WARRINGTON Town Football Club has unveiled a new community partnership with locally based United Utilities.
The new community partnership is aimed at increasing participation in sports, and in particular football within the wider Warrington community, with an emphasis on how sport can assist in the quest for an improved healthy lifestyle. 
As part of the partnership the club has appointed its first full time employee, community development officer James Standing, who has already helped forge links with the town’s many junior teams and local schools, who have all been benefiting from a new 3G training facility which opened at the club last year, thanks to a £50,000 grant from landfill waste charity WREN.
The partnership will also involve volunteers from the water company helping out on ground improvement schemes and various other projects aimed at encouraging young people to participate in healthy activities.
Club Chairman Gary Skentelbery said: “We would like to thank United Utilities for their fantastic support for our community club. Hopefully this will be another piece in the jigsaw on helping move the football club forward, providing a boost for the whole community.”
Steve Fraser, Managing Director at United Utilities, added: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Warrington Town FC to help accelerate and expand its community development work. Together, we hope to use sport as a means of tackling some of the more difficult social issues facing young people in Warrington, through encouraging healthy lifestyles and by providing mentoring and volunteering opportunities”.
Any schools or community groups who would like to engage with the football club or find out about making use of the club’s facilities including a brand new floodlit state of the art 3G pitch should contact James Standing on 07714571452 or email [email protected]
Pictures show Steve Fraser launching the new partnership with club chairman Gary Skentelbery and the club’s adopted mascot from Warrington Disability Partnership, Olie the Owl and (top) club officials and sponsors with the Mayor of Warrington Cllr Mike Biggin and deputy leader of the council Mike Hannon.
