Developer gives cash boost to local football team

A Penllergaer-based house builder has donated £1,000 to the local junior football team

Persimmon Homes West Wales made the donation to Penllergaer AFC as part of its Community Champions scheme, which sees £48,000 spent on good causes and much-valued organisations across Wales each year.

The money will be used to support the day-to-day running of the club and funding new equipment. The club has over 200 players, making up seven junior boys’ teams, three junior girls’ teams, and one senior men’s team.

The senior team, who were recently crowned champions of Division Two of the Swansea Senior League, plays its home games at Penllergaer Playing Fields, while the juniors play at the Penllergaer Sports and Social Club.

Recent local recipients of Persimmon’s Community Champions funding include Pontarddulais RFC, Swansea Schools FC U12s, Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera, and Friends of Gowerton Primary School.

Persimmon has high-quality two, three, and four-bed homes for sale from £235,000 a few miles down the road at its Cwrt y Brenin site in Gorseinon. The brand-new development will provide 705 homes for local families once complete.

 Commenting, Persimmon Homes West Wales Sales Director Sharon Bouhali said “As a proud Penllergaer-based business, Persimmon is very happy to support the local football team with this donation. Given clubs like this is a big part of making a community, which is exactly what Persimmon aims to do with its developments, it makes perfect sense for us to back Penllergaer AFC. We wish them the best of luck for the rest of the season.”

Penllergaer AFC Chairman Matthew Porch added “We are really grateful to Persimmon for this donation. As a small community club, funding like this is essential to making sure we can continue to offer what we do for local children and young people. “Our players, parents, and coaches really enjoy being part of the club and we’re glad that a local company like Persimmon can help make the club financially sustainable.”