Football Focus Issue 73 | Page 87

Barry Town United Ladies “We are a residential child care company offering accommodation and care services to children and young people looked after by local authorities. We’ve been associated with the club for two years now, having first got involved when my daughter joined the club to play in their under 16 team. She has been playing football for nine years. Proud sponsoors of Barry Town United Ladies FC Tel: 01792 321154 Web: www.prioritychildcare.co.uk | Email: [email protected] Priority Childcare Ltd, Suite C, Britannic House, Neath, SA10 6JQ My company supports several charities and community sporting teams because we like to. We will continue to support Barry Town United Ladies and wish them the best of luck.” Paul O’Donnell, Priority Childcare Community Get Involved Challenges “We are definitely a community club. Our success has been built around community engagement from the very start. We have delivered over 300 school sessions, developed school festivals and tournaments as well as offering coaching programmes. Delivering sessions in the local community has really helped us to share awareness of our club and opportunities as well as attracting support from local businesses.” “Whether it be as a player, a coach or general volunteer, we are a club that is passionate about developing football and we go the extra mile to offer the very best opportunities. We are fortunate to be part of a fantastic club that has over 600 players from the male section, academy, disability and female teams. Our facilities are first class with a 2,000 seater stadium with a 3G pitch. Anyone interest in becoming part of our journey should get in touch.” “The key objective is for us to gain Premier League football as soon as possible as this can affect keeping your most talented players, especially if they get offered opportunities to play at a higher level. We are in a good position at the moment with a sustainable model for years to come but we have high ambitions and we want to be competing at the highest level in Wales as soon as possible.” Ambitions “Promotion to the Welsh Premier League is paramount to us achieving our goals but we also need to ensure we nurture the excellent talent we have coming through our junior section. This will involve continuing to develop our coach workforce and seeking opportunities to further extend our internal club development centre and creating links with strong clubs across the UK.” www.footballfocusmag.com 87