Our website enables you to discover the broad and diverse range of provision offered by Reds in the Community under four key themes; Education, Health, Sports Participation & Social Inclusion.
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Reds in the Community is a registered charity delivering community and charitable activities on behalf of Barnsley Football Club. We use the power of football and Barnsley Football Club to engage and improve the lives of local people. Professional football clubs are at the hearts of their communities, not just geographically but more importantly emotionally. They have a unique connection and draw that enables them to reach further and wider than others. This provides a great opportunity and responsibility to make a difference.
Our Mission:
Using the power of football and Barnsley Football Club we aim to engage and improve the lives of local people through a range of activities and projects within four key themes – Education, Health, Social Inclusion and Sports Participation
Reds in the Community’s first year Shadow Scholars have been taking part in our National Citizen Service (NCS) programme this Summer, helping to raise vital funds for local Barnsley Hospital Charity NCS is the country’s fastest-growing youth movement, a rite of passage for all teenagers aged 15-17 to discover who they are and what they…
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A group of young people taking part in Reds in the Community’s National Citizen Service (NCS) organised a party in the park last week in aid of two charities. On Thursday, the teenagers organised and managed an event at Locke Park which included live music, tombolas, face painting and other activities. All of the funds…
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A group of teenagers currently taking part in Reds in the Community’s NCS (National Citizen Service) programme have been on a clean-up mission in Stairfoot, helping to improve the Trans Pennine Trail for all of its users. Working alongside the local council and Twiggs Ground Maintenance, the participants from Wave Four have enabled the trail…
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