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Join Us in Making a "Glocal" Impact Together
Fuelling local and global initiatives to address the most pressing challenges around us, for sustainable impact for all!
At Lewes FC, our mission extends far beyond the pitch. We are committed to creating meaningful, positive change within both our local and global communities.
Our approach is to go Glocal, blending the best of local and global efforts to tackle the challenges of our communities. By joining forces, we support initiatives that promote social impact, sustainability, and equality, while fostering valuable shared experiences and mutual understanding.
With your help, we can empower individuals, strengthen communities, and leave a positive footprint on the world. Let’s show football is a force for good!
Global Charitable Projects
WASH Foundation
We know that access to clean water and proper sanitary facilities is essential for women’s dignity, health, and equal opportunity. This is not just a global issue—it’s one we face locally, too. Women and girls in our community, as well as around the world, are disproportionately affected by the lack of clean water and acceptable sanitary facilities. The consequences go far beyond inconvenience; they limit education, safety, health, and well-being, creating barriers that hinder progress.
We are proud to stand with Who Gives A Crap’s WASH Foundation in the fight for clean water and sanitation. As a football club committed to advancing women’s rights and equality, we aim to raise awareness of the critical need for safe, accessible water for women everywhere.
Access to clean water is a basic human right, yet millions of women struggle daily with challenges that undermine their health, education, and future opportunities.
Local Community Care
Lewes Football Foundation
Lewes Football Foundation launched in 2024, endorsed by Lewes FC. The Club has been working closely with the Foundation to improve community facilities at our Rookery 3G pitch.
We are working together to upgrade facilities and recently completed the first stage of this journey: building two permanent toilets with the right sanitary amenities for both players and fans. The Foundation is currently fundraising for a new community football hub at the 3G and Priory School fields, the Priory Pavilion.
These changes are about upgrading infrastructure so that we can provide dignity, security, and health at every level of the game, ensuring our community can connect, play and thrive, in a healthy and safe way.
There is still a lot more work to be done to establish a better playing and working environment for everyone in our community.
Women's Advancement
The Dripping Pan
Our home ground, the Dripping Pan, also needs a major overhaul if it is to meet the standards and expectations of fans, players, staff and volunteers for decades to come.
Anyone who has played or visited our ground knows that our changing rooms are outdated and not fit for the modern game. This is a disadvantage for women and girls, who often face the added challenge of facilities that fail to meet their professional needs and safety standards.
We need to invest in better home and away changing rooms to ensure that matchday professionalism, dignity, safety, and pride are upheld for every player, man or woman.
We are committed to creating spaces that honour the athletes who wear the Lewes FC shirt. This includes ensuring that women and girls have access to the same level of comfort, respect, and professionalism as their male counterparts.
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Making a Difference
Together, we can advocate for dignity, health, and safety—both locally and globally. With your help, we can upgrade our community facilities, support the WASH Foundation, and ensure that the Pan’s facilities meet the standards women and girls deserve.
Going Glocal is an essential step in guaranteeing that everyone, regardless of background, has the resources and environment they need to succeed. Stand with us and make a lasting impact.
Your support allows us to continue driving change and making an impact, locally and globally. Here’s how your involvement has already made a difference:
• 63% of our fans are deeply engaged with the impact of football on society because of Lewes FC.
• 73% of our fans are more conscious of gender equality than they were five years ago.
• 60% of our fans have taken purpose-driven actions inspired by our campaigns.
We’ve built a community driven by values of Ambition, Bravery, Community, Dedication, Empowerment, and Equality—values that guide every project we support. Now, we invite you to help us in amplifying our efforts.
Together, We Cultivate Change
Our fundraising efforts are guided by four core principles that ensure every project we support is meaningful and impactful:
• Connection: Building bridges within and beyond our community.
• Opportunity: Breaking down barriers and creating pathways for growth and change.
• Dignity: Ensuring that every individual is treated with the respect and care they deserve.
• Safety: Providing welcoming, inclusive, and secure spaces for all.
These principles guide everything we do and form the foundation of our efforts toward societal transformation.
Our Key Impact Areas
Where we apply Glocal efforts
1. Community Care Programmes:
We are dedicated to supporting the well-being of our local community. We provide this level of care through:
• Community Tickets: Providing free matchday tickets and meals to those in need.
• 3G Facilities for 2025-2026 Season: Enhancing accessibility and dignity for all.
• Patina and Sussex Police: Supporting vital local services.
2. Partner Charitable Projects:
We collaborate with organisations to tackle global challenges.
• WASH: Providing access to clean water and sanitation worldwide.
• CALM: Supporting mental health and well-being initiatives.
• Lewes Food Banks: Tackling hunger and food insecurity in our local area.
3. Women’s Advancement Initiatives:
We empower women and girls through education, healthcare, and rights advocacy, as well as striving to improve our community facilities.
• Endometriosis Education: Raising awareness of women’s health issues.
• Menopause Education: Providing support and resources for men and women.
• Xero: Improving the business of women’s football one step at a time .
• Offsides Rule: Empowering individuals to be valued members of the football community.
• Dual Career Programme: Helping female athletes navigate the balance between their sports career and securing their financial future.
• Improved facilities: Creating a safe, professional space for women and girls.
4. Cultivating Societal Change:
We also strive to create awareness and action for critical social issues.
• White Ribbon Campaign: Ending violence against women.
• Gender Equality Education: Promoting equity and inclusion across all sectors.
• Equal FA Cup Campaign: Advocating for systemic change and equal funding, treatment and opportunities for women’s football.
• Anti-Gambling Advertising:
Promoting a football culture free from the harmful effects of gambling advertising.
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Impactful Donations
Our Glocal initiatives thrive thanks to the generosity of people like you. Every donation, no matter the size, creates a real, lasting impact. Whether you choose to make a one-time gift or commit to regular support, your contribution enables us to continue driving meaningful change.
With your help, we can further enhance the well-being of our communities, create new opportunities, uphold dignity, and advocate for safety and equality for all. Together, we’ll continue to make a difference.
Donate Now – Your Support Creates Lasting Impact
By contributing to our fundraising efforts, you’ll directly support projects that are shaping the future of football and society. Choose the area you’d like to support, or donate to our overall mission.
Make a Difference. Be Part of Our Impact Projects – More Than Us.
How we have made a difference this year.
Impact report
Lewes FC is here for the community and we get through a lot of good stuff every year. We produce an annual Impact Report that shows the depth and range of our off-the-pitch work. This year we’re indebted to Ryan Bartley for his work in designing the report.
Download our impact report 2023/24
Want to see how it compares to the previous year? Here is the Impact Report from 2021/22. “How did we do?” against our 21/22 strategy, and here’s our 2022/23 report.
We are happy to have feedback on our reports and very happy to have any support you can offer.
You can also read our Fan Survey from 22-23 to see their feedback.
