It's one big party at East Grinstead

New facilities at the East Grinstead Sports Club have allowed the organisation to build on its success and encourage more people to get active in the community.

The club, which already operated beyond a multi-sports club and encouraged local businesses and clubs to use its range of meeting and party facilities, gets 60 per cent of its turnover from the conference and banqueting facilities.

Sport England invested £1m of lottery funds towards the total project costs of £1.7m which gave the club a new water-based all-weather pitch, fitness suite, a jogging track, new changing rooms and improved office accommodation.

The improved facilities are used by East Grinstead men’s and ladies hockey club, cricket and squash clubs and the Felbridge Badminton Club.

East Grinstead Sports Club factfile

• The club has 650 members regularly participating at the club which helps Sport England towards its target of increasing participation by 1% a year up to 2020.
• East Grinstead Men play in the national hockey league
• 8 people are employed at the club
• The cricket club has 14 teams including 6 junior ones
• The badminton club runs 20 teams
• The annual primary school TOP festival is attended by over 100 people
• East Grinstead became a registered charity to safeguard the future of the club

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"The multi-sport hub concept has proven to be one of the most effective means to bring sport and physical activity directly into communities. This new approach focuses on the development of community hubs that combine multiple sports and activities and also have the potential to bring health, social welfare and educational services together under one roof. Sport England has committed to developing a network of multi-sport hubs across the country to boost the number of people actively engaged in sport."

To find out more about the Everyday Sport campaign, for activities taking place in your area and simple tips on how to get active, log onto www.everydaysport.com or call the Everyday Sport hotline: 0800 587 6000.