United for Childhood
21 November 2007
Manchester United and The Children's Society marked the launch of an exclusive national three-year partnership this week, by taking children and young people to meet the first team players at their Carrington training ground.
To celebrate the launch of the partnership, 24 Children and young people from Lancashire Children's Rights in Preston, Safe in the City in Manchester, St Christopher's in Solihull and Unity in Partington got meet their heroes and watch them training including Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney.
The Children's Society has been selected by Manchester United as one of two national partners alongside four local charities. The six charities are the Club's preferred charity partners on an exclusive basis in the UK.(1)
David Gill, Chief Executive of Manchester United explained: "Our new partnerships will enable us to work with our chosen charities to raise a significant amount of money throughout the three-year period and support a number of important projects. We are extremely proud of these partnerships and the young people who will be supported."
Bob Reitemeier, Chief Executive, said: "We are delighted at this fantastic opportunity to work with Manchester United to showcase and highlight the work of The Children's Society and The Good Childhood Inquiry. We're delighted to have been awarded this premier partnership."
As part of their commitment to ensuring a good childhood for all children, Manchester United are supporting The Children's Society's Good Childhood Inquiry. Manchester United is currently inviting fans and supporters to submit their favourite childhood memory to The Children's Society's Hundreds and Thousands campaign. The charity wants to learn about people's best childhood experiences so that children today can benefit from them. The memories will be submitted to the Inquiry to help make childhood better in the UK.(2)