About Clyde FC Community Foundation

We help our community succeed and live happier, healthier lives. Established as a Charity in 2013, we sit at the heart of our growing community.

Our Values

Welcoming

To everyone, always

Honest

About what we do and the way we do it

Ambitious

In our drive to succeed

Passionate

About what we do and how we do it

What We Do

As the official charity of Clyde Football Club, we are dedicated we are committed to supporting our local communities through our programmes and we aim to improve the lives of those we work with through physical activity and education.

We offer a range of programmes across Glasgow, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire. Our programmes are open to all ages with a number of partnership programmes. Our partners include local authorities, schools and organisations.

Our range of sessions have included the following:

- Bully Wee Kickers (2-4 years old)
- Walking Football and Sporting Memories Club
- Mental Health Football
- School and Nursery Sessions
- Community Teams

Our people

The people who make it all happen at Clyde FC Community Foundation

Alan White

Charity Development Manager

Alan joined the Foundation in 2024 as our Charity Development Manager, tasked with building up the activities of the Foundation again and leading relocation efforts in partnership with the Club. He has years of experience working in social inclusion, equality and diversity and community development work across the public, private and third sectors.

Alistair Gray

Senior Community Coach

In addition to his role as the Clyde FC senior team's physiotherapist, Alistair has been the Foundation's lead on our Clyde United mental health programme as well as delivering schools, nurseries and community team work. In his Senior Community Coach role, Alistair supports the development of the wider team of community coaches.

Chris Arbuckle

Senior Community Coach

Chris led much of the Foundation's schools work in North Lanarkshire, in addition to leading our 2011s Community Team for a number of years.

Max Smith

Community Coach

Max joined the Foundation in April 2025 and has worked on holiday camps (at Chryston, Stepford, Cumbernauld and Powerleague Glasgow) as well as working in schools delivering a lunchtime football club, our Healthy Heroes programme and sessions of our Talking Football literacy and football project.

Jack Selbie

Community Coach

Jack joined the Foundation in April 2025, delivering our Easter holiday camp at Chryston before working on lunchtime clubs, Talking Football sessions and our Healthy Heroes programme in schools. Jack also led our summer holiday camp at Cumbernauld Academy.

Abbie Tiffoney

Community Coach

Abbie joined the Foundation in June 2025. Abbie helped to deliver our successful football camp at Stepford over the summer and is currently leading the provision of football sessions with Guardianship Scotland.

Shawn Fernandez

Community Coach

Shawn joined the Foundation in the summer of 2025 to support the Stepford holiday camp and became a popular coach there, receiving lots of positive feedback from young people and parents alike!

John Kabete

Community Coach

John joined the Foundation ahead of the 2025 Easter Camp at Chryston and continued with us at Stepford for summer and October camps.

Grant Marshall

Community Coach

Grant joined the Foundation to support the summer camps in summer 2025, working at both Cumbernauld and Stepford.