Walsall FC Community Programme Annual Report 2020

2020hasbeent hemos tc hal l engi ngofy ear s ;notj us tf orWal s al lFC Communi t yPr ogr ammebutf orev er y one.

Att het ur noft hey ear ,noonec oul dhav epr edi c t edt heev ent st hat woul dunf ol dandt hewayl i f ewoul dc hangef orusal l .COVI D19 was n’ tev enaphr as ewehadhear d,pandemi c shappenedi nhi s t or y booksandt hei deaofbei ng‘ l oc keddown’wasexc l us i v et oDooms DayHol l y woodMov i es .

But ,asweal lnowknow,t hatwas ,andi s ,what2020wi l lbe r emember edf or .

ForWal s al lFCCommuni t yPr ogr amme,i thasmeantaper i odof adapt i on,andunc er t ai nt y .I thass eenmanys t af fpl ac edonf ur l ough, pr ogr ammesc ur t ai l edandmanyev ent sandc ommuni t yc el ebr at i ons pos t poned.I ts awT r us t eemeet i ngsmov et oav i r t uals et t i ngand t hos es t af fnotpl ac edonf ur l oughhomebas eds i nc eMar c h.

Howev er ,i tc an’ tr ai nal lt het i meand,t hr ought hes edar kt i mes , t her ehasbeens omel i ght .TheCommuni t ys t af far eal lunder t aki ng v ar i ousl oc kdownt as kst or ai s emoneyandawar enes sofour ,and ot her s ’ ,c aus e,wor ki ngal ongs i deWal s al lFoot bal lCl ubt odel i v er f oodpar c el st ot hos el es sf or t unat eand,agai ns tal lodds ,maki ng goodonourpr omi s et oc ompl et et heCommuni t yHub,whi c hwe hav enamedaf t erl ongs er v i ngf or merCommuni t yDi r ec t or ,and c ur r entT r us t ee,Mi c kKear ns .Af i t t i ngt r i but e.

Whoknowswhat2021hasi ns t or e?Thev ac c i ner ol loutgi v esushope t hatwec an,onc eagai n,i mpac tt hec ommuni t yofWal s al li nt hemany pos i t i v eway swehav edonef ors omanyy ear s .Wewi l lbedoi ngour ut mos tt os er v et hec ommuni t y ,howev ert her es t r i c t i onsal l ow.

Fi nal l y ,Iwoul dl i ket opayt r i but et ot hes t af f ,manager s ,T r us t eesand i npar t i c ul arCommuni t yDi r ec t or ,Adam Dav y ,f ort hei rs uppor tand f or t sdur i ngat r ul yt es t i ng12mont hs . ef Her e’ st ot hef ut ur e.

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