We are delighted to announce we have been awarded £10,000 after successfully applying to Sport England’s £20m Community Emergency Fund to help cover maintenance, rent and utility bills at Foxbury Avenue over the coming months.

At the end of March, Sport England announced a £195m package to help the sport and physical activity sector through covid-19.Within the package is a £20m Community Emergency Fund of National Lottery money to deliver immediate funding to those who have a role in supporting the nation to be active but are experiencing short-term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the impact of coronavirus.

Glebe Chairman Rocky McMillan said: “We are extremely grateful for the help Sport England have given us with this grant. Without these funds, the club would have found itself in a very testing financial position. With this support, we now look forward to providing best in class facilities for our members in the new season.”

Sport England’s chief executive said Tim Hollingsworth said: “As the body responsible for the growth of sport and physical activity participation, we want the vital grassroots organisations that make sport and physical activity happen in this country to not just to come through this crisis but to be in a position to thrive again in the future.

“The £20m Community Emergency fund, made possible by National Lottery players is part of a multi-million pound package of support we are providing to ease the pressure on a huge number of the organisations who are central to the nation’s health and well-being. We are proud to be able to provide vital funding to Glebe FC to help it through these extremely challenging times.”

We hope all our families are staying safe over this difficult period and look forward to welcoming everyone back to Foxbury Avenue when its safe to play football again.