Red Neighbours ...The LFC Newsletter for Residents of Anfield
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Red Neighbours ...the LFC newsletter for residents of Anfield Issue: September/October 2017 Dear Neighbour, Upcoming Events Welcome to our September/October Red Neighbours newsletter, which gives you the latest community news and updates from September: our Red Neighbours team. • Red Neighbours’ Walking Football – (keep active with our walking football sessions for over 50s) – Sessions run every Friday from It’s been a very busy summer with a number of events and activities 11am-12pm at Anfield Sports and Community Centre taking place in the local L4, L5 and L6 areas, including a visit to Scouse in the House, a Champions-league style ticket draw for local • Creative Support Open Day (Creative Support is a charity that schools, special match-day experiences, meet and greets with players promotes the independence, inclusion and wellbeing of people with and more from our Walking Football. You can find more information on care and support needs) - Thursday 14th September from 1pm-4pm all of these great events within the newsletter, along with upcoming at Irish Community Centre, Boundary Street. events and home fixtures. • Red Neighbours’ Monday Club – (Join in with our free monthly We want as many local residents and children to get involved in our social event for local residents over 50) - Monday 18th September Red Neighbours activity. Our upcoming events section below lists our 1-4pm at Anfield, Centenary Stand activities for September and October and how you can get involved. • LFC Foundation – Liverpool Football Club’s official charity provides Thanks for taking the time to read. a range of free multi-sports programmes for children and young people of all abilities, seven days a week. For more information on Susan Black, Communications Director, Liverpool FC their programmes and how you can get involved please visit - https://foundation.liverpoolfc.com Community News October: • Red Neighbours’ Walking Football – (keep active with our walking football sessions for over 50s) – Sessions run every Friday from Food poverty and Food education 11am-12pm at Anfield Sports and Community Centre Red Neighbours get ‘Scouse in the House’ • Red Neighbours’ Monday Club – (Join in with our free monthly Our Red Neighbours team headed to ‘Scouse in the House’ at Christ social event for local residents over 50) - Monday 19th October from Church in Anfield to meet local residents and lend a hand with the 1pm-4pm at Anfield, Centenary Stand event. The team, which included LFC staff volunteers, helped serve more than • LFC Foundation – Liverpool Football Club’s official charity provides 100 vulnerable locals with a hot meal before joining in with a sing-a- a range of free multi-sports programmes for children and young long and having a friendly chat with participants. people of all abilities, seven days a week. For more information on their programmes and how you can get involved please visit - LFC gifts were also given out - including photographs, signature sheets https://foundation.liverpoolfc.com and T-shirts – while residents could have their picture taken with the European Cup. LFC volunteers take the European Cup to ‘Scouse in the House.’ Local children enjoy an LFC Foundation sports camp Creating Memorable Experiences for Local Young People Supporting the Elderly Community Local kids help with big LFC Mignolet’s magic Monday Simon Mignolet joined more than 70 pensioners at the games draw Red Neighbours’ Monday Club at Anfield. Local schoolchildren from Anfield attended the nail-biting Red Neighbours event at Anfield to select the Premier League home The Monday Club sees a group of over 50s meet on a monthly basis at games they will attend this season. Anfield to help with social isolation. Guests - on this occasion including Reds goalkeeper Mignolet - can enjoy a cup of tea and slice of cake as well as participate in fun activities such as bingo, singing and dancing and a raffle. The meeting was the first Monday Club of the season at Anfield. Peter Moore, Robbie Fowler and Jon Flanagan host the schools match draw More than 100 local young people came to see Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan join club ambassador Robbie Fowler and LFC Chief Executive Peter Moore at the stadium to take part in a ‘Champions League’ style draw. The fun-filled event, which was held in the Main Stand, saw representatives from 25 local schools learn which matches they’ll watch at Anfield in 2017-18 – and also included a Q&A with Flanagan, Fowler and Moore as well as a visit from the Club’s mascot, Mighty Red. Fowler said: “It’s such a great idea to provide free tickets to schools as it enables many of our young local fans to experience a live game and soak up the unique atmosphere at Anfield.” Red Neighbours will once again be donating more than 1,000 tickets to the 25 