Kent County Playing Fields Association

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Patron

Edwin R P Boorman OBE DL MA

Reports and Accounts

Report and Annual Accounts 2009

These are available online in "PDF" or "Word" format or from The Secretary.

Stanley Blow & Ole Kverndal Awards

The above Memorial Fund for sports clubs and other organizations enables the KCPFA to make grants Read More

What We Do

The Kent County Playing Fields Association was formed in 1926 and its fundamental objective throughout has been to ensure that there are adequate facilities for recreation in every city, town and village in Kent and to encourage the provision, improvement, retention and use of playing fields, children's playgrounds and other recreational centres.

In pursuit of this objective, the Association will co-operate with such organisations and groups as necessary to secure the provision of new facilities and to safeguard existing facilities that may be under threat. Supporting the Association

The Association has a strong membership that is committed to achieving its Object. The extent to which the Association is able to assist with the achievement of its Object, however, is dependent upon the level of financial assistance it receives year-on-year. If you would like to support the Association, please complete an application form and send it to our Hon. Treasurer.

The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge

2012 is an exciting year in the UK with two great events scheduled: Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics. The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge, headed by its Patron Prince William, is a fantastic programme to protect 2012 playing fields in communities all across the country as a permanent living legacy of these landmark occasions. For further information go to www.qe2fields.com

Sportsmatch Funding

The Sport England Sportsmatch programme has announced that it is to resume its grant making activities in December 2009 for activities that will take place during the 2010/11 financial year. Through the scheme, Sportsmatch offers pound for pound matched funding to investments made by businesses, trusts and individuals into projects that encourage sports participation at grass roots level. From October 2009, Since it started in 1992, Sportsmatch has awarded over £48 million to almost 6,000 projects across the country, and has brought in over £58 million for these projects from the commercial sector.

Previous grant recipients include; Devizes School in Wiltshire which obtained a three year sponsorship from a local construction firm which amounted to £10,000 per year. The school matched this with a further £10,000 from Sportsmatch and were able to run an annual multi-sports coaching camp during the school summer holidays. The Children's Kayak Charitable Trust obtained £1,180 in sponsorship from a local watersports retailer. They matched this with a Sportsmatch award and ran a three year project offering free kayak coaching to children from 12 local schools.

Applications can be submitted at any time.. http://www.sportengland.org/funding/sportsmatch.aspx Rocky Sharrock Fields Manager 024 7674 3396 Mob 07957 846550

Latest News

Kent Play Partnership

The Kent Play Partnership are now planning for Playbuilder 2 - 2010/11 and are interested in speaking to anyone who may have land identified and available in Kent, that wishes to develop those areas into Play spaces. Funding available subject to set criteria.

Please contact Angela Graham -Strategic Project Manager,Children,Families and Education Directorate-Kent Adult Social Services Directorate on 07825-013354 or by emailing Angela.Graham@Kent.gov.uk

Summer Newsletter

A copy of the Summer Newsletter can be obtained fron the KCPFA offices or online in "PDF" or "Word" format by cliking the links below.

War Memorial Fields Campaign

Fields in Trust – formerly the National Playing Fields Association – has been protecting playing fields across the country for more than 80 years. We’re delighted to be launching a new campaign this autumn, in association with the UK National Inventory of War Memorials (UKNIWM), to ensure the long term protection of the hundreds of War Memorial fields that exist across the country.

Click "pdf" or "Word" for further information and details of how contribute.

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Rebecca Venis winner of this Year’s Cecil Leitch 5 Club Competition held at the splendid Wrotham Heath Golf Club. Rebecca from West Malling Golf Club scored a magnificent 41points.

In June 1994 I was asked, as Secretary of the KSGA, to attend the prize giving of the Annual Cecil Leitch Five Club Competition at Rochester and Cobham Park Golf Club to receive a cheque for our funds.