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MARCH NEWSLETTER Chief Executive’S Summary MARCH NEWSLETTER chief executive’s summary As we power forward in 2019, we reflect on how 2018 was another Affirming the Foundation’s commitment to international outreach, fantastic year for Celtic Football Club and Celtic FC Foundation, the 67 Kitchens project (alongside our partners, Mary’s Meals and with unprecedented success and record-breaking achievements with donations from Celtic Supporters’ Clubs) has established on and off the pitch. feeding programmes in Malawi and Zambia – where meals are now being served to around 40,000 children every single day. I have selected a few of our top moments of 2018 to share with you, and as ever, we couldn’t deliver these incredible results without your Last summer also saw the launch of Ability Counts Ireland, taking continued support of our work. the Foundation’s flagship disability sports project to the Irish capital, Dublin and also Donegal. Alongside partners from Down Syndrome Community Outreach Ireland, this initiative builds on the long-standing success of existing In partnership with Glasgow North East Foodbank, Celtic Park Ability Counts strands, focusing on multi-sport play and personal played host to food collections in May and August – with a development. cumulative seven and a half tonnes of essential items donated from supporters. April and November also saw Brother Walfrid We also travelled east and partnered with Edinburgh-based Community Lunches for Glasgow’s homeless and most vulnerable charity, the Eric Liddell Centre, to launch ‘Liddell Lions Lunch individuals, and around 400 guests attended Celtic Park’s Kerrydale Breaks’ – helping those living with dementia as well as their carers. Suite across both events. Separately, a similar partnership was launched with experts from renowned charity, Alzheimer Scotland – delivering responsive and Gala Dinners engaging activities for carers, and those living with early to mid- 2018 was very much an international affair for us, seeing fundraising stages of dementia. charity dinners in Donegal, Glasgow, London and New York. A Match for Cancer First off was Donegal. A sell-out crowd attended a lively and fun-filled Last September’s showpiece charity encounter, ‘A Match for Cancer’, evening with Brendan Rodgers and next up, the Kerrydale Suite and the accompanying ‘An Evening with Petrov and Milner’ saw at Celtic Park hosted our Annual Sporting Dinner. Always a firm Celtic‘s own Stiliyan Petrov face-off against his old friend and ex- favourite with our supporters. teammate, James Milner, in charitable unity. In May, we headed to the capital to host an intimate gala dinner, Drawing support from across the footballing world, Celtic FC drawing tremendous support from legends, supporters and Foundation generated £208,753 for Petrov and Milner’s respective sponsors alike. foundations, as well as beneficiaries theBeatson Cancer Charity And in late autumn, we rounded-off things in style in The Big and the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity – and on that weekend Apple. 280 guests attended our inaugural New York Gala Dinner in in September, Cancer had certainly met its match. Manhattan. In association with the Ireland Funds of America, the These are only a fraction of our successes… dinner raised a phenomenal sum of $200,000 and an unforgettable night for everyone associated with Celtic Football Club. Without your belief in what we do, the help and support of the Club, our donors, sponsors and regular givers, we could not create the A list of our upcoming events in 2019 are listed on pages 5 and 6. opportunities which allow us to help those who need that ‘little bit of Expanded Project Delivery luck’ or who ‘just need that one chance’. Your support, no matter how Our project delivery continues to grow from strength to strength large or small, makes a noticeable difference. You really are helping and engage more people than ever before. In a twelve-month us enable others to make positive changes in their own lives, and period between 2017 and 2018, we directly engaged around 6,000 like Malo on page 3, you can support us in many different ways. individuals. For more information about what we do and how we can help, you All of our projects, of which there are around 24 live, have a range of can read our FAQs on pages 7 & 8. positive influences on individuals. You can read Paul Dixon’s inspiring If you’d like to talk to us about regular and/or corporate giving, Sean year-long journey which started through our Gateway to Health and Fallon (jnr) has joined our team as interim Sales and Engagement Opportunity project on page 2. Manager and would be happy to discuss various options with you. #LionsLegacy Sean’s details can be found on page 4. Following 2017’s #LionsLegacy campaign, Celtic FC Foundation Thank you for your ongoing support. moved quickly to put plans in