{"id":1910,"date":"2019-05-01T13:16:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T12:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2019-05-01T13:16:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T12:16:30","slug":"flyfc-awarded-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/01\/flyfc-awarded-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"FLYFC awarded grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Fairford and Lechlade Youth Football Club (FLYFC) are thrilled to announce the receipt of a grant of \u00a34500 from Gloucestershire Community Foundation. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"751\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/01\/04\/preview-8th-january-2017\/football-grass-pitch-101072\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072.jpg?fit=1920%2C1200\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"football-grass-pitch-101072\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072.jpg?fit=640%2C400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072-1024x640.jpg?resize=640%2C400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072.jpg?resize=1024%2C640 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072.jpg?resize=300%2C188 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072.jpg?resize=768%2C480 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072.jpg?resize=128%2C80 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072.jpg?resize=32%2C20 32w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/football-grass-pitch-101072.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The grant has been awarded as part of the Club\u2019s Put it on\nthe Pitch campaign and will be used to support FLYFC\u2019s programme of pitch\nimprovements at Horcott Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Club Chairman Adam Sloman said \u201cWe\u2019re absolutely delighted\nto have received this award and we\u2019re incredible grateful to Gloucestershire\nCommunity Foundation for their support. This money will allow us to start\nmaking some urgently-needed improvements to the pitches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Club has already begun work, having received an FA Pitch\nImprovement Programme Initial report. \u201cThe report was pretty bad\u201d notes Adam. \u201cIt\ndeemed our pitches as either \u2018Below Standard\u2019 or \u2018Basic\u2019 in many areas \u2013 so to\nreceive this grant is great, and gets the ball rolling, but we still have a\nvery long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first element of the programme began during the Easter\nperiod as the pitches were vertidrained and seeded, weeded and fertilised with\nmore works planned when funds allow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have to be able to provide the children with good quality\nfacilities, and the most obvious facility is the pitch itself. We set a goal of\n\u00a39000 for the campaign and this grant brings us to the half-way point, which is\na massive, massive help, but we need support from the local community to help\nus get to our goal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Club\u2019s end of season presentation and Football Fun Day\nis set for May 18<sup>th<\/sup>, from 12, with not only the opportunity to\ncelebrate yet another successful season on the pitch, but also enjoy some fantastic\nfood from the Cotswold Chippy, cold drinks and snacks from \u2018Match Snacks\u2019,\nbouncy castles and fun with SK Party Solutions and an incredible fund-raising\nauction with awesome money-can\u2019t-buy items. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairford and Lechlade Youth Football Club (FLYFC) are thrilled to announce the receipt of a grant of \u00a34500 from Gloucestershire Community Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa01EC-uO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2231,"url":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/13\/fyfc-answer-the-64000-question\/","url_meta":{"origin":1910,"position":0},"title":"NEWS: FYFC answer the \u00a364,000 question!","author":"FYFC Team","date":"13 August 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Fairford Youth Football Club is delighted to announce the award of a \u00a364,000 Football Foundation grant to the Club. The Football Foundation is the UK\u2019s largest sports charity and exists to improve the experience of playing football for everyone, by championing fair access to quality facilities. With training now returning,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5079.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5079.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5079.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5079.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1904,"url":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/news-flyfc-agrees-pitch-deal-with-cheltenham-town\/","url_meta":{"origin":1910,"position":1},"title":"News: FLYFC agrees pitch deal with Cheltenham Town","author":"FYFC Team","date":"1 April 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Fairford and Lechlade Youth Football Club have agreed a deal to borrow Cheltenham Town's pitch for home fixtures. The pitches at Horcott have long been an issue for the Fairford-based club so the deal with Cheltenham has been welcomed by the Club. CTFC's pitch and turf operations manager Avril Tauschen\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pitch.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pitch.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pitch.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pitch.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pitch.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1993,"url":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/22\/flyfc-enjoy-best-ever-presentation-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":1910,"position":2},"title":"FLYFC enjoy &#8216;Best Ever&#8217; Presentation Day!","author":"FYFC Team","date":"22 May 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Record-breaking figure raised as the Club comes together to mark the end of the 2018-2019 season. Almost \u00a32000 was raised on Saturday as the Club celebrated with its End of Season Presentation Day. Joined by Coventry City centre-back and player of the year, Dom Hyam, there was much to celebrate\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1879,"url":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/02\/24\/news-flyfc-to-host-fairford-classic-car-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":1910,"position":3},"title":"NEWS: FLYFC to host Fairford Classic Car Show","author":"FYFC Team","date":"24 February 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of the Club's 'Put it on The Pitch' campaign, Fairford and Lechlade Youth Football Club is pleased to announce it will be hosting Fairford Classic Vehicle Show on Saturday 25th May 2019. Organised in association with Fairford Classic Car Club, the show will be a relaxed affair, with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rover_2200sc_1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rover_2200sc_1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rover_2200sc_1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rover_2200sc_1.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rover_2200sc_1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rover_2200sc_1.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1096,"url":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/05\/20\/cup-final-report-flyfc-u18s-4-chippenham-town-fc-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":1910,"position":4},"title":"Cup Final Report: FLYFC U18s 4 Chippenham Town FC 1","author":"FYFC Team","date":"20 May 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Three goals in the final 20 minutes gave Fairford & Lechlade Youth glory in the North Wilts Youth League Under 18 Cup Final against FC Chippenham. Lawrence Merrington headed Fairford in front on 10 minutes before a fine run and finish from Caine Bradbury brought Chippenham level just before the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Match Report&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Match Report","link":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/match-report\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Fairford-Lechlade-Youth-v-FC-Chippenham.00_00_48_00.Still001-1-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Fairford-Lechlade-Youth-v-FC-Chippenham.00_00_48_00.Still001-1-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Fairford-Lechlade-Youth-v-FC-Chippenham.00_00_48_00.Still001-1-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Fairford-Lechlade-Youth-v-FC-Chippenham.00_00_48_00.Still001-1-1024x576.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1141,"url":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/06\/11\/join-the-fun-at-flyfc-on-june-23rd\/","url_meta":{"origin":1910,"position":5},"title":"NEWS: Join the fun at FLYFC on June 23rd","author":"FYFC Team","date":"11 June 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"It's just a few short weeks to Fairford Football Festival and the Club's End of Season Presentation Day. Kicking off at noon, the Festival will feature a whole host of fun and games throughout the day. Our friends from The Cotswold Chippy will be on hand to serve up their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Horcott-for-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Horcott-for-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Horcott-for-web.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Horcott-for-web.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fairfordlechladeyfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Horcott-for-web.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912,"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fairfordyouthfc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}