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We have eight weeks to raise thousands to kit out our new ground

FC United of Manchester has joined forces with the public fundraising platform Crowdfunder.co.uk to launch our "Kit it Out" campaign.

The campaign aims to raise £26,000 to fund the kitting out of a community space and function room at our new football ground and community facility in Moston, North Manchester. Crowdfunding is an alternative means of funding that allows people and organisations to take their ideas forward and make them a reality with the power of the crowd while changing the world around them. That sounded a bit like the FC ethos, so we set up a campaign on the Crowdfunder website to help us raise the money we need to help kit out our community space at the new ground.

Take part at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/kit-it-out

We want to give as many people as possible the opportunity to help fund our new ground and facilities and we think the Crowdfunder platform will enable us to do just that. We’ve set ourselves a target of £26,000 and we have just eight weeks to get the money in.

Crowdfunder works by enabling lots of people – each giving a small amount – to make good things happen. The ‘crowd’ decides what’s good, what’s not, what they want to fund and what they don’t. If the crowd doesn’t back the project then it won’t happen. So, put simply, if we hit our target then we get our money, if we don’t then the money goes back to those who pledged it and we end up with an empty community space at the new ground.

But, we know you won’t let that happen.

We have over 40,000 followers on Twitter and 375,000 on Facebook; we all know people who want to see change in football. Football clubs should be owned by the fans not by the likes of the Glazers, Tans and Allams.

A strong supporter-owned movement will put a check on some of the excesses in the game and, who knows, if our movement gains enough strength we may bring about some fundamental changes. One thing is for certain - if we do nothing then nothing will change. This is about more than just FC United this is about changing the way that the game is run.

So, please get onto the Crowdfunder website at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/kit-it-out and pledge an amount towards our target of £26,000.

Promote the page to everyone that you know.

We’ve got some great rewards for all those who pledge to our Kit it Out campaign so think about who else you can pass the link to so that we give even more people the chance to support us. Share it on Facebook and Twitter so even more people see it.

Support our Kit it Out campaign today.

WE HAVE EIGHT WEEKS TO RAISE £26,000

Can we do it? You can decide at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/kit-it-out

Thanks for your support and for helping us make a difference.




First Posted ~ 22:40 Thu 27 Mar 2014
News ID ~ 5436
Last Updated ~ 01:52 Tue 16 Feb 2021