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Fundraising for amateur sports clubs, starting with an audience

Fundraising fails for a boring reason: the club asks a small, tired group of people who already gave. The fix is an audience — a public page and a feed that local supporters, former players and parents actually follow before you need anything from them.

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What clubs get free

  • Public club page players can find in search
  • Player directory filtered by sport, position and location
  • Squad and group messaging with attachments
  • Tryout, fixture and fundraiser posts
  • Roster views with profiles and measurables
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Audience first, ask second

Post results, photos and milestones through the season so the ask lands on people who already feel involved. A campaign posted to a page nobody follows is an email to an empty room.

Former players are the highest-converting group most clubs never contact. A public, findable club page is how they come back.

  • Public club page indexed by search engines
  • Feed posts that supporters and alumni can follow
  • Event posts for fundraising fixtures and socials
  • Sponsor visibility on posts and event listings
  • Link your own donation or payment provider

Local sponsorship that renews

Local businesses sponsor visibility, not charity. Show the audience you reach, name the exposure they get, and send a short end-of-season report with photos and numbers. Reporting is why a sponsor renews.

Step by step

  1. 01

    Post consistently

    Results, photos and milestones weekly. Build the audience before the ask.

  2. 02

    Reconnect with alumni

    A public page makes former players findable and reachable again.

  3. 03

    Make one clear ask

    Target, deadline, what the money buys, and how to give.

  4. 04

    Report back

    Show what was raised and what it bought. It is why people give twice.

Frequently asked questions

Do you handle donations?

No. AthletiLink does not process payments and takes no cut. Link your own provider from your page and posts.

Can sponsors be credited on posts?

Yes. Clubs commonly name and tag sponsors in event and result posts, which is the exposure most local sponsors actually want.

Does it cost anything to run a club on AthletiLink?

No. Creating a club presence, posting to the feed, searching the member directory and messaging players is free. You never need a paid plan to recruit or communicate with your squad.

Can players find us without an account?

Yes. Club and athlete pages, the feed and the directory are all publicly browsable, so prospective players and parents can read about you before they sign up. An account is only needed to message, post or save people.

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