The Castlemilk Community Football Trust has been formed to benefit the community of Castlemilk and the wider South Glasgow locality. Providing recreational and sports facilities and activities for people of all ages and abilities. Our objectives are the improvement of life for the people whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. The advancement of public participation in sport and the promotion of citizenship and community development.
We hope you will join us on our journey by becoming Resident or Associate Members to have a say in how we push forward and develop a Community space that we can all be proud of.
For those who aren't aware, since February 2022. We have ..….. Reopened a closed (2 years) near derelict facility offering people across the Southside and beyond the opportunity to play football. Revamped, cleared, painted and tidied the outside facility and surrounding area, supported by local business and volunteers. Provided a home pitch to 24 football clubs and training facilities for 31 individual teams. Carried out twice weekly litter picks at our facility and local woodlands. Supported by all clubs and spectators keeping the facility tidy and litter free. Delivered Free Football camps for local kids with lunch and snacks for 20 days during school holidays. Achieved charitable status.. Now official Scottish charity SC 052014. Supported by 7 new trustees. Reopened the changing facility so teams can finally get changed and have a shower. Painted and decorated and added seating to changing rooms and other areas in the facility. Commissioned line marking for 55 car parking spaces at the facility and supported the tidying of nearby woodlands. Provided opportunities for real community engagement and created multiple sessional and volunteering opportunities for local people. Provided new match footballs (adults) and training balls (juvenile) for all regular let users. Restored Barlia back into a safe space for people in the community to come together, reducing isolation and increasing opportunities for community involvement. Continued to work with local partners to support and develop Castlemilk Park as a community asset, Barlia Football Centre being at the heart of this, also sought the views of local people and local clubs. Shown how important Barlia is to the local area, Southside and whole of Glasgow.... Already hosted 304 full matches last year. Allowed free pitch access to children, young people and families when pitches aren't in use by teams.. offering a free play space.
GlasgowTimes Award “The Sports Award was presented to Castlemilk Community Football Trust, a team of outstanding volunteers who have inspired everyone with their passion and hard work supporting young players and their families at the Barlia pitches. Faced with the potential closure of the football centre, they fought to keep it open and have since hosted hundreds of matches, free football camps and community events.” ( Glasgow Times )
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Massive thanks to the staff from Evelyn Partners who took a day away from the office to volunteer for us. Painting, weeding, litter picks and general tasks that would have taken us so long to get done. Unbelievably the company will also donate us £50 for each of the 11 volunteers!! ( £550 ) Special thanks to Lorraine Blair Jackson for organising.. And Wullie and the 2 Jim's for helping support the team today.
Thanks once again to Lorraine Blair Jackson for organizing on our behalf a second visit from Evelyn Partners Staff and forthcoming £600 donation. Also thanks to Stuart Whittiker , Woodlands Officer Cassiltoun Housing Association for directing todays clearance on the five a side paths and loaning us the tools for the job and of course our very own Jim and Andy for helping out.
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13 December 2023
29 June 2023
Major Pitch Announcement
We are delighted to announce that we have secured funding to replace the existing playing surfaces for the full pitch and 3 x five a sides at Barlia. We will also be renewing the floodlights to LED and creating a spectator barrier. All works hopefully being completed by the start of the new season. We had been granted funding from the Scottish FA a couple of weeks ago but delayed the announcement until Glasgow City Council funding was ratified. This game-changing investment of more than £530,000 overall is a hugely exciting project for ourselves, our members, teams and the whole Castlemilk community and beyond. The Council and SFA’s commitment and confidence in our vision is a testimony to all the hard work done so far in resurrecting Barlia from a near derelict facility that lay closed and abandoned for nearly two years. Since taking over the management of the facility in February 2022, we have hosted nearly 650 full matches, providing a home pitch to 86 different teams and thousands of midweek training sessions for 26 Castlemilk & Southside teams. In addition, we have delivered nearly 50 free football camps for local children during school holidays and allow free pitch access to children, young people and families when the pitches aren’t in use by teams. We are extremely grateful to our funding partners for their commitment to the redevelopment of the pitches, which is only the first stage of our ambitious plans for the facility. Watch this space!!!! Thanks also to our trustees, clubs, teams, staff, volunteers, partner organisations and the whole community and many others for supporting us these past couple of years. Barlia Pitches really do matter !!!!
Major Pavilion Announcement
We have just received the fantastic news that our bid for UK Government (DLUHC) Community Ownership Funding (COF) has been successful. We have secured our full application amount of £424,303 towards our pavilion refurbishment project comprising of £374,303 capital funding, together with £50,000 of revenue funding. This is truly tremendous news and a great endorsement of what we are doing at CCFT. We still have some way to go however in securing the balance of the capital funding required to complete our pavilion project (approx @£210,000). We are currently working hard on this and will be submitting another few applications next week. We are confident in securing the funds but naturally we need to remain cautious until things are confirmed. As you know, this comes on the back of the confirmation of GCC and SFA funding for our pitch replacement project (which just kicked off this week with the installation of our new floodlights) and start of fives pitches, meaning that we have secured the best part of £1 Million investment for our community over the past few months. We are enormously proud of what we have achieved in such a short space of time since saving the facility from complete ruin and ultimate closure. With the commencement of the pitch renewal project and as we make our preparations for the pavilion refurbishment project, there is a lot happening right now and much more to come. Thanks to everyone for your continued support as we move forward to the next exciting phase of the Barlia journey for the whole Castlemilk community and beyond. Will keep everyone updated with any new developments. Pitch Renewal Pictures ………………
Thanks To
For Sponsoring A Week’s Free Play @ Barlia
We hope you will join us on our journey by becoming Resident or Associate Members to have a say in how we push forward and develop a Community space that we can all be proud of.
