Swansea City to shine a light on Swansea City AFC Foundation as part of EFL Community Weekend
Swansea City will join the other 71 EFL clubs and their respective community club organisations to mark the first-ever EFL Community Weekend on January 20.
The weekend will see local community heroes celebrated up and down the country while Swansea City will also be dedicating its home match against Southampton to champion the incredible work of the Foundation throughout the community.
The Community Weekend looks to build on the success of the EFL Week of Action campaign, but will see EFL clubs, managers and players help to switch the focus from the projects themselves and onto the incredible efforts of staff and volunteers who deliver these projects throughout the year.
The Swans’ Foundation will be highlighting the stories of some of the community champions who play such a key role in the city and will be taking over the Swans televised home match against Southampton on January 20 to better highlight their work.
The dedicated matchday will provide supporters with an opportunity to find out more about the Foundation’s work and projects with each of their community pillars represented.
Further details of how the Jack Army can support the Foundation will be released in the lead up to the game.
Paul France, head of Swansea City AFC Foundation, said: “I am incredibly proud of the work that Swansea City Foundation does, which was calculated to have a social value of £16.4m last year.
“The Foundation has a talented workforce who are dedicated to making a difference across Swansea and west Wales, particularly for under-represented groups and people living in need. We deliver a range of programmes across our main pillars of education, youth interventions, sport and physical activity, inclusion, and health and wellbeing, with each project contributing to our mission to use Swansea City as a force for positive change.
“We are proud of the work that we do, and the impact it has. We hope that the EFL Community Weekend will raise awareness of the work that we do, and the profile of the Foundation, and will make the Jack Army proud of the work its club does within its community.”
Liam Scully, chair of the EFL Trust, added: “Our clubs and club community organisations engage more than 840,000 people from EFL communities all year round. To be able to showcase the club community work as a collective and acknowledge the work of participants and programme leaders, many of whom are volunteers, further highlights the unique ability of our network.”