The SFP Trust was delighted to be able to award funding to Girvan F.C. to assist with the refurbishment of the playing surface at Hamilton Park. Work was completed at the end of the summer and Andrew Sinclair, Club Secretary commented “The 5-a-side pitch at Hamilton Park was originally funded by The Football Trust and installed over 20 years ago and had come to the end of its useable life. Additionally, the floodlights were in a state of disrepair, rendering the facility unsafe for use. Now thanks to grants from The Scottish Football Partnership Trust, the William Grant Foundation and Carrick Futures Community Benefit Fund we have been able to regenerate the site into what is now a modern playing surface with accompanying LED floodlights which work and are affordable to run! The new surface is proving to be a great success and has led to an uptake in physical activity within the Girvan area. Currently it is being used by nine different groups each week. These groups include boys’ clubs, youth teams, an amateur team, Girvan F.C. and around 30 of our “senior” walking footballers. Without these generous grants we wouldn’t have been able to upgrade the facility.”