Tottenham Hotspur Foundation has secured a substantial grant over a three-year period from a new partnership between BT Sport’s The Supporters Club and the Premier League, which will see The Supporters Club match-fund club projects with the Premier League. The new grant will enable Tottenham Hotspur Foundation to launch a comprehensive programme for looked-after children and care leavers, called, To Care Is To Do. Supporting the announcement made at Bruce Grove Youth Centre in North London was legendary former Tottenham Hotspur captain and current Ambassador, Ledley King, alongside former Spurs team-mate David Ginola, now a BT Sport football analyst.
To Care Is To Do, designed to engage and inspire looked-after children and care leavers within the local community, will see Tottenham Hotspur Foundation provide a range of support services to help improve educational attainment, increase employability, develop life skills and promote healthy and active lifestyles to all ages.
To Care Is To Do is part of Tottenham Hotspur’s on-going commitment to delivering initiatives that help overcome issues facing children in care, and will be delivered in partnership with Haringey Council’s Virtual School.
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, the charitable arm of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, has a proven track record of working with looked after children and care leavers through its existing projects. The new funding will enable Tottenham Hotspur Foundation to support and guide participants on to education and employment pathways. This will include one-to-one mentoring, life-skills workshops and study assistance, work experience opportunities, and pre and post-employment support.
The Supporters Club and the Premier League are forming a partnership that aims to provide funding to strong, innovative, social change programmes focussed on improving the lives of young people.
The Supporters Club is BT Sport’s charitable initiative that aims to create a better future for young people facing tough challenges, raising money for UK and International projects that change young lives. Funds are raised thanks to BT Sport customers choosing to add an additional £1, £3 or £5 to their monthly BT bill as a donation.
The Supporters Club recently revealed that £2.5 million has been raised from BT Sport customers and BT in its first year. This has so far been used to fund 18 sport-inspired community projects – ten in the UK and eight overseas, with over 82,000 people now signed up to the initiative.
