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EFL Community Project of the Season - 2024

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10 hours ago, Alan Vit said:

Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere on OVF, but it is worthy of note.

Very well done to Carol and to everyone at the club who has made this a reality.

EFL Community Project of the Season - 2024

In League One, Port Vale is recognised for the Club’s Community Cupboard and Lounge initiative, which has supported over 6,000 people in the last 12 months with cost-of-living challenges.
 

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Sorry mate,  past caring about this. Was proud of it at one stage,  embarrassing now. Port vale FOOTBALL CLUB 

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11 hours ago, Alan Vit said:

It's not an either / or choice.

It's possible for us to be a good citizen for the local community AND to achieve success on the field - as Vale demonstrated in the promotion season.

The fact that the football has gone badly this season doesn't take away from the worth of this community achievement.

Port Vale is a lot more than just a football club.

Port Vale is primarily a football club for the community . Everything football related should come first . The achievement is to be applauded , no doubt about that, but it should not be so much of a distraction that it takes away from the real serious issue. Results on the pitch. 

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I won’t be feigning praise for individuals at the club over this. To be fair if awards like this are a person’s priorities then maybe they should be running a charity or social enterprise, not a football club. It’s good work for sure, but not the most appropriate or effective approach. 
 

There are countless organisations to choose from for these particular endeavours and it would be more fitting and impactful to raise awareness for those causes and support them which they are set up for, not to compete against.
 

This is really a case of caring more about feeling good than doing good IMO. Let’s actually focus on getting our priorities in order on the pitch. It’s what PVFC is for. 
 

My suggestion would be, if championing causes because you care about them and not the awards, then the appropriate thing would be partnerships and sponsorships with food banks and local or even national charities. Donate a matchday shirt sponsorship, or matchday sponsor.
 

Why the need to go for these things for the plaudits? The club shouldn’t be trying to do the work others are already doing. We’re supposed to be a football club. 

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Organisations don’t do this for nothing they’re handsomely rewarded financially by the government and local councils. Supermarkets off load goods because they’re going out of date and it means that they then don’t have to pay the cost of disposing of the food. I’m not sure if they also have an obligation to do this for tax reasons. 
I have no problem with the supermarkets doing this, as my biggest frustration is seeing food going to waste. I don’t believe that anyone should have to go hungry, but we’re all responsible for our ourselves. 
As a football club we are a rudderless ship, with no one at the helm, to guide us. 

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28 minutes ago, Playa Amodores said:

Organisations don’t do this for nothing they’re handsomely rewarded financially by the government and local councils. Supermarkets off load goods because they’re going out of date and it means that they then don’t have to pay the cost of disposing of the food. I’m not sure if they also have an obligation to do this for tax reasons. 
I have no problem with the supermarkets doing this, as my biggest frustration is seeing food going to waste. I don’t believe that anyone should have to go hungry, but we’re all responsible for our ourselves. 
As a football club we are a rudderless ship, with no one at the helm, to guide us. 

We aren’t rudderless. We have got Carol at the helm, guiding us into league 2. 

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7 hours ago, NW9Valiant said:

 

 

Why the need to go for these things for the plaudits? The club shouldn’t be trying to do the work others are already doing. We’re supposed to be a football club. 

Carol wants a Damehood and given the quality of the football team she has overseen it won’t be for services to football. 

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21 hours ago, Alan Vit said:

It's not an either / or choice.

It's possible for us to be a good citizen for the local community AND to achieve success on the field - as Vale demonstrated in the promotion season.

The fact that the football has gone badly this season doesn't take away from the worth of this community achievement.

Port Vale is a lot more than just a football club.

Port vale is a football club. That’s exactly what we are. I couldn’t care less about this. 

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7 minutes ago, valiant_593 said:

Port vale is a football club. That’s exactly what we are. I couldn’t care less about this. 

But football at our level depends on charity, match receipts are insufficient. At present we rely on the owners putting money in, and they are not likely to get it back. Other charity work is carried out at the ground (funded partially  by the state and local sources). The owners did charity work before buying the Vale, it was not likely they would stop. 

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13 hours ago, Houston Valiant said:

Port Vale is primarily a football club for the community . Everything football related should come first . The achievement is to be applauded , no doubt about that, but it should not be so much of a distraction that it takes away from the real serious issue. Results on the pitch. 

Houston, yes, I fully agree and haven't said otherwise.

Just pointing out that the club this season does have some bright spots, of which this is one.

As an antidote to the unthinking blanket condemnation of everything at the club in which some posters (not you) indulge themselves.

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2 hours ago, Fosse69 said:

But football at our level depends on charity, match receipts are insufficient. At present we rely on the owners putting money in, and they are not likely to get it back. Other charity work is carried out at the ground (funded partially  by the state and local sources). The owners did charity work before buying the Vale, it was not likely they would stop. 

Port vale is a football club not a charity. 

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1 hour ago, valiant_593 said:

Port vale is a football club not a charity. 

Unless you're:

Portsmouth

Derby County

Bolton

Peterborough

Barnsley

Oxford Utd

Lincoln City

Leyton Orient

Northampton Town

Wycombe

Exeter City

Bristol Rovers

Reading

Shrewsbury

Burton

Cheltenham

Fleetwood

Carlisle

Middlesborough 

Wrexham

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