Steelmen and Matrix get a big cash boost

Corby Town have received a grant of over 20,000 for pitch improvements at Steel Park

Having already donated £126,000 in the opening round of their annual Community Fund programme, the Mick George Group has followed up with more goodwill, taking total grant support beyond £200,000 for 2020.

This time around, eight separate beneficiaries throughout the Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire and Norfolk regions, will each share part of the most recent £94,667 financial gift.

Included in those for Northamptonshire were the Steelmen who will receive £20,010 to go towards pitch improvements at their Steel Park home.

Meanwhile, Irthlingborough-based gymnastics club Matrix have been awarded the sum of £11,755 which will be used to go towards training equipment and staging coaching courses.

Since the initiation of their scheme, more the 140 separate beneficiaries have received more than £4m from the Mick George Group.

The company’s marketing director Stuart Costello said: “This announcement is one that the business always welcomes,and particularly this time around given current circumstances.’’

“The financial support that we’re able to provide, reflects the businesses performance in the last six months.

“We’re pleased to declare that the company is currently in a very healthy position, achieving attractive results and growth, owing largely to the support of local communities that we operate in.

“This is our way of giving something back, to show our appreciation.’’

The current round of applications for the Mick George Community Fund is now open.

Visit www.mickgeorge.co.uk/mick-george-community-fund to submit entries, before June 10th, 2020.