For Clubs, Supporters' Trusts & Community-Owned Clubs
Boost your budget.
Skip the paperwork.
Launch a supporter-funding campaign that actually converts — one-off and monthly pledges, reward tiers, and prize draws that need no licence, no registration and no council returns. Branded to your club, live in minutes, with a supporter database you own.
Supporters are already funding the football.
£100k+
raised by single-club campaigns
Monthly
pledges = a predictable budget
Minutes
to launch, not weeks
The old way is held together with elastic bands.
Most clubs cobble it together. It works — until it doesn't.
Manual bank transfers chased over WhatsApp
Scattered PayPal links nobody can find
Standing orders chased by hand each month
A GDPR spreadsheet on a volunteer's laptop
A live prize draw on a phone — with a worry about licences
No single view of who pledged what
One campaign. Everything in one place.
Branded campaign page
Your colours, your crest, your story — supporters land on something that looks like yours, not ours.
One-off, weekly & monthly payments
Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Standing orders without the spreadsheet chase.
Reward tiers
Set thank-yous at every pledge level — programme mentions, training tops, hospitality, anything you choose.
Prize draws — no licence needed
Run as a prize draw with a genuine free-entry route — keeps you outside lottery rules. No registration, no returns.
A supporter database you own
Every pledger captured in one place. GDPR-compliant. Yours to keep, export and email.
Live total & impact report
A public progress bar on the page, and a private dashboard for your committee.
Live in three steps
Build your page
Add your crest, your story, your target. Done in minutes — no developer needed.
Share it
Auto-generated QR codes, ready-to-post social cards, a short link for the matchday programme.
Watch it climb
Pledges, payments, supporter records and the public total all update in real time.
Add a prize draw — without a licence.
We run it as a prize draw. There's always a free way to enter with the same chance of winning. That's what keeps it outside lottery rules — no Gambling Commission licence, no council registration, no annual returns.
A genuine free-entry route on every draw — same chance of winning
Pledgers automatically receive entries as a thank-you
Winner picked at random, recorded with a full audit trail
You never touch the regulator paperwork
General information, not legal advice. We'll help you set the campaign up correctly.
Why clubs switch to Play Fund Win
How a Boost the Budget campaign compares to the alternatives.
| Play Fund Win | Manual 100 club | Big lottery operator | Donation sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licence / registration | None needed | Small society lottery — council registration | Operator licence | None needed |
| Prize-draw incentive | Yes — licence-free (free entry route) | Yes — but registered | Yes — heavily regulated | No |
| Who runs the admin | We automate it | A volunteer with a spreadsheet | The operator (you have little control) | You — manually |
| The club keeps | More — one clear fee | Variable — minus prize and admin time | A small share | Most — but you raise less |
| Your supporters' data | You own it | In a spreadsheet on a volunteer's laptop | The operator owns it | Limited |
| Setup | Minutes | Weeks — council application | Months | Hours |
Boost the Budget — your questions, answered
Back your club. Keep it simple.
One campaign. Branded to you. Live in minutes. Supporters captured, payments handled, prize draws licence-free.
Start your campaignFree to set up · No licence or registration fees · One transparent service fee