Exactly what is needed in the Orrell, Billinge and Winstanley areas a community club run for the community by the community. Its time to get this club up and running!!

- A donor on our crowdfunding site

Orrell RUFC and Winstanley Park Cricket Club have been planning to re-locate to a 13-acre site since 2014. Orrell RUFC has been homeless since 2007 and Winstanley Park will need to relocate from their current home in 2021 and the 2 clubs have been searching for a suitable site for several years to re-locate and create a community sports centre that will be open to the local community for a variety of other recreational activities in addition to rugby and cricket.

As well as providing a new home for Orrell RUFC and Winstanley Park Cricket Club, the development will also provide much needed sport and community facilities in an area where there is a very strong traditional need. It will also support the general sports continuum in Wigan by providing a local hub for cricket and rugby on the doorstep of Winstanley College, home to 1900 students.

Playing a key role in the local community, the new facility will be available to other community groups, with a particular focus on providing a sporting outlet for children and will feature 2 rugby pitches and a cricket pitch with changing rooms, clubhouse/pavilion, practice area and car parking.

"I hope my small donation helps towards your target. It's a great cause which will benefit all of the community said a recent donor"

The facility will also provide a meeting place for local events and activities and help create a more cohesive and sustainable community and the multi-use community space/ bar will be used for training, meetings, community activities and functions.

The proposal provides new facilities to meet the needs of the local area. It provides new pitches and a modern building to facilitate not only sport but also due to its design, is flexible enough to also accommodate different community uses. With its shared facilities and social area it will be sustainable without the need for public support or funding once built.

Please help us create this lasting legacy, not just for Orrell RUFC and Winstanley Park Cricket Club but for every resident in the local communities; our young people of today, tomorrow and beyond - whatever their background, sport or ability.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/buildthedream

Thank you!