Raising the Bar-New Facilities for the former FFSA community

Dear Former FFSA Members, Friends, and our global Fitness Family!

The members of Functional Fitness St Andrews have been displaced, but we refuse to be disbanded! Our membership is too strong and our community means too much to us all to see it disappear.

The funds we raise here will allow us a head start on a new chapter for our gym, in a new space. Near our current gym, we’ve identified two adjacent garage units with the space to fit our needs, but they will require upfit and a lease deposit. These units would also allow us to accommodate sublets to offset the cost of our lease and monthly expenses. We forsee this second space being built out as new changing rooms and toilets, PT space, Recovery zone, and multiple complimentary businesses - Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, Sports Massage, Infrared Sauna, Cryotherapy Chamber, lobby space, and more.

We will begin to work with a solicitor to determine a structure for moving forward with a new entity. A number of people have expressed an interest in investing— either in potential partial ownership, or in this initial phase of fundraising.

Rather than playing the victim, we see this as an opportunity to give our 115 members a fresh start, allowing us to better grow our membership, build our community, partner and engage with local groups and businesses, and thrive as a gym.

In the new main gym space, we’ll need to clean, paint, put in new flooring and kit, apply for change of use with the council, fit up new changing rooms and sublet spaces, and more.

There is much to do - both physically and financially, but together, we believe we can get it done.

In the short term, we need to raise £££ funds. Many members indicated the ability and desire to give when we sent out the member survey. By setting up a GoFundMe campaign, it allows donors to give in an anonymous way, with their funds being protected.

As we gain more information on exacting costs, we will share that, and and discussions with the membership as to how these funds need to be distributed to cover projects and expenses… but for now, we need to go ahead and get the ball rolling!

Please consider giving what you can which will help ensure we can move forward together. Thanks to everyone who is jumping in to help get everything sorted!

For reference, we’ve set our goal to £30,000 which would have been our buyout. At £40,000 we would have been able to make a deposit on our lease.

We are in the process of setting up a new Wodify account to keep us all together and to maintain continuity. Let’s make this happen! Together we are strong! Together we can raise the bar!

We’ll see you back in the gym, soon!