How the Sport Wales Be Active Wales Fund is supporting table tennis in Wales

Over the past year, 11 Table Tennis Wales-affiliated clubs have been supported by the Sport Wales Be Active Wales Fund, which uses National Lottery money to support development and growth within community sports clubs across Welsh communities.

The last 12 months has seen a total of £60,604 awarded to our clubs, a 66% increase of grants from the previous year.

Those clubs benefiting from the awarded grants are:

Gwent Table Tennis Club – Developing a Junior Growth Programme that will support more young people to participate in the sport, increasing the junior membership of the club.

Kenfig Table Tennis Club – Improve engagement with young people by utilising state-of-the-art, modern technology, supporting a fun experience whilst improving health and wellbeing. Read more about this on the Sport Wales website here.

Wrexham Table Tennis Club – Increase junior and senior members, supporting new and existing coaches through coaching qualifications, as well as purchasing new equipment to expand club capacity.

Upper Colwyn Bay Community Club – Purchasing new tables and equipment to support growth of membership.

Mackintosh Table Tennis Club – Junior Development Programme, engaging and providing more opportunities for young people to access table tennis activities, supporting new and existing coaches to develop and access coaching qualifications, and equipment to deliver coaching sessions to new members.

Northop Table Tennis Club – Increasing junior participation and members, improving the coaching standards within the club through new and existing coaches completing coaching qualifications up to Level 2.

Gilwern Table Tennis Club – Supporting capacity for new members to join, purchasing of new equipment to meet the demands of new members.

Cam Gears Table Tennis Club – Junior Participation Programme, focusing on engaging with more young people, providing quality coaching along with developing club coaches through accessing Level 1 and Level 2 courses. Funding to purchase new equipment and tables to support the increase in club membership.

Ael-Y-Bryn Table Tennis Club – Introduction of a new Junior Coaching Session, aimed to support an increase of junior members, along with supporting young people through coaching qualifications to enable the club to increase coaching capacity.

Rhiwbina Recreational Table Tennis Club – Purchasing new table and equipment to support a growth in membership and the demand for more opportunities to access the sport.

Rhondda Table Tennis Club – Support the ever-growing Junior Programme at Rhondda Table Tennis Club, improving the playing conditions and accessibility to high quality equipment, as well as increasing and improving the coaching capacity within the club.

Table Tennis Wales would like to thank Sport Wales for the Be Active Wales Fund.

This funding enables sports clubs to grow and improve in so many ways, from helping people to access courses and education to developing skills, knowledge, and experience through to purchasing high quality equipment that can support clubs to deliver greater programmes and increase capacity for new members. This fund, provided through the National Lottery, makes a huge difference to sport.

If you or your club would like to access this grant please visit the Sport Wales website here!

If you would like support with grants, please contact development@tabletennis.wales where a member of our team can provide insight, support or more information surrounding eligibility of the grant.