Ross, licensing projects and CCTV. Fiona Brown, Megan Cunningham, Nicola Docherty, Scottish Women’s A Squad Fixtures in UEFA Euro Championships 19th July -v- England Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht WE’RE PROUD TO HAVE HELPED ALL AREAS OF THE GAME, ACROSS ALL LEVELS, IN ALL PARTS OF SCOTLAND 23rd July -v- Portugal Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam #SUPPORTINGtheGAME 27th July -v- Spain Adelaarshorst Stadion, Deventer Scottish Football Partnership Supporting 3G pitches Since 2012, The Scottish Football Partnership and SFP Trust have supported 29 3G pitch projects across all levels of the game in Scotland, ranging from full size installations to training size pitches as well as full-size and training-size surface replacements. Our total investment in these projects has reached £802,500 with the total project value in association with other partners, agencies and the clubs involved amounting to circa £6,808,500. NO. TEAM PITCH SIZE LOCATION 1. MOTHERWELL F.C. TRAINING SIZE PITCH FIR PARK, MOTHERWELL 2. QUEEN OF THE SOUTH F.C. FULL SIZE STADIUM PITCH PALMERSTON PARK 3. FALKIRK F.C. FULL SIZE STADIUM PITCH FALKIRK STADIUM 4. DUNDEE EAST COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUB TRAINING SIZE PITCH WHITTON PARK, DUNDEE 5. ST MIRREN F.C. TRAINING SIZE INDOOR PITCH ST MIRREN PARK 6. GARTCAIRN F.C. FULL SIZE PITCH AIRDRIE 7. DALZIEL PARK 2 X FULL SIZE PITCHES MOTHERWELL 8. LETHAM F.C. FULL SIZE PITCH PERTH 9. PRESTON ATHLETIC Y.F.C. FULL SIZE PITCH PRESTON PANS 10. DUNBAR UNITED FULL SIZE PITCH HALLHILL SPORTS CENTRE, DUNBAR 11. NORTH BERWICK COLTS FULL SIZE PITCH RECREATION PARK NORTH, BERWICK 12. CELTIC F.C. FULL SIZE PITCH LENNOXTOWN TRAINING CENTRE 13. STENHOUSEMUIR F.C. FULL SIZE STADIUM PITCH OCHILVIEW PARK 14. DUNDEE UNITED F.C. FULL SIZE PITCH GUSSIE PARK, DUNDEE 15. MONTROSE F.C. FULL SIZE STADIUM PITCH LINKS PARK 16. STRATHAVEN DYNAMO F.C. FULL SIZE PITCH WHITESHAWGATE PARK 17. CRAIGIE COMMUNITY SPORTS HUB FULL SIZE PITCH DUNDEE 18. CUMMNOCK JUNIORS COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE FULL SIZE STADIUM PITCH TOWNHEAD PARK 19. RANGERS F.C. FULL SIZE & TRAINING SIZE INDOOR PITCH MURRAY PARK 20. DUMBARTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FULL SIZE PITCH EAST END PARK 21. ALLOA ATHLETIC F.C. FULL SIZE STADIUM PITCH INDODRILL STADIUM 22. CARNOUSTIE PANMURE (SCIO) TRAINING SIZE PITCH PITSKELLY PARK, CARNOUSTIE 23. HILLWOOD BOYS CLUB FULL SIZE PITCH HILLWOOD PARK, GLASGOW 24. PENICUIK ATHLETIC Y.F.C. FULL SIZE PITCH BEESLACK COMMUNITY HIGHSCHOOL 25. BONNYTON THISTLE F.C. FULL SIZE PITCH TOWNHOLM PARK, KILMARNOCK 26. FIFERS FOR THE COMMUNITY FULL SIZE STADIUM PITCH BAYVIEW STADIUM 27. CAMBUSDOON SPORTS CLUB TRAINING SIZE PITCH ALLOWAY A snapshot of the recently completed project at Mid Annandale AFC. SFP’S PORTABLE CHANGING ROOM PROJECTS – Supporting activity for 14,000 grassroots players STRATHAVEN DYNAMO AFC Our portable changing room’s project continues to be one of our most successful initiatives and this year we’ve invested a further £160,000 in new projects. New 3G Pitch for Strathaven We currently own £1.4m worth of modular changing and storage facilities which are deployed across 60 sites supporting activity for around 14,000 grassroots players. This is a truly pan- Dynamo A.F.C. at Whiteshawgate Scottish initiative with units located from as far south as the Scottish borders all the way to the island of Whalsay off Shetland. In 2016/17, we awarded portable changing rooms to 4 new Strathaven Dynamo A.F.C. has a new full-size, floodlit, our club even more and forming a strong Scottish Football all-weather 3G multi-sports Pitch at Whiteshawgate partnership with our rugby cousins for years clubs – Back F.C., Formartine United F.C., Threave Rovers F.C.