The 2007 Blacks set off from the Wembley Stadium heading north for a 428 mile trip........Our 18th and final stadium is the home of Glenrothes Strollers FC,Overstenton.
Home ground - Overstenton
Community Sports Pavilion Timeline
July 2015 – Sport Scotland funding application approved at Stage 1 for £250,000.00 towards the facility
Aug 2015 – Club appoints architects (AIM) to support our building project.
Aug 2015 – Robertson Trust agrees to support our building project with an award of £20,000.00
Sept 2015 – Sport Scotland Stage 2 application for £250,000.00 funding submitted.
Oct 2015 – Planning approval for new community sports pavilion awarded by Fife Council.
Oct 2015 – Gannochy Trust agrees to support our building project with an award of £20,000.00
Oct 2015 – Club achieves our direct fundraising target. In May 2014 we targeted raising £100,000.00 from our local community to help win the support from other funders. We have now achieved this.
Jan 2016 – SportScotland approve stage 2 funding application for £250,000.00. This takes our fundraising total to over £700,000.00
May 2016 – Construction partner selected, Lomond Group
July 2016 – Construction of our Community Sports Pavilion begins.
December 2016 – Construction completed on time and on budget.
January 2017 – New Community Sports Pavilion comes into use.
Glenrothes Strollers are an award winning Legacy Mark community football club and local charity. In 2011 we were recognised by the Scottish FA, Sports Scotland, The Sunday Mail and MacDonalds as the BEST Community Football Club in Scotland.
This recognition is because we involve all parts of our local community. We have fun football sessions for kids to play small sided football in line with SFA guidelines up to 12 year old. We then have full 11-a-side teams at age groups through to an adult amateur team. On top of this we have girls football teams at various age groups and a special section for kids / youths with a range of disabilities. In total we have hundreds of our local community, kids, youths, boys, girls and young adults involved in community football activities.
We are run completely by volunteers,and we do lots to engage with the local community. Through our Active Schools coordinators, we are delivering football sessions at all of our local primary schools. We also support low risk offenders to integrate back into their community. Working with Fife Council Social Work and Justice dept.
We have offenders complete their Community Payback hours as football coaches, working alongside volunteers. Truly a lifechanging experience for them. Through the ‘Sport to Work’ programme, we help young unemployed people to make themselves more employable. During school holiday periods we offer local kids a school holiday football camp. This gives local families access to low cost, safe and fun childcare while we also have a pantry which provides help for anyone who is in need of food,toiletries etc. We deliver all of these services from our own 16 acre park in Glenrothes where we have 9 football pitches that we maintain ourselves.
After 5 years of fundraising, we finally completed the construction of our community sports pavilion which opened in January 2017. A huge thank you to all of our very generous funders, sponsors, donators and fundraisers.
Glenrothes Strollers FC...a football club at the heart of your community.
A big well done to the boys and parents for allowing us to reach the 18th and final stadium . Well done everyone ??⚫️?❤️?
Start at Overstenton
93miles✔️
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A fantastic effort from boys and parents to complete The Stadium Tour,great for us all to be spending time together and staying safe while staying active. Well done all.
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