New Fordley Juniors and the Annitsford Community

New Fordley Juniors is already at the heart of the community of Annitsford and surrounding areas, but our goal now is to work with the community to improve health and wellness for all ages.

Things we've done so far include:

  • starting our Walking Football team for the over 50s, which we launched with the support of Age UK North Tyneside
  • holding summer camps for children during school holidays, which include free spaces for those on school meals or low income
  • during summer 2024 we took part in North Tyneside's Ease Into Summer which allowed us to arrange surfing lessons for a group of our local kids
  • we hosted a big party for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022, which was a fantastic day out for the whole family
  • in 2023 we ran a Family Funday which raised hundreds of pounds for prostate cancer
  • and every Christmas Santa comes to visit us at The Hut!

We now want to strengthen that involvement and have plans for activities such as

  • drop in sessions for benefits advice
  • coffee mornings
  • knit and natter sessions
  • or anything that anyone in the local community would like to use our Hut or playing fields for. We're always open to ideas.

Volunteering with New Fordley Juniors

Volunteering with New Fordley juniors isn't just essential to the survival of the club and the broader community, it's also great for the volunteers themselves.  If you volunteer with us you can make new friends, develop new skills, and even boost your career. But most of all you'll have fun!
You can volunteer to help out with any of our activities or events, or make a regular commitment to volunteer as a groundsman, kitchen assistant or welfare officer. Full training is always given.

We also have an adult volunteers group which meets monthly. The group includes a representative from each team – usually parents or grandparents. They meet to discuss ongoing activities, events and fundraising. They're also key in relaying information down to the teams about things like raffles, low key fundraising or requests for volunteers.

Call Anthea on 07985 300419 or email newfordleyjuniors@hotmail.com if you'd like to join our volunteer team.

Fundraiser & Volunteers Group

We ask that each team has a representative on this group, this is so we can support the communication across the club. It is important for teams to be involved in their own team fundraising to support the club and individual team building activities. This group supports the social activities that happen within 'The Hut' (Clubhouse) as well as joint fundraising activities such as bag packs, tombolas and festivals.

 

two young boys in new fordley blue and yellow kit smiling holding fundraising buckets in front a new fordley pop banner
three girls in a shop holding fundraising buckets they are all smiling
men erecting the frame of a marquis in a field in the sunshine
a large empty marquis with hay bales ready to sit on a and a var in the corner
a sweet stall laid out waiting for customers
poster announcing the ford festival june 2024
people getting excited in a marquis waiting for the dj to set up the speakers
a young woman smiling and with her arms wide showing off her second hand clothing stall
a young boy and girl smiling thumbs up in front of the tombola stall
a woman waiting for customers for her bottle stall the sign reads tokens only
two young women smiling for the camera as they get ready to serve popcorn from the popcorn machine
three people sitting behind tables outside a marquis in the sunshine ready to sell entrance tickets
a view of people relaxing in the sunshine sitting on hay bales outside the beer tents
two young girls smiling at the camera inside a marquis
poster announcing successful for shared prosperity funding for new fordley juniors
poster announcing new fitted kitchen supplied by howdens
a group of young volunteers litter picking underneath a cherry tree covered in pink blossom
three young boys and a girl waving their litter picking sticks in the air ready to go out litter picking
poster announcing the big spring clean litter picking
a young girl using her stick to pick litter from the pavement
a man and a teenage boy picking litter from the undergrowth one