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@Everton
's official award-winning charity. At the forefront of social intervention across Merseyside since 1988. ๐ฉ DM's open for crisis support only.
โ Just a local lad from Liverpool who cared deeply about his city - who went above and beyond to help tackle the social issues our region and its people faced.
We can't thank you enough for the work you did with
#EitC
, Tom. ๐
๐ Happy 103rd Birthday, Tom! ๐ฅณ
๐ Tom served with the Seventh Armoured Division of the British Army. He's now a member of Everton Veterans Hub & our oldest participant!
๐ We delivered a birthday cake and a box of birthday goodies for him to celebrate whilst self-isolating.
It's not everyday you turn 1โฃ0โฃ5โฃ. ๐
Our oldest participant, WW2 veteran Tom Beevers turned 105 today. ๐ฅณ
So we got the Everton-supporting great-great-Grandfather down to Goodison for a complimentary meal and a hero's reception. ๐
We are delighted to announce that The Duke of Cambridge,
@KensingtonRoyal
will be visiting Everton in the Community and its projects on Thursday 30 January as part of
@heads_together
's mental health campaign,
#HeadsUp
๐ฅ
๐ฌ โItโs rewarding for me - being from the City - I know the struggles people go through.โ
๐ Heart-warming
@anthonygordon
content to start your dayโฆ
Everton.
Created the first "in the community", engaging supporters on everything from mental health to education.
A club I never played for but still drops me a line to ask about MH initiatives.
So not surprised at all at their stance today.
Never change
@Everton
๐
โ For your commitment to helping tackle food poverty.
๐ For your endeavours to improving sustainability.
๐ For your endless commitment to our charity.
๐ For being a great bloke.
๐ Your
@Everton
@PFA
Community Champion for 2021/22 is Tom Davies!
๐ Two league titles.
๐ One European Cup Winnersโ Cup.
๐
#EitC
project support worker.
๐ Everton Giant.
Congrats on your latest achievement, Pat! ๐
๐ The ultimate role model
๐ซ The ultimate inspiration
๐ The ultimate professional
Leighton Baines, thank you for your ongoing dedication and support of our charity over the last 13 years.
๐ต | โThis is a club that gets itโฆ it changes peopleโs lives.โ
@HenryWinter
has praised Denise Barrett-Baxendale's life-changing 'energy and vision'.
More โก๏ธ
#EITC
#EFC
We are more than 11 players. We are more than one team. ๐
Our 2020/21 third kit from
@hummel1923
- brought to you by players from
@EITC
's 11 disability football teams. ๐
#MoreThanEleven
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ยฃ6,000 raised and counting for
#EitC
thanks to yesterday's win and
@Cazoo
's GOALS for GOOD initiative! ๐
Keep those goals coming, Blues. ๐๐
โฝ๏ธ GOALS for GOOD ๐
#EITC
๐ค
@CazooUK
For every
#PL
goal
@Everton
score home and away this season, our new shirt sponsor will donate ยฃ1,000 to Everton in the Community.
๐ Thank you so much for the support. ๐
๐๐ผ Fantastic gesture from
@Everton
Chairman Bill Kenwright who has rewarded all of our disability players with tickets for next weekโs Carabao Cup tie against Watford as a personal thank you for representing the Club and charity
๐๏ธ๐ต | We will be lighting up Goodison Park in blue this evening to say โHappy 70th Birthdayโ to the NHS and to recognise its special place in our lives.
Read more here ๐๐ผ
#LightUpBlue
#NHS70
๐ Everton in the Community is pleased to confirm that our proposed mental health facility, The People's Place has been awarded planning permission from
@lpoolcouncil
.
๐ THEYโVE DONE IT! ๐
2๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ Cyclists
2๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ Miles
The
#SpeedCycle
team have completed their journey, being welcomed at Goodison by Gary Speedโs parents - Carol and Roger - as well as Duncan Ferguson.
CONGRATULATIONS! ๐
Donate:
Our
#BlueFamily
campaign is here to help ensure that no child or family goes hungry.
If you're worried about financial burdens this half-term or have concerns about putting a meal on the table, our staff are here to help.
Make a referralโก๏ธ
Please RT โฌ๏ธ
๐ | Good luck and good night to the hundreds of Evertonians, the
#EFCU23
squad and backroom staff taking part in the 2018 Goodison Sleepout!
Thank you for your fundraising support for
#EITC
- see you in the morning!
๐ Weโve done it again at the
@NWFAwards
!
๐ Community Club of the Year, Premier League.
๐ Community Initiative of the Year.
Another night being immensely proud of Everton in the Community.๐ฅบ๐
#NWFA2023
๐ We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our former wheelchair footballers, Jordan Duke at the age of 23.
Jordan was an inspiration to so many with his enthusiasm for the game and his determination to overcome the challenges that faced him.
National average: 7๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ% of young offenders re-offend within 12 months of release.
Our record: 2๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ+ youngsters helped so far...
7๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ% did NOT re-offend.
๐
๐ | This week, we'll be shining a light on our award-winning early intervention work.
Today we look at our Safe Hands programme, which supports young offenders gain qualifications and re-integrate back into society.
