Support for local children within the Anield
region also remains at the heart of those at
LFC – with over 3,500 children and young
people from 25 local schools welcomed to
Premier League games at Anield as part of Red
Neighbours’ school tickets initiative, and 115
terminally ill people and their families invited
to visit Melwood training ground over the past
three years.
The future of our youth has also been a
focus for the Red Neighbours team who have
delivered, to date, 12 careers speed-networking
events at Anield to educate over 600
youngsters on diferent career-paths within the
sports industry and life beyond school.
Forbes Duf, senior manager of Red
Neighbours, said: “We are absolutely delighted
to mark our third successful year working with
local people in the Anield community, which
we are so proud and honoured to do.
“As a club, we strive to be a good neighbour
and support our local community. We have
a social responsibility to do so, particularly in
Anield, which has some of the most deprived
postcodes in the UK.
“We have made it our mission to make a
diference to those in our local community with
our range of activities and events and we believe
we have made a measurable impact.
“Year on year we are seeing our participationrates increase.
“Last season [2018/19] we saw a 33 per cent
increase in participation from the previous
season [2017/18] and we are set to see another
increase at the end of this season.
“Celebrating our third birthday gives us a
chance to relect on all the hard work that our
team delivers week in, week out, in the local
community and the diference it is making.
“We are very much looking forward to
continuing our eforts in this calendar year and
beyond.”
To find out more about Red Neighbours
projects and regular events, visit liverpoolfc.
com/news/community.