At our recent Branch meeting we approved a donation of £350 to local Charity A.C.E – Achieve, Change, Engagement – to support their links with Lancaster City U18s. Below you can find out more about the charity and how the money will be spent.
We are seeking support for a local charity through the sponsorship of a football team based at Lancaster City.
Firstly, the charity, A-C-E (Achieve Change and Engagement) are a charity supporting young people aged between 11 and 25 with mental health and wellbeing problems, offering one to one support and therapy. As you will appreciate, times such as we are experiencing can have serious effects on young people. The charity supports over 350 young people at any one time and often have a waiting list of over 60.
We are hoping to provide the charity with an opportunity to increase their visibility in the local area and raise vital funds by linking them with the second of the organisations, Lancaster City FC U18’s football team. The team progressed from a local football development center and will represent Lancaster City FC in the North West Youth Alliance League playing fixtures across the north west of England as well as the national FA Youth Cup. Our hope is that a number of local supporters will become involved in both the charity and the football team.
The intention would be that the football team would wear shirts with the A.C.E logo. We have also secured a page within the Lancaster City first team match day programme next season to promote the supporters of this initiative.
We are hopeful that we can not only provide A.C.E with increased exposure through the shirt sponsorship, company links and social media but we would also be able to make a financial contribution to their ongoing support costs. With your support, young people in the local area will be able to continue to access the excellent services offered by ACE and the team can continue with their football development. If you wish to discuss opportunities to become one of our supporters, do feel free to telephone or email.