Phase 1: Renovate the community centre including safe removal of the old asbestos roofing, replace windows and doors, floor, and install heating; install an all-weather multi-sports pitch with floodlighting, fencing and drainage, install perimeter walkway and outdoor exercise stations.

Later phases, as funding allows: extension with meeting rooms, after-school space and studio; courts and further sports facilities; (subject to planning permissions and funding).

Everyone in Spa, Fenit, Barrow, The Kerries and Kilfenora and surrounding areas. The pitch will be available to clubs, schools and teams of all ages and sports, such as GAA, soccer, athletics and tag rugby. The renovated hall can host groups such as exercise and dance classes, after-school groups, and community and cultural activities. Spa National School and local clubs have been consulted.

No, SFBK does not own the site but holds a signed 25-year lease, signed in July 2026, and the landlord has given written permission for the capital works.

The centre and pitch will be community-run by a SFBK Community Group management group and will be open to all - not run by any single club.

We hope to start building in 2027, depending on grant decisions and funding.

A €100,000 application to Pobal was submitted in July 2026, with a decision expected in December 2026.

We expect to apply to the Community Sports Facilities Fund when its application window opens on 19 October 2026 (it closes on 26 February 2027).

Our fundraising drive for Phase 1 began in October 2026.

We will post updates here as decisions arrive.

We are inviting every household to donate €300 towards the project, or more if you can. A donation of any size is welcome, and you can give in instalments. There is no obligation, and nobody will be pressured. Whether you give, and how much, stays confidential: only the small team handling donations will see it.

Grants will not cover the full cost of the project, so there will be a shortfall. We are asking households, businesses and corporate sponsors to help make up that shortfall, so your donation is one part of the funding.

• Online: by card on our secure donation page, once or by monthly instalments. Please enter your Eircode.

• Bank transfer: please email us for details sfbkcg@gmail.com.

• Cheque: payable to SFBK Community Group CLG, and give it to a project lead with your Eircode. Please do not post cheques.

• Cash: please give cash to one of our project leads with your Eircode. Please do not post cash.

• Pledge now, pay later: tell us what you would like to give using our email address sfbkcg@gmail.com.

Yes. Choose monthly giving on our online donations page, set up a standing order with your own bank, or note your preferred schedule on the donation form.

Yes. Online gifts receive an automatic email receipt. For other gifts we issue a numbered receipt.

If you do not receive a receipt then please let us know

As it stands SFBK Community Group is not currently a registered charity or an approved sports body, so donations do not qualify for tax relief.

We are looking into becoming an approved sports body and will provide updates via this website if anything changes. A business thinking about sponsorship should take its own tax advice.

Yes. Businesses can support the project through donations or sponsorship. Please contact sfbkcg@gmail.com and we will talk through the options.

Yes. Online giving works from anywhere, and we would be grateful for any donations.

That is absolutely fine. You can still help by volunteering or spreading the word, and you can tell us if you would prefer not to be called on.

In the SFBK Community Group CLG account with AIB, and it is used only for the project.

If the board decides the project cannot go ahead, we will return unspent donations to donors, shared in proportion to what each gave, after meeting any legal obligations we have to grant funders. If part of the money has already been spent on the project, only what remains is shared.

It’s important to give your Eircode when donating so we can track donations in the event a refund is required.

SFBK Community Group CLG is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee (company number 757070). Its directors are volunteers living in the community.

No. SFBK is not a charity but is a company limited by guarantee (CLG), and its income and property may only be used to further its aims.

We will post progress updates, including funds raised and spent, on this website, and the company's annual accounts are filed as company law requires.

Between mid-October 2026 and early November, volunteers will call to explain the project and answer questions. They work in pairs and are local volunteers from our fundraising team. They will not pressure anyone, and you can say no or ask them to call back.

Please email sfbkcg@gmail.com with your Eircode, or tell a project lead. We will ensure volunteers will not call.

This fundraising round where we ask households for donations is our main appeal for Phase 1.

We may hold events or smaller appeals later for further Phases.

Any donation will always be voluntary. We will tell the community on this website before anything further is asked.

You can volunteer with the fundraising, finance, design and build, or centre management teams, and you can share this website with anyone from the area who might like to donate.

Please give only through this website, by bank transfer or cheque to SFBK Community Group CLG, or to a project lead. If you are unsure about a caller, ask them to come back, check with us at sfbkcg@gmail.com, or give online instead. We will never ask for card details by phone or email, and donations should never be sent to an individual's personal account.

Your name, address or Eircode, the amount and date of your gift or pledge, and your contact details if you give them. We use them to record and receipt gifts, follow up pledges, and respect requests not to be called on.

Only the small number of volunteers who manage donations and the household register. We do not publish names or amounts, and we do not sell your details or pass them on, other than to the services we use to run the campaign. Online payments are handled by Squarespace and its payment provider.

We keep records of donations and pledges for 7 years, which is long enough to make any refunds. Requests not to be called on are kept while the campaign runs so that we respect them.

You can ask to see, correct or delete your details by contacting sfbkcg@gmail.com. You can also complain to the Data Protection Commission. Our full privacy notice is here