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NICK KICKS – NEW KIDS FOOTBALL SHOW

An exciting new weekly Football League children’s programme ‘Nick Kicks’ will be shown on the Nicktoons channel from 6 February 2016. Produced in association with The Football League Trust, each week Nick Kicks will take viewers behind the scenes of The Football League with visits to clubs, interviews with players and even a regular feature […]

Paul Jubb: BBC Sports Personality Unsung Hero

Bradford Disability Football Club’s Paul Jubb says it’s an amazing feeling for the club to receive recognition, with the head coach collecting the BBC Sport Unsung Hero award for Yorkshire. Jubb started the team, which is a partner of Bradford City Community Foundation, in 2001 with only 10 players, but he now works with 150 […]

England Star Supports the ‘Old Girls’

England and Arsenal midfielder Jordan Nobbs paid a visit to Crawley Town COGs last week to see how group of older ladies have been bitten by the football bug. The Crawley Old Girls (COGS) are a group of older women, mainly Crawley Fans and football mums who missed out playing football when they were younger […]

Bradford Coach Wins BBC Sport’s Unsung Hero

A coach whose work has enabled hundreds of children and adults with disabilities to play football has been recognised by the BBC for his work. Paul Jubb from the Bradford Disability Football Club has collected BBC Sport’s Unsung Hero award for the Yorkshire region for his work as head coach of the team which is […]

#IWill Football Clubs Support Youth Social Action

Football League Clubs across the country, through their community trusts are sharing their pledge of support to #iwill, the national campaign promoting youth social action. This week the Community Trusts will be celebrating #iwill week, marking the 2nd anniversary of the #iwill campaign for youth social action and is calling on other organisations to join […]

Welcome to Our New Website

The Football League Trust brings together the community trusts associated with the 72 Football League Clubs. Between them the community trusts invest over £44million on projects in their community under four key themes sport, education, inclusion and health to ensure football is a catalyst for positive change in many different ways. Mike Evans, Director of […]

DWP and Fulham teaming up to tackle unemployment

Football clubs should team up with the Government and help their unemployed fans find work, Employment Minister Priti Patel said today. The Minister issued the challenge during a visit to Fulham Football Club today, to see how their vital community outreach work is helping to score the Government’s goal of getting hard-to-reach jobseekers into employment. […]

NCS Grimsby – The Pride of their Community

Young People from Grimsby Town are celebrating after being nominated for a ‘Pride in the Community Award’ in recognition of their work in the community whilst taking part in the youth empowerment programme, National Citizen Service (NCS). NCS is delivered by the Football League Trust across the Yorkshire and Humber region – a two-three week […]

Joe Cole Helps Get Kids Healthy

Coventry City’s Joe Cole and Aaron Martin visited St. John’s Primary School in Allesley yesterday, helping educate local children on the value of a healthy lifestyle. Sky Blues in the Community are one of 16 Football League clubs who deliver the Kinder Plus Sport ‘Move and Learn’ project as part of the Football League Trust’s […]