Red Neighbours ...the LFC newsletter for residents of Anfield Issue: June/July 2019 Dear Neighbour, Community News Welcome to our June/July Red Neighbours newsletter, which provides you with the latest news and updates about what’s Food poverty and education happening in your local community with our Red Neighbours team. LFC volunteers lend a hand at As we head towards the summer and another fantastic season draws to a close on the pitch, our Red Neighbours team have been working local community garden tirelessly off the pitch within our local community. Red Neighbours and Liverpool FC staff volunteers lent a hand at a local community allotment in May. In the last two months, numerous events and activities have taken place throughout L4, L5 and L6 including career speed networking sessions, The group spent the morning at Pinehurst Community Garden in Anfield - local school visits, Easter competitions, ticket giveaways, foodbank visits which grows food for local families in need - to help with weeding the beds in and volunteering at a local community garden. preparation for planting. You can read more about these activities below. As always, we’d like to Red Neighbours have already visited the allotment twice to date and will hear your views and feedback on the work we are doing in your local return next month to continue supporting the valued local initiative. community, so please get in touch with us using the contact details listed on the back of the newsletter. Thanks for taking the time to read and we hope to hear from you soon. Susan Black, Director of Communications, Liverpool FC LFC Volunteers help out at Pinehurst Community Garden. UPCOMING EVENTS EVENT DATES/TIMES IN JUNE DATES/TIMES IN JULY Monday Club (for local over 50s) Monday 17th 1pm-4pm Monday 15th 1pm-4pm The Sandon Main Stand, Anfield Chair Based Yoga at Dates are yet to be confirmed. To find out Dates are yet to be confirmed. To find out Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand, Anfield contact [email protected]/ contact [email protected]/ 0151 264 2500. 0151 264 2500. Tuesday Walking Football sessions (for over 50s) Tuesday 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th Tuesday 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th at Anfield Sports and Community Centre 3pm-5pm 3pm-5pm Friday Walking Football sessions (for over 50s) at Friday 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th Friday 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th Anfield Sports and Community Centre 11am-2pm 11am-12pm Walking Netball sessions (for over 50s) at Anfield Friday 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th Friday 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th Sports and Community Centre 11.30am-12.30pm 11.30am-12.30pm Bat and Chat – social table tennis at Anfield Tuesday 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th Tuesday 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th Sports and Community Centre 1pm – 3pm 1pm-3pm LFC Foundation – Liverpool Football Club’s official charity provides a range of free multi-sports programmes for children and young people of all abilities, seven days a week. For more information on their programmes and how you can get involved, please visit https://foundation. liverpoolfc.com If you would like more information on any of these activities, please contact us – [email protected] Creating memorable experiences for young people Matip joins Football School Sue Johnston joins local creators at Anfield literacy pupils at Red Neighbours workshop career event Liverpool defender Joel Matip joined Red Neighbours and LFC Actress Sue Johnston joined pupils from five local schools at a Foundation for a special literacy event at Anfield on World Book Red Neighbours careers event at Anfield back in March. Day. The lifelong Reds fan spent the afternoon chatting to the youngsters about Five hundred pupils from 12 local schools took part in a series of educational her career, experiences and aspirations and offered advice on building a workshops led by author Ben Lyttleton and illustrator Spike Gerrell, the successful future beyond education. creators of the Football School book series. “We are passionate about helping children develop a love of reading and a curiosity about the world,” said Lyttleton. “Today showed that football can be the perfect gateway to engage children in learning subjects across the curriculum. It was inspiring to work with our friends at LFC Foundation and Red Neighbours, and big thanks to Mighty Red and Joel Matip for supporting us!” The pupils enjoyed an interactive assembly, which explored the principles of Football School and offered the chance to win some exciting prizes, before engaging in group activities to develop their creativity and imagination. The event was supported by LFC Foundation’s Primary Stars programme and demonstrates Red Neighbours’ commitment to creating memorable experiences for young people in L4, L5 and L6. Sue Johnston offers advice to local pupils. Pupils from Alsop High School, North Liverpool