Fareham Council

Fareham Borough Council has worked in partner ship with one of its local clubs, AFC Portchester for a number of years.

The Club has many teams from u9s to adults with the adult team playing in the Wessex League. It was the first Hampshire Club to achieve a Community Charter Standard award.

The council has offered the club a lease on a sports pavilion and a football pitch as a home ground. The pavilion was urgently in need of renovation.

The club recently won a competition organised by Trustatrader a sponsor of the Portsmouth FC and AFC Portchester were rewarded with an offer to renovate the pavilion internally and externally.

Trustatrader approached the Council to do this.

It was agreed and the work was undertaken by a number of craftsmen supported by Club members over the three days of the first May bank holiday.

The work completed was of a high standard leaving the pavilion expertly refurbished to the delight of the football club.

Charlie Read-Fareham Council

Paul Kelly
AFC Portchester Youth Secretary
Play Up Portchestster

Hi Gary & Russel, I have just about come back to reality, after the last hectic weekend ,not only did Pompey stay up but you have kick started our Community club project at a time when it was most needed.

I would like to thank you both on behalf of every volunteer, player, coach, parent and future member of our club for the hard work before during and even after the much needed makeover of our changing rooms. Not only did you provide top quality tradesmen, you used top of the range materials, even to the point of having the paintwork specially mixed to match our club colours.

A specail mention must go to the Tradesman that you provided who worked so hard in the short time allocated, First Impressions for their tiling and paintwork, Vickers & Sons for there specialist Carpentary, and Mr Fixit himself Ian, who not only took the bull by the horns, he provided a great sence of leadership in the project and never failed to deliver.

Thank you once again.

Paul Kelly