Proud amateur sports clubs around the
country have big dreams for their club members and players: better playing
fields; better clubhouse; better dressing room; better equipment, and better
training facilities. But finance can often be the obstacle to making these
dreams realities.
Clann Credo Community Loan Finance does not
believe that finance should be an obstacle to community projects and so
provides loans with affordable interest and repayment rates with no personal
guarantees asked for. Clann Credo has provided loans of over €10 million to over
100 sports clubs nationwide over the past 20 years.
The different sports that have benefited from
Clann Credo community loans include: GAA; Athletics; Soccer; Water sports;
Baseball; Archery and Badminton. Clubs who have benefitted include: Louisburgh
GAA Club in Mayo; Cork Boat Club; Tralee Bay Swimming and Social Club; Drogheda
and District Athletic Club; Ashbourne Baseball Club, in Meath, and Stella Maris
Football Club in Dublin.
Stella Maris FC U16 training session
Clann Credo provides community loan finance
for any sports club that can demonstrate the positive impact the project would
have on the community and that has the ability to repay the loan.
Clann Credo is a self-sustaining,
not-for-profit charity helping community, voluntary and charity groups and
clubs transform their communities with Community Loan Finance and, over the
past 20 years, has managed to loan over €82 million to almost 800 projects.
Clann Credo has regional staff with vast
experience in community sports loan and who help club members through the loan
application process from beginning to end.
There is no application form needed, just pick up the phone at 01
4002100 or contact our regional offices (details can be found on the website www.clanncredo.ie)
Stella Maris Football Club in Dublin has
given us some great footballers including John Giles and Eamon Dunphy, but the
club was on the brink of collapse when they heard about Clann Credo. Clann
Credo’s loan helped them to construct a new FIFA Two Star pitch and are also
continuing to help with new training facilities. As a result, new managers and payers have
increased by 240%.
“From the get go, Clann Credo understood
where we wanted to go and what we wanted to achieve”, says Derek Moore,
Secretary, Stella Maris FC, “They took our field and gave us a field of
dreams.”
Stella Maris FC new pitch
“Clann Credo is unique, it is essential and
laudable and the work it is doing is incredible”, says Eamon Dunphy, sports
journalist, “I would encourage people to look at what Clann Credo has to offer
and to see what that support can do for your own community”.
“We want to ensure that every sports club
who could avail of Clann Credo funding knows how we can help them with
Community Loan Finance”, says Paul O’Sullivan CEO of Clann Credo, “We work in
partnership with these clubs, not just in relation to finance, but also with expert
support and strategic planning”.
This is a video about Stella Maris FC and
their experience with Clann Credo.
Eamon Dunphy, Sports Journalist and former
Stella Maris player.
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