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Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session. Despite the start of winter bringing our darkest and wettest session of the year so far, it was our biggest ever with 60 players involved across five game – 6-a-side for the ladies and two 6-a-side, 5-a-side and 7-a-side for the men. The second halfContinue reading “BOOKING OPEN FOR OUR NEXT LADIES AND MENS GAMES”

We’re making a small change to the cost of participating in Community Kickabout, starting from our 7th November 2022 session. We pay to use the services of an online booking platform for players to register for our weekly games and we also incur charges on every transaction… we’re on track to pay out £1,200 annually,Continue reading “CHANGES TO PARTICIPATION FEES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session; three games for the men with 6-a-side at 8pm, then 6 and 8-a-side at 9pm; a bit of a wet one for the 8pm game but still three enjoyable and well competed matches. We had 5-a-side for the Ladies at 8pm; we needed to adjustContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS GAMES”

We’re looking at the possibility of running an extra session for Over 30’s Men at 8pm on Thursdays, initially for a trial period. Our current 8pm Monday games for the Over 30’s Men is always quickly fully booked and there are players regularly on the standby list who aren’t getting opportunities to play. Adding extraContinue reading “REGISTER INTEREST IN THURSDAY GAMES”

In October 2022, two years on since we launched Community Kickabout, we conducted our second annual feedback request for our most regular participants. This was with the aim of us being able to ensure our sessions are achieving our objectives and to identify areas for improvement. We’re grateful for the honest feedback and very happyContinue reading “RESULTS OF OUR FEEDBACK QUESTIONNAIRE”

We recognised World Mental Health Day on 10th October 2022, which coincided with our weekly Monday night football session, by raising funds for Herts Mind, who deliver essential mental health support in Hertfordshire, providing a diverse range of services from seven Wellbeing Centres and other venues across all ten districts of the county. Funded locally,Continue reading “FUNDRAISING SESSION SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, a busy night of four games, with ladies and over 30’s men in action. The ladies were a bit uneven at 5 v’s 6-a-side, but we made it work and it was an eagerly played match. Thank you to those ladies who joined the standbyContinue reading “JOIN IN OUR NEXT SESSION, BOOKING NOW OPEN”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, a busy night of four games, with ladies and over 30’s men in action. This was the two-year anniversary of Community Kickabout and it has been fantastic to see the growth from one game of 5-a-side to multiple games across two time slots. This week’sContinue reading “LADIES AND OVER 30 MENS FOOTBALL, BOOK NOW”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, with ladies and mens games – 50 players in total joined in this week. There three games for the Over 30’s Men – 6-a-side at 8pm then 6-a-side and 8-a-side at 9pm. It was good to see a Ladies game back in action after aContinue reading “PLAY NEXT WEEK IN CHARITY FUNDRAISER”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, with three games for the Over 30’s Men – 6-a-side at 8pm and another two games of 6-a-side at 9pm. These were some very well competed games this week. Thank you to everyone who registered to play for the Ladies game and once again we’reContinue reading “REGISTER FOR NEXT WEEKS FOOTBALL, LADIES AND OVER 30 MENS”