·       Do you have experience managing finances OR managing volunteers and leading meetings?

·       Are you able to plan ahead?

·       Are you willing to volunteer some of your time to help us grow the game of lacrosse?

If so, it would be great to have you join us at The Lacrosse Foundation - bringing your enthusiasm & skills to help support our trustee board.

We are looking for 2 new trustees: a Treasurer and a Deputy Chair.

• The Treasurer will help us administer our accounts, manage payments on a regular basis and help us with our financial planning

• The Deputy Chair will help support our chair with planning board meetings, providing leadership to the board and aid succession planning.

Please click here to view the full role description for treasurer, and here to view the full role description for deputy chair.

If you are interested in either of these roles, please email info@thelacrossefoundation.co.uk with a little bit about yourself and what you think you could bring to either role and we’ll be in touch.

·       Do you have experience of creating content on social media & other digital channels?

·       Are you an effective communicator both verbally and in writing?

·       Are you willing to volunteer a small amount of time to help us grow the game of lacrosse?

If so, it would be great to have you join us at The Lacrosse Foundation - bringing your enthusiasm & creative skills to help support our Comms team.

We are looking for a volunteer to help us create content for our social media, website, and newsletter.

Please click here to view the full role description.

If you’d like to help us, please email comms@thelacrossefoundation.co.uk with a little bit about yourself and what you think you could bring to this role and we’ll be in touch.

Background:

Over the past five years, Heaton Mersey Lacrosse Club has been working hard to revive its junior programme. By engaging local primary schools, delivering good-quality coaching, and running weekly sessions, the club has gone from fewer than 20 junior boys to 120 boys and girls across a range of ages.

The Application:

However, such rapid growth comes with its challenges. For the boys in particular, who each need a junior-sized helmet and other protective equipment, playing kit can quickly become sparse. With the U12 programme using most of the kit, there’s simply not enough to go around.

Heaton Mersey approached The Lacrosse Foundation seeking a medium-sized application to help tackle this issue. Their plan laid out an approach to help retain enthusiastic young players, who without access to suitable equipment might be tempted by other sports.

Coupled with their own fundraising efforts, the grant would ensure a steady stream of junior boys into the club over the next five years.

The Result:

The Foundation awarded the club £3,600 to help provide playing equipment for 20 junior U10 boys. With the new kit the boys will be able to practice properly and, most importantly, play competitive full-field games against other local clubs.

Junior Head Coach at Heaton Mersey Lacrosse Club, Richard Smith says “The Lacrosse Foundation has been fantastic in its support of our junior development at the club. We share a passion and determination to grow the game and without their support this would most certainly have been held back or even lost.

“They have given an opportunity for us to give a great and enthusiastic group of under 10 boys the opportunity to play field lacrosse in full kit. You should have seen their faces when they saw it!

“We owe a huge debt of gratitude to TLF. Thank you!”