UKBGF start up scheme

The UKBGF is pushing it's New and not quite so new club start up scheme again.
Follow the link above for full details..

Lansongammon benefited from one of their grants not to long ago. With the money advertising flyers and business cards were purchased.

 These flyers were posted around the Launceston area and the cards used to hand out to interested people and to leave in suitable places for people to find.

 Another club board was ordered from Amazon (we now have three in total)  and also a score board from E-bay.
 

After all that, there is still some cash left over to advertise in our local parish magazine.



 This seems like a good plan as most of our members seem to be coming from the immediate area. I'm sure there are loads of people out there who still don't know that we exist.

Next meeting this Wednesday at the Pint & Post, St Giles On the Heath, Launceston.. See our main web page for details.  Lansongammon

New UKBGF Member.

Late night Blogg post...I have just joined the UKBGF as a basic member. I was feeling a little guilty that I have just received a grant from them and I am not a member.

So today I joined..  (With my own money I might add)

Grant money spent so far amounts to about £36.00 for flyers and business cards via Vistaprint.

Tomorrow, time permitting I am planning on looking in to advertising in two of our local quarterly mags. So It's being spent slowly but surely...

UKBGF Grant.

Well that was an interesting week.
Earlier in the week I noticed that the UK Backgammon Federation had started to roll out a new grant scheme for new start ups or clubs that had only just come into being.
I e-mailed them straight away and received a return that evening asking for a rough breakdown of what I would spend the grant on.
Since I have already purchased several boards myself to help start the club I would be spending the bulk of it on advertising via our local newspaper and whats on magazines, flyers and business cards etc.
The main reason for concentrating on this area is that I have advertised via all the usual social media outlets as well as many local whats-on sites with very little success.
I feel that there are many people out there who would like a game but maybe just don't have access to a computer or who just don't use it for social media etc.
Anyway, long story short they seemed happy with my proposal so a bank transfer was received a few days later.
They have also allocated me a UKBGF clubs adviser in case I need any advise on running our group.

If anyone from the UKBGF is reading this, many many thanks for the help as I think it is going to make a great deal of a difference to who knows about us.
Onwards and upwards....