COMMUNITY TRUST PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
HEART AND SOUL
WHO WE ARE
• Registered Charity established as Wigan Athletic Community Trust in 2007
• Inclusive organisation with over 60 full-time and part-time members of staff
• Governed by a board of Trustees made up of club and community representatives
• Based at the Tom Flower Offices but operating across Wigan, Leigh and the surrounding areas
• Working with over 12,500 people each year
• Self-sufficient with income generated from funding grants and paid for services
• Work across three strands, Schools, Community and Training and Skills
12,500
2
2-99
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
A NATIONALLY RECOGNISED CHARITY
Wigan Athletic Community Trust is a multi-award-winning charity. Being recognised at both a regional and national level.
• EFL Overall and Championship Community Club of the Season 2023
• EFL Northwest Community Club of the Year 2017, 2019 and 2022
• Northwest Football Awards Community Club of the Year 2014, 2017 and 2022
• Northwest Football Awards Community Project of the Year 2016
• First club outside of the Premier League to achieve the Premier League’s Equality Standard Award – Intermediate Level
HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US?
As a partner you will be supporting the lifechanging work the Trust delivers.
There are endless benefits of working with a charity like the Community Trust and it can strengthen a corporate identity as an ethical and trustworthy brand, including:
• Delivering your CSR objectives
• Generating consistently positive and impactful PR
• Supporting the community across all ages and demographics across the borough
WACT have community projects and investments levels that will suit all and enable you to make a difference to your community.
OPTIONS OF SUPPORT
There are various levels of investment to choose from.
Choose a package that benefits you and make a difference in your community. Each tier breaks down examples of what your partnership could support and the impact it can have on local people.
TIER 1: £2,500
TIER 2: £5,000
TIER 3: £10,000
TIER 1:
#BELIEVE IN COMMUNITIES AFFILIATE
£2,500
An example of the work you could support for a £2,500 investment are:
• 12 weeks of ‘Save a Mate’ CPR courses delivered in Schools and Community Settings
• 12 weeks of free evening football sessions delivered for 8-17 year olds once a week
• 25 Free Places provided at a Holiday Camp (including food and drink) for young people on free school meals during school holidays
• 12 weeks of disability football sessions delivered for 60 junior and adult participants
• Isolation support packages, including two garden gate visits and two phone calls per month for 3 months
Additional benefits for you:
• Making a difference to your community
• 10 tickets to a game of your choice
• Social media coverage of your support (including a media visit to your office to show your support)
• #BelieveInCommunities Affiliate plaque displayed at the Tom Flower Offices and at your business offices
TIER
2: #BELIEVE IN COMMUNITIES PARTNER
£5,000
An example of the work you could support for a £5,000 investment are:
• 12 weeks of bespoke youth mentoring to combat anti-social behaviour and raise the aspirations of young people
• 12 months of two Every Player Counts (disability football) teams participating in the Manchester Ability Counts league, including kit, equipment and transport
• 12 weeks of Changemakers (female empowerment) cohorts delivered in secondary schools
• Isolation support packages, including two garden gate visits and two phone calls per month for 6 months
Additional benefits for you:
• Making a difference to your community
• 15 tickets to a game of your choice
• Social media coverage of your support including 1st team engagement
• #BelieveInCommunities Partner plaque displayed at the Tom Flower Offices and at your business offices
• Editorial in the monthly official magazine of Wigan Athletic
• Business advert on the big screen at a selected Wigan Athletic home fixture
TIER 3:
#BELIEVE IN COMMUNITIES CHAMPION
£10,000
An example of the work you could support for a £10,000 investment are:
• Full support of disability football provision for 12 months
• 12 months of ‘HeadStart’ youth mental health provision for primary and secondary school students
• Funding Community Trust vehicle hire for 12 months, enabling transport of participants to sessions across the Wigan borough
Additional benefits for you:
• Making a difference to your community
• Pitch side presentation with Wigan Athletic players to launch the partnership and two tickets in hospitality
• 20 tickets to a game of your choice
• Social media coverage of your support including 1st team engagement
• #BelieveInCommunities Champion plaque displayed at the Tom Flower Offices and at your business offices
• Editorial in the monthly official magazine of Wigan Athletic
• Business advert on the big screen at a selected Wigan Athletic home fixture
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS OF SUPPORT
If you would like to support in other ways such as the below please get in touch via the email community@wiganathletic.com
• Silent Donation - If you would like to donate without any publication of your donation
• In-Kind Donation - If your business can support our delivery, we can work in partnership.
• Sponsor Key Events Or Initiatives - We deliver a variety of programmes throughout the year and in some cases, one-off events that could link to your company values.
• Donation Of Tickets Or Season Cards - We work with the most vulnerable people across our community, this could provide an opportunity for young people and their families to attend a Wigan Athletic home game.
• Donations of kit and equipment that could be used across a range of provision.
CASE STUDY
In partnership with Commhoist, Wigan Athletic Community Trust delivered an environmental social action project with primary schools encouraging pupils to develop and implement their own ideas of how to improve sustainability in their respective schools and communities, in turn, raising awareness around protecting our planet.
• Eight partner primary schools engaged with the project.
• Over 50 pupils presented their project ideas at the DW Stadium over two heats to a panel of judges.
• Based on the questionnaire results, 100% of pupils reported the project improved their physical and mental wellbeing, they felt inspired and engaged, and it improved their confidence and self-esteem.
• The project inspired these partner schools to create their own ‘Eco-councils’ or ‘Sustainability Stars’ to continue the project even after project completion.
Commhoist Received:
• A pitch side Presentation with Wigan Athletic players to launch the partnership
• Two live bespoke social action events at the DW Stadium
• Media Coverage of the partnership through Community Trust and Club social media, club matchday programme, video content and local news outlets for a combined reach of nearly 800,000 people
• 25 Free Tickets for Commhoist staff to attend a select Wigan Athletic fixture
• Made a genuine difference in the local community “We wanted to work with and support the community, and Wigan Athletic Community Trust was the perfect fit for our goals.”
Glynn Carlisle, Commhoist CEO
