Mainland Football Federation

Welcome to The Centre Circle Football Charity Organisation

The Centre Circle (CC) was founded in 1999 by a group of football people wanting to give back to the “beautiful game” that gave them so much. The organisation is focused on raising funds through social events and grants and utilising those funds to assist those in the Canterbury football community.

Centre Circle thanks Martin Field Dodgson and his team for enabling us to set up our page on the Mainland Football Foundation Website. This allows us to profile our organisation, particularly the clubs that are the heart of football in Canterbury. Our aim is to gain further support for our charity, including for our annual Golf Events and our Quiz Nights.

We are guided by Centre Circle’s constitution and have a particular emphasis on funding assistance for juniors, including individuals, and for aspirational projects. Our programme is called “A Helping Hand”. There is a digital application form on our page for clubs to apply for assistance. Centre Circle’s board puts aside an annual budget for this purpose and considers applications carefully. Other funding opportunities that fit within our principles are also considered. We acknowledge that there are other funding trusts out there such as “Scorching Goal Fund” and Football for All” that are set up to help the clubs.

With the assistance of the Mainland team our page has additional information about us, our fundraising events and provides a membership form.

Finally, as chair of Centre Circle - a big thank you to those businesses, clubs and our CC members who have supported our past events. The board appreciates both the time, goods and funding given in assisting our charity.

Bobby Almond
Chairperson

Graeme Archer
Treasurer

Alan Stroud (Stroudy)
Board Member

Eddie Cropley
Board Member

Noel Pinn
Board Member/Secretary

John Hanson
Board Member

Sue Griffin
Board Member