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Inspiring More Girls in Football
Over the last few weeks girl’s and women’s football has been kicking off at various venues across the city including one of our newest clubs at Westbourne School. The girls from years 3 – 8 had a fantastic surprise for their first session when Sheffield United Women’s first team player Sophie Barker arrived to coach […]
EFL COMMUNITY & EDUCATION FOOTBALL ALLIANCE SET TO LAUNCH
The EFL Community & Education Football Alliance (CEFA) is set to launch this week, with the first round of fixtures to take place on Wednesday 12 September. CEFA is a new football competition consisting of teams represented by EFL Club Community Organisations competing in regional leagues up and down the country. They are joined by […]
SUCF Kicks Vs Huddersfield Kicks
On Saturday 22nd September Sheffield United Community Foundations Premier League Kicks team took to the field at the SteelPhalt Academy for there first fixture of the season. Players from community football sessions that operate within some of the cities most deprived areas were chosen to represent the Foundation based on merits such as good attendance, […]
Blades helping Blades
Last week we were contacted by 2 two lifelong Blades. They had heard about Sheffield United Community Foundation and some of the groups that we work with to improve quality of life. So, after visiting our website, they called us to see if they could donate 20, second hand SUFC and England shirts that otherwise […]
Sheffield United Community Foundation announce new ambassadors
Sheffield United Community Foundation have announced it’s new ambassadors (pictured L-R George Baldock – Education & Training, John Egan – NCS, Paul Coutts – Health & Wellbeing, Simon Moore – Community Cohesion, Billy Sharp – Sports Participation)
Friends of the Foundation
FRIENDS OF THE FOUNDATION – YOUR CLUB, YOUR COMMUNITY We are an independent registered charity operating on a ‘not for profit’ basis, which is affiliated to and supported by the club. For over 10 years we’ve been working at the heart of the community to narrow the gap of disadvantage in health, education, disability and […]
Summer Signings
Joe Williamson – Education Manager Joe joins the Foundation from Notts County, where he gained experience in managing and delivering education programmes including alternative provision and the well-known BTEC Sport programme. Further additions to the Education team include two experienced sports tutors, Craig Laight (Dearne Valley College) and Abi Lee (Rotherham United) who join the […]
EFL walking football – Midlands Regional Final
Sheffield United Community Foundation won the Midlands regional EFL walking football tournament held at Burton today beating Walsall, Notts County, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Port Vale all 3-0. The team now progress into the national finals at St George’s Park on 10 July where 12 clubs will be participating. Sheffield United are the reigning EFL […]
Sheffield United Community Foundation celebrates £10,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant
Sheffield United Community Foundation received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) “Sharing Heritage” grant to take an innovative look at all the ‘Firsts’ that have happened at Bramall Lane over the years to present day, sparked by 2017 being the 90th anniversary of the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world […]
Sheffield United Community Foundation supports our military veterans
Sheffield United Community Foundation have upskilled 14 military veterans in the area of Primary School Physical Education, thanks to the support of The Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes. Ben Frost and Matt Moorwood delivered the 1st4sport Certificate in Supporting Physical Education to a very diverse but stimulating group of military veterans. Thanks to […]