10 non league clubs win £10,000 each in the Buildbase renovation bursary competition, something that can really make a big difference.
From upgrading the changing rooms to installing new toilets, or even renovating a kitchen to continue supporting a local community project, the money can do wonders.
FA Trophy and FA Vase sponsor Buildbase gave the chance for participating clubs to have their facilities transformed, and the winners list has since been revealed.

10 non league clubs win £10,000 each in Buildbase renovation bursary competition
FA STATEMENT:
Builders’ merchant Buildbase has awarded £10,000 worth of building materials to ten clubs taking part in the Buildbase FA Trophy and Vase competitions.
Following their application to the Buildbase non-League Club Renovation programme, Mossley AFC, Tiverton Town AFC, Tooting and Mitcham United, Prescot Cables FC, Bishops Stortford FC, Fleet Spurs, Sandbach United, Harrowby United and Amersham Town will each be awarded building materials to renovate their facilities.
Judges from Buildbase and the FA chose the nine winners, with their decision based on the projects they deemed would deliver the greatest benefits to the clubs and their local communities.
And the tenth prize went to London Lions, who scored the most public votes and automatically secured the club a winning ‘golden ticket’.
Mossley AFC will use the bursary to build a toilet block for use by fans on matchdays and for community events.
Tiverton Town AFC will revamp its kitchen to provide hot and cold refreshments on matchdays for local community groups and commercial events.
Tooting and Mitcham United FC plans to build additional changing rooms, which will enable more teams to play including girls and disability football.
Prescot Cables FC will renovate its changing rooms to make it more accessible to female players and officials.
Bishops Stortford Football Club will use the bursary to give its 20-year-old toilet block a complete makeover.
Fleet Spurs FC plans to add a women’s toilet and upgrade facilities for disabled people, making the club more accessible to all.
Sandbach United FC will extend its kitchen and hopes to offer more variety and healthier eating options to everyone who visits.
Harrowby United FC plans to refurbish its kitchen to provide more healthy food options to players and fans as well enable use for community groups.
Amersham Town FC will renew and extend its 50-year-old kitchen to complement the recently refurbished clubhouse.
And London Lions plans to renovate its changing rooms to accommodate more teams.
Local Buildbase branches will be supporting the clubs with information, advice and supplying the building products required for their projects.
Martin Bull, a Buildbase procurement director and part of the judging panel, said: “We had a huge response to our renovation competition this year. The winning clubs did a fantastic job of explaining how the bursary would be used and the effects of that on the wider community as well as on their ability to run as a business.
“Among the stories of turning around dilapidated facilities we’ve heard a lot of clubs focused on being more inclusive, which is encouraging to hear. We look forward to seeing how these projects play out over the coming months.”
Buildbase has been running a programme to transform the facilities of clubs taking part in the Buildbase FA Trophy and Vase competitions since it became the title sponsor of the FA Trophy and Vase in 2016. See how our other previous bursary winners have transformed their club
Hanwell Town are just one non league club previously transformed by the Buildbase bursary.
Four years after winning the first £100k Buildbase bursary, they are a changed non league football club, investing in their facilities, and attracted a lot new players over the years.
Hanwell even signed up to the climate change net zero framework after investing in eco LED lighting and recycling initiatives at the club.
With the help of the bursary, renovating the kitchen and bar allowed them to encourage more external functions in the clubhouse and promoting it as a live music venue, making it a place for everyone to enjoy.

Paul Roche, Managing Director at Buildbase said: “We’ve been running the bursary for several years and new changing rooms and kitchens are the most common need and the areas that really seem to make a difference. We hope that more smaller prizes will be attractive and enable us to turnaround the fortunes of many more non league clubs.”
Buildbase Non League Ambassador and talkSPORT presenter Tony Incenzo will be helping to raise awareness of the programme and encouraging clubs to apply. He said: “This really is the perfect prize for non-league clubs around the country. Every club is striving to improve their facilities all the time – for the benefit of their fans and the local community projects that they embrace. It is great that the Buildbase bursary is supporting non-league football at a time when money is tight for clubs due to the effects of the pandemic.”

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