Association of Community Amateur Sports Clubs
& Community Interest Fundraisers (ACASC / ACIF) CIC
Comp. No: 6800135 / A Not-for-Profit Community Interest Company No: 3743

ACASC - Attending Network Meetings - Workshops & Seminars
On the 9th February 2011 ACASC representatives were invited to talk to delegates attending the packed Social Enterprise Network Summit in Cwmbran which was supported by several Local Authorities based in South East Wales.

Michael Martin is shown (left) in discussion with Jill Wadley representing the Gwent Dolphins Disabled Swimming Club, which is a registered Sports Charity. Jill was keen to hear how ACASC would be able to help her group survive as funding and grants were obviously drying up fast. Jill felt that perhaps a little too much of the available sponsor’s cash was heading in the direction of 'elite sport' and many clubs were now beginning to suffer.

  • ACASC were able to explain a range of new revenue streams that the club had not thought of and probably would not have access to but can explore through membership of ACASC.
    • A keynote speaker at the Summit was Adele Blakeborough MBE, who can be seen (left) in close conversation with David Wilkinson of ACASC.

    Adele co-founded CAN (Community Action Network) in 1998, when it began as a membership organisation to identify and create a network of social entrepreneurs across the UK. Adele has always believed that businesses, through partnering with social enterprises, can have a mutually-beneficial relationship. In 2005 she created Breakthrough with the private equity firm Permira to provide investment and business support to established social enterprises.

    Adele was a founder member of the Social Enterprise Coalition. She was also a trustee for the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) and a founding partner of UnLtd Millennium Fund.

    Adele's speech was entitled 'Earning income in a harsh environment'. This is a subject close to the heart of all fundraisers and certainly one of the key focus topics of ACASC when assisting Sports Clubs & Charities who are eligible to claim Gift Aid.

    Other delegates who were keen to talk with ACASC were the Institute of Fundrasing (Wales) who invited ACASC to speak to their members in Cardiff last year and Simon Boex from the Fundraising Standards Board.

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    • 7th August 2008 Meet The Team! Left to Right...

    Jon Field (Unity Trust) Mike Martin (Club Charity) Greta Gueresi-Leach (Welsh Sports Assoc.) Paul Martin (Unity) Malcolm Jarrett (CC AFC) David Wilkinson (Club Charity)

    Football CASC Receives £4,832 Gift Aid Cheque Presented by Club Charity & Unity Trust Bank

    Club Charity & Unity Trust Bank were pleased to hand over their first Gift Aid Cheque in Wales to Cwmbran Celtic AFC in August 2008.

    The club began working closely (in December 2007) with Club Charity to modernise their club fundraising methods and to maximise their potential as a CASC. The result has made a major impact on the club’s finances. Club Charity was able to secure an additional £3,500 worth of rate relief for the club and the club has also raised in excess of £12,000 of donations online. Added to all this the club has now banked nearly £5,000 in Gift Aid!

    The Gift Aid presentation took place at the Welsh Sports Institute (Sophia Gardens) in Cardiff. The club’s manager Malcolm Jarrett said at the event:

    “I must admit I had a sceptical committee to deal with at first, but Club Charity & Unity came through for us and the club is now in a much healthier financial position!”