Partners & Supporters of The Hunslet Club

The club is grateful for support and partnerships with a wide variety of funders and organisations who we collaborate with on the delivery of particular activities and special projects. A small selection of examples of these are below, you can see their websites by clicking on their logos, you can join the list by supporting us.

Leeds United Football Club

The Hunslet Club is the flagship community partner organisation to Leeds United FC. In collaboration with them the Hunslet Club was awarded a grant by the Football Foundation & Barclays Spaces for Sport for the installation of two artificial training pitches and a basketball court at a cost of over £450,000. The club hosts training sessions of the Leeds United Girls School of Excellence and we collaborate on a range of sports training schemes for young people.

Barclays Spaces for Sports & The Football Foundation

In collaboration with Leeds United Football Club, awarded the Hunslet Club over £450,000 towards the installation of two artificial training pitches and a basketball court. Case study on their website here

Connaught

In December 2008 the Hunslet Club was shortlisted in a competition on 96.3 Radio Aire for the public to vote for a community facility to receive an extra special Christmas present by way of up to £25,000 worth of building refurbishments courtesy of Connaught. To our amazement and delight the club won with over three times as many votes as the other entrants combined. Connaught refurbished two changing rooms and the hall floor. See their video here.

Schneider Electric

Kindly raised the funds to purchase and install new stage lighting worth over £7,000.

Children in Need

Have awarded the club funding towards new arts activities for a period of two years.

Arise South Leeds

Arise

A community awards committee funded by Land Securities Group, Munroe K and Evans Property Group who awarded £1,000 towards toddler gymnastics equipment.

Viscount Environmental Ltd

As a gift in kind, installed cavity wall insulation into all of the outside walls round the club which will save us a lot of money on heating bills by conserving energy and will be better for the environment.

Leeds Community Foundation

Awarded a Healthy Living Grant towards the provision of our Wild Cooking Club sessions.

Northern Rail

Donated £1,000 raised at their open day towards equipment for our car and bike mechanic learning workshops for young people.

South Leeds & Hunslet Cars

Make a monthly donation to the club, also two of their drivers completed a sponsored parachute jump in aid of the Ciaran Bingam Memorial Fund, you can see how they got on here. The cheque presentation following the jump featured in the Yorkshire Evening Post which you can read about here.