The minister for employment, MP Mims Davies, paid a visit to Anfield to meet with a group of young people who are part of the government s Kickstart Scheme.
LFC Foundation and Nike launch Game On to help local youngsters LFC Foundation and the club s kit partner, Nike, have teamed up to launch Game On – a new collaborative programme to help more local youngsters access and benefit from a range of sports in their local area, as well as providing coaching opportunities through a new coaching academy.
Game On will support young people aged seven to 12 from marginalised communities – specifically children from the Black and Asian community, girls and children of all abilities – by providing them with opportunities to become members of local, diverse sports clubs and play a variety of sports, including boxing, tennis, cricket, athletics, basketball, cycling, gymnastics and much more.
LFC Foundation and NSPCC launch partnership to help children LFC Foundation has teamed up with the NSPCC to help improve the lives of children across the city region – forming the first official partnership of its kind between the children s charity and a Premier League club foundation.
LFC Foundation already works to support young people across Liverpool and beyond, as do NSPCC practitioners based at the charity’s Hargreaves Centre. Childline volunteers are also based at the charity’s Great Homer Street site and speak to thousands of children across the country each month.
The Reds’ official charity and the NSPCC will work together to support even more children and families across the city region, signposting them towards resources and help they might need, and educating adults, parents and supporters with advice on how to spot signs that something might not be right for young people in their area.
A life-changing year in numbers: LFC s COVID-19 community response Supporting the community isn t new for LFC Foundation and Red Neighbours – yet the requirement throughout the COVID-19 pandemic for even the most basic of needs has become the main focus for the staff and volunteers.
Social isolation, food poverty and wellbeing were soon identified as the three main areas of need in the local community when the lockdown began last March.
Wellbeing: We supported the physical and mental health of our communities by delivering
800 virtual fitness sessions, created online grassroots sports programmes for
7,000 children and supported
69 local schools, helping teachers and children to stay active.