David Lloyd Lichfield are pleased to be able to support the continuation of free community tennis at Beacon Park via the weekly Tennis For Free scheme, allowing everybody, regardless of financial circumstance, to try out Tennis, free of charge.
General Manager, David Lloyd Lichfield
Tennis For Free run free weekly coach led tennis programmes in public parks for players of all ages. Families, individuals, couples from all parts of the local community come together to enjoy fun exercise and develop their skills in one of the most enjoyable sports in existence. This all happens due to a weekly FREE group tennis session run by a professional coach and supporting volunteers. Mental health and physical health are improved and a real community of individuals come together to make great things happens in the local area.
There's only one catch!!! The 'Tennis For Free' charity have to pay for the balls, the equipment, the storage container, the back office support and the weekly fee of the coaching professional and with our grand ambitions to operate these schemes throughout the country, we need your help to make your local community come to life.
If you operate a business in the locality of a Tennis For Free site, or if you're keen on helping us start a new site, there's a great opportunity for your company to get a great reputation of doing something good in the community that will be sure to hit any Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals that you may have. Better still, as part of your support for the local tennis community, we've cleared the pathway with the local council to be able to allow you to advertise your support of the Tennis For Free scheme with banners on the perimeter fencing of the courts (see example in the header). This allows you to get a promotional message across to the local community about your brand that would typically involve a hefty price tag with an advertising agency.
IF YOUR COMPANY CAN SUPPORT US, PLEASE GET IN CONTACT AT: support@tennisforfree.com
Back in 2015 Great Britain won the Davis Cup and a year later, the Tennis For Free scheme launched in 'Beacon Park' with the Davis Cup borrowed for the weekend and on show for all to see as part of the launch of the scheme. It was the catalyst that started a great tennis community at Beacon Park. The weekly free session saw attendances of 50+ people every week and it wasn't long before the community organised themselves into their own CIC. This CIC wrote a business plan and secured funding to renovate the public park courts at Beacon Park, in conjunction with Lichfield District Council. The scheme has since recorded more than 10,000 attendances at the weekly free TFF session alone and has organised follow-on coaching programmes at other times of the week on the park courts. In 2024, David Lloyd Leisure (Lichfield Club) decided to support the continuation of the 'Tennis For Free' programme via TFF's 'Sponsor a site' programme meaning that free weekly tennis and the growing tennis community at Beacon Park will continue for the foreseeable future.
