How Liverpool Football Club is making a difference off the pitch

Liverpool Football Club have released an overview in numbers of the community work that took place over the 2017-18 season.

The numbers can be found in the embedded video the club have released below.

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For those who prefer text, here are the numbers provided by the club.

The numbers in full

• We continued to work closely with all 25 schools local to Anfield Stadium, to provide fantastic experiences for local kids
• We delivered 70 community sessions each week
• We filled 152,000 kid’s places at our community programmes across Merseyside
• 1,100 free Premier League match tickets were donated to local kids
• A further 845 local kids experienced a game in style and watched from an Executive Box, thanks to donations from LFC partners
• 840 local kids enjoyed our Champions League screenings at Anfield
• 1,768 meals were provided to local families thanks to match day foodbank donations
• 450 free Christmas lunches were served up for local pensioners
• 700 free breakfasts were provided to local people during the school holidays
• 680 local kids met first team players
• 330 local pensioners attended our monthly social events at Anfield
• 410 local people joined our walking football sessions
• 120 LFC staff volunteered in the local community
• And for the 6th year, we proudly supported Liverpool Pride

CEO of Liverpool Football Club, Peter Moore, said: “Fundamentally we’re a football club, we strive for success on the pitch but we certainly take our responsibilities off the pitch very seriously too. These numbers are a great reflection of the incredible work that is going on in our local communities thanks to the dedication of our LFC Foundation and Red Neighbours teams.

“Numbers are one way to sum up how these initiatives are growing season on season, but they don’t reflect the positive impact and the smiles they create every day – long may it continue!”

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