In 2006 the Executive Board of the club recognised that if Helsby Community Sports Club was to continue to develop and become sustainable in the longer term, it needed to make the transition from being almost exclusively volunteer ran to being more professionally managed.  January 2007 saw the appointment of Michelle Pickstock (pictured left) as the club`s Business Development Manager. 

As well as securing external funding, marketing, and introducing business processes, Michelle will also be working to develop the club`s volunteer base and leading the club`s Redevelopment Project. George Randles (pictured right), who is a member of the Helsby Parish Council and Executive Board member of Helsby Community Sports Club, has recently become semi retired from his company, and has offered to work with Michelle as the club`s Development Officer.  The other two key members of the Development Team are Alan McKie and Terry O`Neill.

Helsby Community Sports Club, has a long history and aims to provide sporting facilities and coaching for all age groups well into the future. It is our vision to provide sporting, leisure and recreational excellence for Helsby, Frodsham and surrounding areas. 

We are a CASC registered club.  The CASC scheme offers local sports clubs a number of financial benefits including 80 per cent mandatory business rate relief, access to GiftAid and exemptions from corporation tax. It is designed to keep money in the grassroots sport sector and help community sport and recreation clubs secure the financial health of their organisations. For more information on this scheme please visit the following website: www.cascinfo.co.uk.  If you are making a donation to the club ask about Giftaid.

If you would like to get involved and help the club develop, then let us know.  Contact us at info@helsbysports.com  Local companies, businesses or individuals interested in sponsoring the club can contact Michelle on 07856 177571. We have a wide range of sponsorship packages available, guaranteed to raise the profile of any local organisation within the community.  

Redevelopment Project

As visitors to the club will know our clubhouse no longer meets the need of a growing club, and we are working hard behind the scenes to raise much needed funds to kick start the project.  The club have recently been successful in being awarded a Rural Delivery Programme Grant of £165,000, and Helsby Parish Council have pledged £100,000. 

We have launched our `Buy A Brick`appeal to help towards our redevelopment project.  This was recently boosted when a kindhearted business man, Steve O`Connor, donated £25,000 to demonstrate his support for the appeal. 

These are very much for discussion at the moment.  Over the next few weeks the Development Team will be consulting with representatives from each section to discuss these plans in more detail and make any necessary changes.

In recent exciting developments the club have been in discussions with a local developer about the possibility of relocating to an alternative site in the village.  This is subject to feasibility studies and more news will be posted soon, but if this does go ahead it will allow the club to consolidate all of its facilities in one sports complex.