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A youth football pitch: a volunteer-led effort in Leeds
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a youth football pitch - we need $3,650 for materials.
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For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 9 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Union community hall, but no funding.
We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $800, and the remaining cost is $3,650.
It will serve about 299 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in October and everyone is invited.
We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos.
All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance.
Where the $3,650 goes:
• Materials: $2,550
• Permits and inspections: $220
• Safety equipment and signage: $370
• Tools hire and delivery: $510
Thanks for reading all this.
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Stay strong, Jacob. Your post was clear and honest. Take care
keep going. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
Praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings.
Rooting for you. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Dhaka.
Keep going, Jacob. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Narayanganj so I could bring a meal. God bless
Great idea, hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless.