Author: Hellingly HoundDogs YAFC

Hellingly HoundDogs are pleased to announce a sponsorship deal with Best of Eastbourne, a community and local business directory, to sponsor the U19’s balls for the next two seasons.The Best of Eastbourne helps to promote local companies including services, trades, restaurants and all other types of small business as well as offering a free platform for local charities and community organisation to promote their events and causes.

The Best Of Eastbourne owner David Ruddle said “We are delighted that local businesses that have signed up to our BestOf 360 Membership have enabled us to support Hellingly Hound Dogs with this sponsorship. Having seen how proactive they have been in growing their club it is a privilege to be able to support them in their continued growth and success on the field.”

HoundDogs Chairman, Luke Boorer added “We are very grateful to the membership of the Best Of 360 Membership for agreeing to become part of our clubs ever growing family. The best of Eastbourne offer us a unique way of not only helping our club financially but also a far more important aspect of helping spread the word about our club and what we can offer the community.”

Hellingly HoundDogs Youth American Football Club is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.

Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores awarded to local community projects.

Three groups in every Tesco region have been shortlisted to receive the cash award and shoppers are being invited to head along to Tesco stores to vote for who they think should take away the top grant.

Hellingly HoundDogs is one of the groups on the shortlist.

The HoundDogs are looking to purchase vital safety equipment to help more players from the local region to be able to get into the sport of American Football.

Voting is open in the two Tesco stores located in Hailsham during March and April and customers will cast their vote using a token given to them at the check-out in store each time they shop.

Tesco’s Bags of Help project has already delivered over £63 million to more than 20,000 projects across Britain. Tesco customers get the chance to vote for three different groups every time they shop. Every other month, when votes are collected, three groups in each of Tesco’s regions will be awarded funding.

Alec Brown, Head of Community at Tesco, said:

“Bags of Help has been a fantastic success and we’ve been overwhelmed by the response from customers. It’s such a special scheme because it’s local people who decide how the money will be spent in their community. There are some fantastic projects on the shortlists and we can’t wait to see these come to life in hundreds of communities.”

Groundwork’s National Chief Executive, Graham Duxbury, said:

“Bags of Help continues to enable local communities up and down Britain to improve the local spaces and places that matter to them. The diversity of projects that are being funded shows that local communities have a passion to create something great in their area. We are pleased to be able to be a part of the journey and provide support and encouragement to help local communities thrive.”

Funding is available to community groups and charities looking to fund local projects that bring benefits to communities. Anyone can nominate a project and organisations can apply online. To find out more visit www.tesco.com/bagsofhelp.