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Race cards at the ready for Charity Race Night
Poole Town FC’s Charity of the Year for this season is University Hospitals Dorset’s BEACH Appeal for the new hospital block at...
Nov 12, 2024


Andy White joins the Kids Initiative staff
In a long-anticipated move, Andy White, who has been a coach for the KI for several years now as well as Vice-Chairman of our youth...
Nov 10, 2024


POOLE MP Neil Duncan-Jordan visits Kids Initiative Monday evening football coaching sessions
Poole’s new MP, Neil Duncan-Jordan, took time out of his very busy schedule to come and see our free Monday night football in action....
Nov 10, 2024


More free football coaching sessions on Tuesday evenings
Another long-term aim has been achieved recently with the start of a new free session, for boys in school years 4-6, on Tuesday evenings....
Nov 10, 2024


Pirates of Poole charity cheque presentation
Through the course of the last year, The Pirates of Poole, have been raising funds from various events for the benefit of several local...
Nov 10, 2024


New school football team for Hillbourne
Hillbourne Primary School becomes the third school in Poole to have a team equipped by the Kids Initiative. The school doesn’t have a...
Nov 10, 2024


Poole Town FC Wessex Ability Counts foot golf day
The Kids Initiative recently secured funding for a family fun day of foot golf for the PTFC Wessex Ability Counts team. On Sunday 28th...
Sep 17, 2024


Poole Town FC backing new sports facility at Creekmoor
Representatives of Poole Town Football Club, YMCA Bournemouth, and the Gale Foundation Trust CIO recently submitted a concept plan for a...
Jul 4, 2024


Back the Beach - University Hospitals Dorset Charity
Poole Town FC announced at the end of last season that their chosen charity for the coming season would be University Hospitals Dorset...
Jun 23, 2024


University Hospitals Dorset NHS to be our Charity of the Year for the 2024/25 season
Following the inaugural NHS Day we held at our home game at the end of March, we are pleased to announce that University Hospitals Dorset...
May 7, 2024


Kids Initiative donation from the Darting Dolphins
During our last home game of the season, Club Director Richard Gale received a cheque for £526.90 from the Club's darts team - The...
May 5, 2024


School Voucher Day update
Having had the disruption and disappointment of having to re-arrange our annual School Voucher Day, we could not have asked for a better...
May 4, 2024


School voucher day (rearranged), Home vs Didcot Town, 20th April 2024
On Saturday we play Didcot and it is the Annual School voucher day so we are expecting it to be busy! As in previous years, Poole Town FC...
Apr 14, 2024


Kids Initiative to assist more schools with helping improve the lives of their pupils
SCHOOLS UPDATE - Four more schools working with the Kids Initiative. One of t he main ambitions of the KI, from its inception, was to...
Mar 1, 2024


Girls required for new U8 team
We still have spaces for girls currently in school year 1 & 2 for our FREE Saturday morning Mini Kicker sessions. We hope from this group...
Feb 23, 2024


School Voucher Day
This Year's School Voucher Day Has Been Re-Arranged for the home game against Didcot Town. FREE Match Tickets For Local Families. As in...
Feb 21, 2024


NHS Day
FREE Entry for the dedicated staff of Dorset NHS. The club are looking to show appreciation to the dedicated staff of Dorset NHS by...
Feb 21, 2024


Pirates of Poole to sponsor Kids Initiative
The Kids Initiative is very grateful to have been chosen as a beneficiary this year from the fund-raising efforts of the Pirates of...
Feb 17, 2024


New Kids Initiative cabin at the Black Gold Stadium, thanks to Selco Builders Warehouse
The Kids Initiative is very grateful to the club for providing it with a hub at the ground, sharing part of the new club shop. Club and...
Feb 17, 2024


Kids Initiative supplies boots for new 3G pitch
Working in conjunction with BCP council, the Kids Initiative has donated 27 new pairs of football boots to the Rossmore Leisure Centre...
Feb 13, 2024
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