Hello and thank you for visiting our page!

My name is Akshay Mistry, the Leader of the Claret Mountaineers! We are back again for our second adventure, this time we are tackling the Horseshoe Ridge walk, the toughest circular walk in the Brecon Beacons (South Wales). We will be climbing 4 mountains, namely Corn Du, the famous Pen y Fan, Cribyn and Fan y Big, with 2424 ft of elevation over the course of 10 miles which on average will take about 5 to 6 hours of solid hiking.

This time we are heading back to Wales 28 strong, building
from the 20 participants we took last time, aiming to raise £10,000 for
Northampton Town FC Community Trust to deliver more accessible programmes in the Local Community.

Our team is made up of current and former participants as well as staff and volunteers who have benefitted greatly from the Health & Wellbeing, Disability Football and the Women’s and Girls Football programmes. As fans and patrons of the club this is our opportunity to do our part and make a difference to people’s lives for the
better.

Northampton Town FC Community Trust’s vision is “To create a
healthy, happy and connected Northamptonshire”. NTFC CT are looking to achieve their mission and aims through delivery in four key areas:

• Education
• Health
• Disability & Inclusion
• Sports Participation

From the £7437 we raised last time Northampton Town FC
Community Trust have been able to set up and deliver.

• Weekly Powerchair Football sessions
• Weekly Cerebral Palsy Football sessions at Goals
  on a Tuesday night
• Set up 3 more blocks of Fit Cobblers blocks
  primed for 2022 including the upcoming first ever female Fit Cobblers block starting in Jan
• Fund the setup of the new upcoming Active Fans
  programme
• Funding towards new resources for the Multi
  Disability Football Club

Our £10,000 target will allow us to.

• Continue the delivery and growth of the
  powerchair football sessions
• Set up of CP multi disability football team as
  part of the ongoing growth of the Multi disability football club
• Support the growth and transition of disability
  coaches from volunteer to qualified coaches
• Set up and deliver football sessions for young
  people and adults who are partially sighted to blind and also new Deaf football sessions
• Set up of quarterly every player counts football
  festivals
• Development and ongoing growth of the Walking Football Club
• New girls football sessions
• Creation of Health and Wellbeing Hubs around the
  county to target and reduce the risk of obesity and other health conditions

To give you a little more context on what the money raised
from this fundraiser will go towards, please see a small breakdown of much it costs to run some of the new and existing programmes in the community.

£50 is the cost to hire a venue for an hour to
provide safe space for a child or young adult with a disability to engage with others who have similar needs to have fun, make friends, and participate in a game of football.

£120 is the cost to purchase workbooks for three
blocks worth of Fit Cobblers participants

£500 will pay for the Community Trust to secure a
venue for half a year of Powerchair football sessions and the total amount for the delivery of Blind football sessions, which is another new pathway that is being created by the Community Trust

£750 is the total amount it would cost to set up a
Cerebral Palsy Football Team to join our Multi Disability Football Club on Friday evenings and enough to train volunteers to become qualified coaches to lead the team

£800 raised out of the total amount will go towards
the set up and delivery of quarterly football festivals for the Every Player Counts programme, which has been set up to provide a safe space and platform for men suffering with Mental Health issues

£1000 is enough to fund the ongoing expansion of our Women’s and Girls programme, with the set up and delivery of football sessions for young girls

£3000-£5000 is the target amount for Northampton Town
FC Community Trust to set up and establish a health and wellbeing hub within Northampton and another part of the county where a partnership with organisations such as Man v Fat, the Local Authorities, emergency services, Northamptonshire Sport and medical centres can help create a platform to target and reduce the rates of obesity, diabetes, heart conditions and other health risks within the area.

For every £1 donated by you, you can truly be part the
change we are looking to make in the community and help us achieve our mission of a healthier and happier Northampton. We appreciate all the help we can get no matter how little as even the smallest deeds can change the lives for many.

Thank you for taking the time out to read this story, your
generous donation and being part of our journey.

The Claret Mountaineers