The SPFL Trust and BBC Radio Scotland have teamed up to launch a new series which will highlight the very best of community activity across Scotland’s football clubs. Host Kenny MacIntyre and his guests will hit the road to visit a range of different projects, meeting some of those benefitting from the amazing work of…
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Aberdeen FC are once again Kings of Europe this morning after the Dons picked up an award for the best corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme in Europe at the European Club Association Awards, last night in Geneva. The Dons secured the coveted title following review by an independent panel for Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust’s…
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A big congratulations to Big Hearts Community Trust whose Big Hearts Supporters Movement is in the running for a 2017 Scottish Charity Award! Their unique fans engagement initiative, and the first of its kinds for a charity in Scottish football, aims to facilitate supporters of Heart of Midlothian Football Club to become volunteers in their…
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Vacancy: Business Development Officer ( Projects ) Reporting to: SPFL Trust General Manager Salary: £21,000 ( pro rata ) Hours: 21 hrs per week Status: 1yr fixed term ( potential for continuation subject to funding ) Location: Glasgow based with potential for some UK wide and European travel Contract: 1yr fixed term ( potential for continuation subject to…
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Vacancy: Fundraiser ( Projects ) Reporting to: SPFL Trust General Manager Salary: £21,000 ( pro rata ) Hours: 21 hrs per week Status: Part Time Location: Glasgow based with UK wide travel* with some European working Contract: 1yr fixed term ( potential for continuation subject to funding ) Pension: 6% of basic salary paid into an agreeable pension scheme…
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Scottish Professional Football League Trust is helping 26 clubs become ‘festive friends’ to hundreds of socially isolated older people the length and breadth of the country. Almost 500 elderly people across Scotland will receive a Christmas to remember thanks to 26 Scottish football clubs and their charity arms, in a new ‘Festive Friends’ project being…
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Vacancy: Fundraiser ( Projects ) Reporting to: SPFL Trust General Manager Salary: £21,000 ( pro rata ) Hours: 21 hrs per week Status: Part Time Location: Glasgow based with UK wide travel* with some European working Contract: 1yr fixed term ( potential for continuation subject to funding ) Pension: 6% of basic salary paid into an agreeable pension scheme…
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Following the huge success of the short three-minute survey carried out by the SPFL Trust and the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH), a series of focus groups have been taking place at selected clubs across the country.
The SPFL Trust were winners at the prestigious 2016 Football Business awards ceremony at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium on Thursday night. They came out on top in the category for best non-matchday use of a stadium for their Football Fans in Training programme (FFIT), which involves a total of 33 clubs across the SPFL. The SPFL…
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RIGHT NOW, the SPFL Trust and clubs are working with Scotland’s mental health charity SAMH on a project about Scottish football supporters, particularly men. It shocks a lot of people, but suicide is actually the biggest killer of men under the age of 45. A recent Supporters Direct Scotland Scottish Football survey revealed that two-thirds…
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