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EFL in the Community and Royal Society for Public Health to kick-off new pilot to improve community health and wellbeing

The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and EFL in the Community have today announced that they will be joining forces to deliver bespoke public health training to Football Club charities across England – the first pilot of its kind. The training will cover a range of different public health topics such as addressing health […]

Barnsley FC Community Trust Annual Conference – A Celebration of Community Impact

Last week, Barnsley FC Community Trust hosted its Annual Conference, bringing together local businesses, community leaders, and individuals to celebrate the Trust’s transformative work across the Barnsley community. The Trust deliver over 31,000 hours of delivery to more than 40,000 participants. This work has an incredible social value of over £16m. The event featured inspiring […]

A Celebration of the Women on our USW Degree Programme

There are now over 100 women on our University of South Wales degree programmes who are studying at a Football Club to become the next generation of sports coaches and work in community sport. On our football and sport coaching courses students learn about children and youth coaching, sports coaching, football development, social inclusion and sports […]

The Royal British Legion and EFL in the Community join forces to launch football recovery programme

The Royal British Legion (RBL) has joined forces with the English Football League’s (EFL) charitable arm, EFL in the Community, to launch the RBL Football Cup; a pilot initiative designed to support veterans and serving personnel with their physical and mental wellbeing. Introduced this weekend at the Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre, the programme […]

EFL Clubs recognised at Parliament for standout community work

A number of EFL Clubs and players were celebrated at the Houses of Parliament for their outstanding ongoing work in the community. As part of the 2024 EFL Awards, divisional winners of the Community Club of the Season and Community Project of the Season were recognised for their exceptional work and outstanding impact in their […]

EFL CLUBS SHINE LIGHT ON LOCAL COMMUNITY HEROES

Local community heroes will be celebrated up and down the country from Friday 12 January to Saturday 20 January as the EFL, EFL Trust, 72 EFL Clubs and their Community Club Organisations launch the first-ever EFL Community Weekends.   Across the period, Clubs, managers and players will mark the incredible work that community staff and volunteers deliver […]

EFL AND KELLOGG’S SIGN FIVE-YEAR DEAL

The EFL and EFL Trust are pleased to welcome one of the UK’s most popular cereal brands, Kellogg’s, as an Official Partner.   With football and cereal part of daily life for millions of people across England and Wales, the EFL and the EFL Trust’s network of Club Community Organisations will come together with multinational food […]