Port Vale FC on shortlist for Football League community club of the year
Port Vale are one of six teams to be shortlisted for the Football League community club of the year award.
The award will be announced at the annual Football League awards ceremony which will take place on the 29th April and which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Football from 7.30pm.
The shortlist is comprised of the six regional community clubs of the year who were chosen for the outstanding impact they continue to have in changing people’s lives for the better across a wide range of areas including: physical and mental wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, employability and tackling loneliness.
Port Vale have already won the Midlands category with the judges saying of Port Vale that:
Port Vale’s Foundation and their response to the pandemic caught the judge’s attention due to its authenticity and their impressive ability to mobilise their community. An unbelievable 300,000 meals were delivered by the Club reducing the serious impact of recent times for those in need. Their ability to provide such widespread support alongside maintaining projects that focus closely on smaller diverse groups of individuals, such as their sport and dance youth club, was applauded by the panel of judges.
The complete shortlist for the overall award is as follows:
2021 Your Move Community Clubs of the Year:
- North East & Yorkshire – Sunderland AFC
- North West – Blackburn Rovers
- Midlands – Port Vale
- London – Watford
- South East & East – Portsmouth
- South West & Wales – Bristol Rovers
About the Port Vale Foundation Trust
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