Horsham FC aim to make most of £5,000 grant scheme

The Hornets – along with their Isthmian League counterparts – can to apply for grants of up to £5,000 to help establish community-focused projects with the aim of developing young talent, promoting non-league football to a wider audience and attracting volunteers.

In a difficult year for football, it could make a huge difference to how strongly Horsham come out of lockdown.

The Trident Community Foundation has been founded by a combination of Entain’s grassroots sport investment programme, Pitching In, and the three Trident Leagues – the Isthmian, Northern Premier and Southern Leagues.

Entain has donated £150,000 to establish the TCF Fund for distribution over the remainder of the 2020-21 season.

Borrett said: “I am looking forward to Horsham Football Club making applications as I believe we have a number of strong contenders as projects for community use.

“The opportunity to establish projects that have real community value and bring people together – which I would argue is needed more now than ever – can only be a good thing.

“We are very fortunate at Horsham – we are known as a family club, and we are a club that actively supports their community thanks to our true unsung heroes, our volunteers.”

The club returned to Horsham last year after more than a decade of groundsharing.

The Hornets are ninth in the Isthmian premier and Borrett is hoping they can restore their feelgood factor when football can return.

“When we came back to play in Horsham, the whole community embraced our return to the town,” he said.

“It’s a real hallmark of Horsham Football Club that we seek to give back to the community, of which we very much regard ourselves as an integral part. I think the TCF Fund will help us be even more diverse and inclusive in the activities Horsham FC carries out for the benefit of the community.”

For more see entaingroup.com/sustainability/pitching-in/