For those who aren't aware, since February 2022. We have ..….. Reopened a closed (2 years) near derelict facility offering people across the Southside and beyond the opportunity to play football. Revamped, cleared, painted and tidied the outside facility and surrounding area, supported by local business and volunteers. Provided a home pitch to 24 football clubs and training facilities for 31 individual teams. Carried out twice weekly litter picks at our facility and local woodlands. Supported by all clubs and spectators keeping the facility tidy and litter free. Delivered Free Football camps for local kids with lunch and snacks for 20 days during school holidays. Achieved charitable status.. Now official Scottish charity SC 052014. Supported by 7 new trustees. Reopened the changing facility so teams can finally get changed and have a shower. Painted and decorated and added seating to changing rooms and other areas in the facility. Commissioned line marking for 55 car parking spaces at the facility and supported the tidying of nearby woodlands. Provided opportunities for real community engagement and created multiple sessional and volunteering opportunities for local people. Provided new match footballs (adults) and training balls (juvenile) for all regular let users. Restored Barlia back into a safe space for people in the community to come together, reducing isolation and increasing opportunities for community involvement. Continued to work with local partners to support and develop Castlemilk Park as a community asset, Barlia Football Centre being at the heart of this, also sought the views of local people and local clubs. Shown how important Barlia is to the local area, Southside and whole of Glasgow.... Already hosted 304 full matches last year. Allowed free pitch access to children, young people and families when pitches aren't in use by teams.. offering a free play space.
Apply To Be a Member
GlasgowTimes Award “The Sports Award was presented to Castlemilk Community Football Trust, a team of outstanding volunteers who have inspired everyone with their passion and hard work supporting young players and their families at the Barlia pitches. Faced with the potential closure of the football centre, they fought to keep it open and have since hosted hundreds of matches, free football camps and community events.” ( Glasgow Times )
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Massive thanks to the staff from Evelyn Partners who took a day away from the office to volunteer for us. Painting, weeding, litter picks and general tasks that would have taken us so long to get done. Unbelievably the company will also donate to us £50 for each of the 11 volunteers!! ( £550 ) Special thanks to Lorraine Blair Jackson for organising. Also Wullie and the 2 Jim's for helping support the team today.
Thank You
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Thanks once again to Lorraine Blair Jackson for organizing on our behalf a second visit from Evelyn Partners Staff and forthcoming £600 donation. Also thanks to Stuart Whittiker , Woodlands Officer Cassiltoun Housing Association for directing todays clearance on the five a side paths and loaning us the tools for the job and of course our very own Jim and Andy for helping out.
13 December 2023
29 June 2023
Major Pitch Announcement We are delighted to announce that we have secured funding to replace the existing playing surfaces for the full pitch and 3 x five a sides at Barlia. We will also be renewing the floodlights to LED and creating a spectator barrier. All works hopefully being completed by the start of the new season. We had been granted funding from the Scottish FA a couple of weeks ago but delayed the announcement until Glasgow City Council funding was ratified. This game-changing investment of more than £530,000 overall is a hugely exciting project for ourselves, our members, teams and the whole Castlemilk community and beyond. The Council and SFA’s commitment and confidence in our vision is a testimony to all the hard work done so far in resurrecting Barlia from a near derelict facility that lay closed and abandoned for nearly two years. Since taking over the management of the facility in February 2022, we have hosted nearly 650 full matches, providing a home pitch to 86 different teams and thousands of midweek training sessions for 26 Castlemilk & Southside teams. In addition, we have delivered nearly 50 free football camps for local children during school holidays and allow free pitch access to children, young people and families when the pitches aren’t in use by teams. We are extremely grateful to our funding partners for their commitment to the redevelopment of the pitches, which is only the first stage of our ambitious plans for the facility. Watch this space!!!! Thanks also to our trustees, clubs, teams, staff, volunteers, partner organisations and the whole community and many others for supporting us these past couple of years. Barlia Pitches really do matter !!!!
Major Pavilion Announcement We have just received the fantastic news that our bid for UK Government (DLUHC) Community Ownership Funding (COF) has been successful. We have secured our full application amount of £424,303 towards our pavilion refurbishment project comprising of £374,303 capital funding, together with £50,000 of revenue funding. This is truly tremendous news and a great endorsement of what we are doing at CCFT. We still have some way to go however in securing the balance of the capital funding required to complete our pavilion project (approx @£210,000). We are currently working hard on this and will be submitting another few applications next week. We are confident in securing the funds but naturally we need to remain cautious until things are confirmed. As you know, this comes on the back of the confirmation of GCC and SFA funding for our pitch replacement project (which just kicked off this week with the installation of our new floodlights) and start of fives pitches, meaning that we have secured the best part of £1 Million investment for our community over the past few months. We are enormously proud of what we have achieved in such a short space of time since saving the facility from complete ruin and ultimate closure. With the commencement of the pitch renewal project and as we make our preparations for the pavilion refurbishment project, there is a lot happening right now and much more to come. Thanks to everyone for your continued support as we move forward to the next exciting phase of the Barlia journey for the whole Castlemilk community and beyond. Will keep everyone updated with any new developments.
Pitch Renewal Pictures ………………
Thanks To
For Sponsoring A Week’s Free Play @ Barlia
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