Seasonal Greetings at all from LPF.

As we start the busy period in the football calendar, all at LPF wish you the very best for the festive period and New Year. We thought you’d enjoy the following story.

Christmas And Easter ‘BUDDY’ up at Sale Sharks for Match Buddies

It’s Christmas and Easter down at Sale Sharks! Well, actually it’s Sale Sharks season ticket holder Martin Christmas, pictured with Sharks flanker Mark Easter.

Mark Easter and Martin Christmas have come together to promote the new Canterbury Match Buddies initiative recently announced by Canterbury, the world’s most recognised rugby brand and official kit supplier to Sale Sharks and England rugby.

Canterbury Match Buddies is the pairing of disabled and non-disabled rugby supporters with a shared passion for the sport, coming together as matchday companions. The project is being launched in association with Level Playing Field and supported by Sale Sharks and Salford City Stadium. Match Buddies will be officially launched on January 26th at the Sale Sharks v Scarlets game at Salford City Stadium.

Founder Match Buddy Martin Christmas is already a season ticket holder at Sale Sharks; Martin was the first to answer the recruitment call to become a Match Buddy, responding as soon as he heard the announcement, and has undergone the required CRB checks to sign up for the project.

Anyone interested in becoming a Match Buddy at Sale Sharks, or requiring further information can contact Miranda Walker on 07891658783 or email Miranda@levelplayingfield.org.uk. For the full story see here.

All Match Buddies will be required to agree to a CRB check.

Level Playing Field and Football Conference vice president Lord Faulkner of Worcester awards Chester FC with £15,000 from the Football Conference Trust

Chester FC have been awarded £15,000 by The Football Conference Trust towards their new community wing. The club have been working with Vi-Ability (a football based social enterprise) to assist them with Community Development. The award was presented by the chair Bill King and vice chair Lord Faulkner of Worcester of the Football Conference at half time at their game on the 1st December against Worcester City to representatives from its community wing including to Inclusive Blues and LPF Development Administrator Rachel Nickless. For the full story please see here. 

New Fans Comments:

All fans comments have now been transferred to the new website. Below are some new ones.
Manchester City
Leicester City
Everton

To leave your own comment on a stadium you have visited go to our website www.levelplayingfield.org.uk and select the club/venues tab and click on the relevant club. If you require any assistance or would like some more information please contact us via info@levelplayingfield.org.uk or on 0845 230 623.

Roving Reports:

Kidderminster Harriers
Luton Town
Nuneaton Town

If you’d like to be a roving reporter please get in touch via info@levelplayingfield.org.uk or on 0845 230 623.

News in Brief:

FA England Disability Talent I.D Workshop in Manchester see here.

BBC Survey - Have attitudes to disability changed? See here.

Disability in the EU - a 'paradigm shift' see here. 

Look out for a 2012 review round up out early in January looking at the successes of the past year.

Thank you for your support through 2012 just to let you know the LPF office is closed from 24th December to 2nd January but if you leave an email or a voicemail we will do our best to get back to you during this period.

And finally, keep in touch

LPF takes your views very seriously and we can and will contact clubs and organisers to make sure that where there are problems, these can be resolved - where things have gone well, we'd also like to give the appropriate words of praise as well. Your views, more than any, are so important to us.

You can email us at info@levelplayingfield.org.uk telephone us on 01244 893 584 or 0845 230 6237, or write to us at the following address:
LPF, c/o CAFE, Regus House, Herons Way, Chester Business Park, Chester CH4 9QR.