{"id":3340,"date":"2017-01-05T09:59:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T09:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/?page_id=3340"},"modified":"2023-12-13T10:07:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:07:24","slug":"every-player-counts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/every-player-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Player Counts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-full-stretch av-section-color-overlay-active avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first   av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-75  container_wrap sidebar_right lazyload' style='background-color: #519ae8; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image:inherit;background-attachment: scroll; background-position: top left;  '  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='75' data-bg-image='url(https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Danny-Mills-takes-a-selfie-with-Fleetwood-Town-players-1500x630.jpg)'><div class='av-section-color-overlay-wrap'><div class='av-section-color-overlay' style='opacity: 0.6; background-color: #477ccc; '><\/div><a href='#next-section' title='' class='scroll-down-link '  aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue877' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><div class='container' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3340'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#ffffff; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Every Player Counts<\/h1>\n<h2>Over 14,000 people were introduced to Sport by our Every Player Count programme<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3340'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>EVERY PLAYER COUNTS<\/h3>\n<p aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over 14,000 children, young people and adults with disabilities were been introduced to football through our Every Player Counts programme.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The programme, was co-funded by EFL Trust and Wembley National Stadium Trust (WNST), to offer the benefits of playing football to people with a wide range of disabilities. The landmark project was made possible thanks to a \u00a31.1m donation from WNST in 2016 and further \u00a3500,000 in 2018. This was been WNST\u2019s largest single charitable investment to date and its first England-wide grants programme.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_textblock  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Every Player Counts provides the chance for all to get involved in football\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MCg6M7cbwwE?start=21&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The programme was funded from 2016 &#8211; 2022\u00a0 and involved 28 EFL Clubs.\u00a0 The programmes, rather than focus on a one size fits all approach, was tailored to the specific needs of each local community.<\/p>\n<p>The 28 EFL Club Community Organisations delivered activity covering a wide range of disability programmes including wheelchair football, football for visual impairment, learning difficulties, amputees and autism, giving many disabled people access to football for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Although individual programmes differed from club to club, the emphasis is always on increasing participation, improving health and championing the social benefits of taking part in football.\u00a0 Although the core funding is no longer available the programme continues to be delivered at local level by the Clubs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-11307 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-11307 avia_image lazyload' data-src=\"https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Children-from-Shrewsbury-Town-take-part-in-Every-Player-Counts.jpg\" alt='' title='EFL Trust Every Player Counts Festival, Media City, Manchester, UK - 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