Fulham FC Foundation Supports Our Local Community
Checking in on older supporters and offering online competitions and fitness challenges
They include Stay Home Stay Fulham Fit, with a series of challenges to try at home, plus fun competitions and quizzes.
They also include Checking In, with staff phoning a range of supporters including the elderly to check up on their wellbeing.
The Foundation - the club's community charity says it is focusing on the following priorities:
• Encourage physical and mental wellbeing
• Ease the burden of social distancing/social isolation for the most vulnerable, namely those living with disabilities and the elderly
• Support families in providing ongoing learning opportunities for children at home
Checking In has meant that over the past two weeks, 650 phone calls have been made by staff to Season Ticket Holders aged over-70, and those registered with the Club as having accessibility needs.
Staff from the Club’s Communications, Supporter Relations, Ticket Office, Academy, Player Care, Squad Management, Legal and Safeguarding departments have been making these calls. Staff have been able to provide information on resources available and will stay in regular contact with any supporter who wants to keep in touch.
Foundation Coaches and Administrative staff have been calling participants from the club's Walking Football, Fulham Fit and Fulham Memories programmes, and have also been working with South Fulham Primary Care Network to make befriending calls to elderly locals.
120 calls have been made by the Foundation staff and they continue to be in regular contact with 50 participants and elderly locals. The Foundation have also been working with their partners, Enable Culture and Leisure (Wandsworth) and Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham, to reach out to Fulham Memories participants in those areas. Several coaches have also volunteered for Alton Supported Housing Association and delivered food packages to those in need.
Fulham FC says these calls have focused on supporters registered as living in areas of Greater London within the catchment zone of the Club and Foundation, so we can signpost supporters to local resources if necessary.
The Club will be expanding its calls to Season Ticket Holders in these groups who live outside of Greater London in the coming days.
Fulham FC Foundation CEO Mike McSweeney said: “More than 20 members of staff between the Club and Foundation have been busy making important and impactful phone calls to those members of the Fulham family who are most in need. It’s so important we stay connected and give each other encouragement at this time. I would encourage everyone to make that call to someone who might need it.”
If you know any supporter who you feel would appreciate a call from the Club during this time please email enquiries@fulhamfc.com.
The Stay Home, Stay Fulham Fit programme is offering a series of online fun fitness challenges for people of all ages to try at home. They include a Sock Slalom, Toe Tap and Invisible Chair Challenges, Football and Plank Circuits and Chair Workouts for older folk.
Invisible chair challenge
Fans can also take part in the Fulham Memories Quiz and join in the virtual Fulham Flutter in lieu of the matchday draw. This will take place on days when home games would have taken place, under normal circumstances, with tickets priced £2 and proceeds going towards coronavirus relief efforts in the local community.
Find out more about all of these and join in the fun here.
April 16, 2020