Lowerhouse Cricket Club
Helping a long-established community cricket club secure investment in its grass football pitches and the machinery needed to maintain them for the long term.
Improving community pitches while replacing ageing maintenance equipment
Lowerhouse Cricket Club is more than a cricket venue. Its site also supports wider community sport, creating additional demand on the playing surfaces and the maintenance programme behind them.
The club needed a longer-term solution to improve and protect its grass pitches, while also strengthening the equipment available to maintain the site effectively.
Open Goal Consulting began working with Lowerhouse in February 2024, with funding support identified as the immediate priority.
Support from opportunity identification through to claims and delivery
The work went beyond submitting funding applications. It combined project development, evidence gathering, bid writing and practical support once funding had been awarded.
£41,792 secured across two successful funding applications
Long-term pitch improvement funding
A multi-year award supporting a structured programme of specialist grass-pitch maintenance and improvement.
Maintenance machinery & equipment
Capital funding that enabled the club to invest in modern grounds-maintenance equipment and strengthen its long-term maintenance capability.
The investment is visible on the ground
The maintenance programme and equipment are being used to improve the playing surfaces across the site, giving the club a stronger base for both cricket and community football.
“Martin has helped us turn the existing football use of our site into a structured long-term programme, from PitchPower and funding applications through to new machinery and ongoing support.”
Stan Heaton | Cricket Chairman, Lowerhouse Cricket ClubTrying to fund a project at your club or organisation?
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