Scarborough to kick-off community initiatives

The Seadogs were one of several clubs to benefit from the first wave of funding, with a total of 27 clubs across the Trident Leagues receiving up to £4,000.

They hope to launch Scarborough Athletic Walking Football Club from the end of this month, with the easing of the current coronavirus restrictions.

The club said: "The objective of the initiatives is to make football accessible to all and over the coming weeks and months and we will be releasing more detail as the projects take shape."

Other initiatives include coaching bursaries, the Football Buddy programme and a project that takes football sessions to Filey, Eastfield, Barrowcliff and Scarborough town, aimed at children and young people.

Pitching In Northern Premier League chairman Mark Harris, added: "We were very pleased with not just the amount but the quality of the applications we received.

"Through forces totally beyond our control, one of the tasks facing every club in non-league football is to re-establish themselves in their local community.

"The Trident Community Foundation is a great way to help clubs do that as we try to start returning to some degree of normality.

"We have to collectively remind our local communities of the important role non-league football plays, and what better way to do that than through community-facing activities."

The other successful clubs in applying for funding from the Northern Premier League will announce their own initiatives shortly.