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Worthing Networking Clubs, to those suffering from Dementia related ailments who want to come along and chat. We believe with a passion that we are here to serve Worthing, not the other way around.” Challenges/Ambitions “Sadly, our biggest challenge will always come back to the financials, making sure we have enough operating cash and trying to build a surplus to fund the capital investments that will improve and build our ground. Like most other Clubs, we have a back log of repairs, rebuilds and improvements - some essential, some cosmetic and some required to drive up our Commercial and fundraising activities. We also recognise that any success in building around young (however that be defined) regional talent could leave us exposed to losing our very best players to the full-time clubs. Whilst we are able to protect against that to some degree, money from compensation is no good if you have a depleted squad and/or you remain young and inexperienced. So balancing the youth with established seniors to always keep us at the level we are playing at now and in the future, will be a challenge. We want to see the community engagement grow, as measured through the crowds and the levels of volunteer input we get. We want to be financially stable and sustainable, no secret there. We want our 1st Team to be playing in the National League set up and our Ladies to be playing in the Elite Divisions in the Southern/South Eastern Region.” www.footballfocusmag.com 39