Welcome to the Epée Club Charitable Fund. The Fund is here to support épée fencing in the UK by making grants and raises funds from both members of the Epée Club and others in the fencing community.
The Epée Club established The Epée Club Charitable Fund - Charity Registration Number 1159346 - in March 2015. Its charitable purpose is "the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of financial assistance to enable members of the public to participate in the sport of épée fencing at all levels."
Our costs are exceptionally low so all the money received is spent wisely on Epée fencing.
Details of how to donate are available here
Latest News
May 1st 2024:
Since 2021 the Epee Club Charitable Fund (ECCF) has been supporting the “Paris 2024 - GB Epee Plan” as adopted by British Fencing.
Over the three years the fund has supported our male and female senior and under 23 athletes and provided for their team entry fees along with travel expenses for both medical and physio support.
This has provided our fencers with the additional funds needed to compete at 13 Senior World Cup events (teams and individuals) - Barcelona, Berne (2), Fujairah (2), H’Heim (2), Katowice, Paris, Tallinn (2), Vancouver and Istanbul. Two Grand Prix in Budapest and Cali. Three European Team and Individual Championships - Zagreb, Glivici and Budapest along with one EFC Championship in Bratislava.
Three Team Training and Coach Development Training Camps, three Epee Club Cups and a set of BlazePod Training aids for the athletes.
The Fund continues to support our athletes in their development and pathway to Paris and beyond.
Oct 2023:
The Trustees of the EC Charitable Fund are pleased to announce their support for wheelchair fencer Susanne Seddon-Cowell. The trustees have made a one-off grant of £1000.00 to Susie to support her in her run up to the Paris Olympics. As the number 4 member of the British Team, she is currently the only member not receiving funds from the World Class Programme.
Nat Lewis, Project Officer – Wheelchair Athlete Development Programme - “She’s developing into a strong and promising fencer, and I know she would put any funding she received to good use – she’s dedicated to her training, and very driven.”
Paris budget announced.
On Friday 13th January BF announced that: Following donations from the BF Charity and the Epee Club Charity, Senior Teams competing in Team events which contribute to FIE Senior Team World Rankings will have their entry fees reimbursed by British Fencing until the end of the Paris qualification cycle.