Dunfermline Fencing Club Wins £25,000

A fencing Club that has struggled to find a permanent base has been awarded £25,000 as part of a community award.

West Fife Fencing Club (WFFC) were entered into the OneFamily Foundation Award in the category of Sports and Social Groups by one of its members. 

The Club has recently managed to purchase an old primary school from Fife Council, which will act as its new permanent base.

The £25,000 One Family Foundation award will be used to convert the school into usable facility for the club and the community. 

Ken Rose, a trustee and founder of WFFC, said: "With our new, permanent home, we can make fencing more widely available to many more people and it can be used by our national body (Scottish Fencing) too - which can only be a good thing for our national competition hopes."

The club currently has 75 members but the coaches also work with local primary schools to encourage children to get involved in fencing, and now that the club has its new home it is anticipated membership will grow.

James Hale, Customer Engagement Manager at OneFamily, said: "We are delighted to award £25,000 to the West Fife Fencing Club. The Funding will not only benefit the Club's members but also the wider community who will have a great new social facility for their use. 

"This kind of project is exactly what the OneFamily Foundation was set up to do, and the WFFC is most deserving of its award."