local schools in the L4, L5 and L6 areas for the 2017-18 season. Each school will receive 11 free tickets to four Premier League home games at Anfield. Mignolet meets local pensioners at Anfield event Supporting the Elderly Community/ Promoting a Physically Active Community Walking Football: Neil Mellor and Alan Kennedy get stuck in! Former LFC players Neil Mellor and Alan Kennedy joined club CEO Peter Moore to take part in Red Neigbours’ Walking Football. Walking Football and Walking Netball are run by the Red Neighbours community team and the free sessions, which are aimed at people over the age of 50, encourage physical activity in a fun and social setting. The programme, which was launched in May, continues to go from strength to strength – with the initial monthly football sessions now taking place on a weekly basis. Walking Football takes place at the Anfield Sports and Community Centre every Friday from 11am-1pm. Neil Mellor, Alan Kennedy and Peter Moore join a Walking Football session Creating Memorable Experiences for Local Young People/ Food poverty and Food education Reds success on and off the pitch for the first home game Community activities took centre stage off the pitch at Anfield as Liverpool hosted Crystal Palace for the Reds’ first home game of the season. The club’s chief executive , Peter Moore, visited the foodbank collection point on Anfield Road to make a donation and met with Dave Kelly of the Fans Supporting Foodbanks initiative. A total of 210kg of food was collected thanks to our fans, which is one of the best totals yet. Reds legend John Barnes spent time with junior and senior members of the local community who were invited to enjoy the game from an executive box in the Main Stand. The group, including staff and young people from Breckfield and North Everton Neighbourhood Council, saw the Reds win 1-0. CEO Peter Moore makes foodbank donation Youngsters from North Liverpool Academy were also invited to attend the match and had the chance to high-five the squad as they arrived before kick-off. Local pupils greet the squad as they arrive at Anfield John Barnes spends time with local fans Creating Memorable Experiences for Local Young People Anfield youngsters meet their heroes Four Liverpool first-team players met local fans for a Q&A and signing session at Anfield Sports and Community Centre. Alberto Moreno, Andy Robertson, Dominic Solanke and Ben Woodburn were put under the spotlight by young Reds supporters on a variety of different topics before signing autographs and posing for pictures during the visit. First-team players meet local children in Anfield 2017/18 Season Traffic and Transport Measures Liverpool FC Home Fixtures Similar to last season measures have been put in place to help minimise the impact that crowds may have on the local community Below are the home fixtures released by the Premier League so far for and transport routes in the Anfield area on matchdays. We are September, October and early November 2017. Please note that all mindful that the Stadium is situated in a residential area and we are fixtures are subject to change for the requirements of television and/ keen to let you know what you can expect for the new season. or for other reasons such as police requests. For the latest up-to-date information on fixtures, please visitwww.liverpoolfc.com At the start of the season we published travel advice for fans and visitors to the area. We are encouraging the use of public transport and will ensure that this information is easily accessible on the Club, • LFC vs Burnley Liverpool City Council and Merseytravel websites and social media Saturday 16th September, channels. KO- 3pm We will also ensure that visitors to Anfield are aware that only vehicles displaying a valid resident permit will be allowed to park on the streets • LFC vs Manchester United around the stadium on a matchday to help reduce any inconvenience. Saturday 14th October KO - 12.30pm Road closures will remain the same - Walton Breck Road will close 90 minutes prior to kick-off and Anfield Road will close four hours prior to kick off, when automatic bollards will be in operation. • LFC vs Huddersfield Town Saturday 28th October This season, the post-match road closure along Walton Breck Road KO - 3pm will be extended past Sleepers Hill, as far as Everton Valley in order to accommodate a dedicated bus channel for the 917 service, whilst ensuring the safe dispersal of fans in the area. • LFC vs Maribor Wednesday 1st November The local residents’ Road Closure Access Pass will once again be in KO – 7:45pm operation. Residents who are eligible for the Road Closure Pass will have received a letter from the Club advising that last season’s pass Please note – all fixtures are subject to change, for the will be valid for the 2017/18 season so residents are not required to requirements of television and/or for other reasons such as police renew their existing pass.