Academy, Notre Dame Catholic College, Academy of St Francis Assisi and All Saints Catholic High School headed to the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand for the networking session, where they were also joined by LFC representatives from numerous departments within the club. “I think it’s great for these kids to come here and learn about different Matip with local school children on World Book Day. careers,” Sue said. “They weren’t just learning about me and acting, they were learning from all Red Neighbours join Easter the staff at the club and it’s great in the way it gets the children to think about the possibility of careers. fun at Millstead School “It’s been really inspiring - I think its tremendous.” Red Neighbours visited Millstead SEN School in April to judge a special Easter competition. Throughout the afternoon, the pupils were given the opportunity to talk to a range of LFC staff to gain insight into the diverse roles within the club. The school hosts an Easter Bonnet Parade each year, with pupils and their parents joining forces to create their own unique designs for entry into the Red Neighbours’ career speed networking events are designed allow competition. local pupils to learn about the education history and career paths of club employees, discover the many different opportunities available within football, Lynn Irwin, business manager at Millstead School, said: “We were honoured and receive guidance on how to be successful in their chosen occupation. that representatives from LFC’s Red Neighbours team were able to come down and judge the parade this year, and they had a really hard task in just choosing Since the first session in 2017, career speed networking has engaged one winner from each class!” hundreds of local children and demonstrates Red Neighbours’ commitment to creating memorable experiences for young people. Continued over As one of Red Neighbours’ 25 schools, Millstead pupils have attended four Food poverty and education Liverpool games this season through the free tickets for school’s initiative. Daniel Sturridge visits Creating memorable experiences for young people is one of the four main areas of focus for Red Neighbours, alongside support for the elderly community, food poverty and education, and encouraging a physically active North Liverpool Foodbank community. Students at Millstead SEN school celebrate Easter. Divock Origi delivers match Daniel Sturridge at North Liverpool Foodbank. tickets to local pupils Daniel Sturridge paid a visit to the North Liverpool Foodbank in Divock Origi visited an Anfield school in April to hand over free Clubmoor in April. match tickets to local pupils. The Liverpool striker donated food to the centre alongside the The Liverpool striker personally delivered 11 tickets for the Premier League club’s Red Neighbours team, to be used in emergency food fixture against Huddersfield Town to pupils at Whitefield Primary School in L6. parcels which help to support local families living in food poverty. Origi then met with youngsters from years five and six before posing for photos with each year group. According to national foodbank charity Trussell Trust, the use of foodbank parcels nationally has risen by 73 per cent in the “We were over the moon to welcome Divock Origi to Whitefield,” said Sarah last five years, with 1.6million food parcels provided in the past Smith, year six teacher at Whitefield Primary School. year alone. “The way he talked about his love of reading and the importance of perseverance was really inspiring. It was amazing to meet Divock and receive “It has been eye-opening to come here and learn about the the free tickets for the Huddersfield game. We’d like to say a huge thank you to work that the North Liverpool Foodbank does and the high Divock and Red Neighbours for the amazing visit.” number of families in Anfield that access their vital support,” said Sturridge. The free tickets for schools scheme, which gave more than 1,000 pupils the opportunity to attend matches at Anfield last season, provides local schools “But it’s also great to hear about the difference that our fans with 55 tickets for every Premier League home game. are making by donating at each Anfield matchday.” Twenty-one primary schools and four high schools in the L4, L5 and L6 On matchdays, fans are encouraged to donate what they can postcodes will benefit from the initiative throughout the 2018-19 campaign as at the Fans Supporting Foodbanks’ collection points on Anfield part of Red Neighbours’ focus on creating memorable experiences for young Road, the Anfield club store, and the Homebaked co-operative people. bakery on Oakfield Road. Fans Supporting Foodbanks, which is a partnership between the Liverpool supporters union Spirit of Shankly and the Everton Supporters’ Trust, now accounts for a quarter of the intake of food at the North Liverpool Foodbank. Foodbank donations can be made at St Andrew’s Community Network, 16 Larkhill Lane, L13 9BR (9am-5pm, Monday to Friday) or at your local supermarket collection point.