action, launching the 67 Kitchens project, Ability Counts Ireland, and a series of dementia care initiatives. Tony Hamilton Chief Executive celtic fc foundation - newsletter - MARCH 2019 it’s in our dna 1 be inspired: Gateway to Health and Opportunity is driving change for Paul For Celtic FC Foundation, improving lives remains a key priority As the weeks passed, Paul began to see improvements in his amongst our wider project delivery – and this principle is especially confidence and overall mentality. true for our Gateway to Health and Opportunity initiative. He said: “My self-esteem gradually grew on the project and it Following a hugely successful pilot project aided by other funding sparked a lot of changes. I decided to start taking driving lessons partners, West of Scotland Housing Association and Clyde Gateway, and began to explore and seek out other opportunities around me. Celtic FC Foundation’s Gateway to Health and Opportunity has I ended up doing an IT course at my local college as well as the operated continuously since October, 2015. Foundation’s ‘Active Fans’ and ‘Football Fans in Training’ fitness projects. Made possible by National Lottery funding, this initiative is firmly focused towards enhancing the lives of individuals afflicted by social “In the space of a year, I’d been to college, passed my driving test and deprivation and economic constraint. got my fitness on track. It sounds small, but I even managed to go to the opticians and sort myself for glasses, I was ready to take charge Engaging participants from various backgrounds, this project helps of my health. individuals experiencing addiction problems or homelessness, as well as those living with mental health problems or physical “Certain parts of the course, particularly the physical activity and impairment. money management aspects, really opened my eyes on how to live a better life. I’ve learned so much about eating healthy foods and the Gateway to Health and Opportunity also aids those who face importance of proper hydration, it’s given me a lot.” barriers to employment through health-related reasons, including others who have recognised the need for a change in lifestyle. Paul also spoke of how the project intervened at a critical juncture in his life, arresting a downward spiral that may have proved fatal. Sharing his experience of Gateway to Health and Opportunity, 44-year-old project participant, Paul Dixon, emphasised the He added: “I’ve buried a lot of friends and watched those around initiative’s demonstrably positive impact upon his life and overall me pass away through drugs or illnesses related to addiction – all of wellbeing. them were far too young. I think back now and realise how that could easily have been me. On his initial involvement, Paul said: “When I was approached to do the course, I was standing on a street corner in the middle of the day, “My time with Celtic FC Foundation proved to me that with the right doing absolutely nothing. At the time, I had no routine, I was caught backing, anything is possible. It’s given my life purpose and stability, up in addiction as well as everything that came along with it and that those close to me no longer need to worry. included being in and out of prison from a young age. “Really, Gateway to Health and Opportunity didn’t just change my life, “I’d been looking to change, and when this course came along, it was it saved it.” Celtic’s backing that turned my head. Celtic has always been a big part of my life – every Saturday, it was an obsession.” If you would like more information on Celtic FC Foundation’s Gateway to Health and Opportunity project, please email: [email protected] or call 0141 551 4321. WE AIM TO: Improve Health. Promote Equality. Encourage Learning. Tackle Poverty. At Celtic FC Foundation we are here to tackle issues that will improve the lives of vulnerable children and adults in Glasgow and beyond. But we need your help to do this. Text CELT07 followed by £1, £5 or £10 to 70070 or donate online at www.celticfcfoundation.com Celtic FC Foundation is a registered Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (number SC024648) with its registered office at Celtic Park, Glasgow, G40 3RE. Telephone: +44 141 551 4321 - Email: [email protected] - Twitter:@FoundationCFC - Facebook: Celtic FC Foundation 2 meet the FUNDRAISER: Malo Camus Born in Brittany, France, Malo Camus may not have always been a He added: “Celtic is an institution recognised and respected all Celtic supporter, but his love for the Club now is very much evident. over the world, not only for its football on the pitch but also for So much so, that he has decided to take on the enormous challenge its charitable heritage. I witnessed the fantastic work of Celtic FC of cycling around 800 miles, from his hometown in Brittany to Celtic Foundation and I really wanted to make my own contribution.
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