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๐ค We are delighted to announce that
#EITC
and
@stevemorganfdn
will work together on a ยฃ4milion project to deliver early intervention programmes in Speke-Garston.
๐ The project will tackle the barriers facing young people in attaining a good education and subsequent employment.
๐ฅ 71,550 youngsters
๐ซ 566 schools
Our coaches were more than happy to lend support to the 'Let Our Girls Succeed' programme in Nairobi today.
#EitC
#EvertonInKenya
๐ฐ๐ช:
Tomorrow, 18 brave participants from Everton in the Community's military veterans programme are gearing up to take on the ultimate obstacle course,
@BornSurvivorUK
.โ
And who better to prepare our participants for the optimal test of mental and physical ability than boxing WBCโฆ
๐ ๐
November 2016:
#EFCU23
pledge to raise funds to buy and run a house for vulnerable young adults.
July 2018: ยฃ244,000 raised, house purchased and officially ready.
Full story ๐๐ผ
๐๐ป | Thank you to all those who slept out at Goodison on Friday evening.
To date you have raised ยฃ26,783!
These funds will be used to sustain our 'Home Is Where The Heart Is' campaign which is providing support to young people on the cusp of homelessness.
#YouMadeItHappen
.
@Everton
Manager Marco Silva is a surprise guest at tonightโs
#EITC
Disability Awards and is on stage presenting individual medals to each player from our 10 disability teams
Everton in the Community is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our oldest participant, WWII Veteran, Tom Beevers at the age of 105.
Our participant, our friend, our hero. We'll you miss you, Tom. ๐
Our participants ๐ Our players ๐ Our people ๐
Thank you, Tom and Ryan for sharing their story and embodying what our
#BlueFamily
campaign is all about. ๐
All together now... for
#WorldDownSyndromeDay
Over the last few weeks, our disability team have been getting participants to sign the famous Blues anthem in celebration of
#WDSD22
.
... And we just had to share it with you all. ๐๐
๐ | Big Dunc is supporting the group of Blues preparing for a 230-mile cycle in memory of Gary Speed.
#SpeedCycle
They aim to raise ยฃ65,000 for our new mental health facility.
Donate โก๏ธ
Full ๐ฅ:
๐ | Thanks to
@JPickford1
and
@richarlison97
for taking part in a blind football disability awareness session with
#EITC
participants this week.
Watch โก๏ธ
๐ | When eight-year-old Alfie lost his dad in 2017 after suffering mental health issues, he wrote to
@Everton
wanting to help others.
Now, with the help of
#EITC
,
@michaelkeane04
and
@theowalcott
, Alfie has launched 'Alfie's Squad'...
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๐
@Everton
's game against
@nufc
on Saturday will be dedicated to marking the 33rd Anniversary of Everton in the Community, and over the last 12 months, our work has never been more important. ๐
๐ฅ Five years ago, we outlined our vision to build a purpose-built mental health and wellbeing hub in L4.
๐ Yesterday we made that vision a reality.
This is The People's Place...
๐ฅ| Delighted to win โCommunity Initiative of the Yearโ Award in recognition of our โHome Is Where The Heart Isโ campaign at tonightโs
#NWFA2018
ยฃ 1๏ธโฃ, 1๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ raised by
@speedomick
at theย last two home games against Watford and Tottenham Hotspur for
#EitC
's community programmes.
One of a kind,
@speedomick
๐๐
Thank you for your time and commitment to raising funds for our
#PeoplesPlace
mental health facility,
@aftgomes
.
And thank you to everyone who attended for your donations in lieu of a hug from Andrรฉ! ๐
Special and unforgettable day at Goodison with the 1st
#HugAThon
. Very pleased and thankful for the love we shared ๐ค
@EITC
it was an honor ๐๐ปfor your Dedication helping so many people to have a better life๐
Everyone at Everton in the Community is saddened to hear of the passing of former Trustee Charles Mills.
A devoted Evertonian and family man, Charles devoted his career to special education and served as a Trustee for our charity from 2018โ 2022 and was also a co-founder ofโฆ
๐ | Introducing
#BlueFamily
, an
#EITC
and
#EFC
campaign to combat isolation and support society's most vulnerable in the wake of the current coronavirus โฏpandemic.
And you can help us help those in need at this difficult time...
๐ฃ | A brave, candid chat with former
#EFC
striker Marcus Bent, who discusses the time "his world came crashing down", piecing together his post-playing life and a determination to help others.
Our work to tackle mental health issues continues. ๐
@EITC
#HeadsUp
@premierleague
โช In 2008,
#EITC
became the first Premier League Club to address mental health with a targeted programme.
๐ Tomorrow, the charity's mental health provision reaches a landmark moment as The People's Place, our purpose-built mental health and wellbeing hub officially opens...
20 years of ๐ผ๐๐ฟ disability programme. ๐๐ฅณ
20 years of breaking barriers.
20 years of challenging stigmas.
20 years of providing opportunities.
20 years of empowering individuals.
โช๐ As told by the people - at the start - and at the heart of the programme. ๐
The hug-a-thon raised over ยฃ2,000 for The Peopleโs Place campaign, meaning we've reached ยฃ100,000 of our overall one-million-pound fundraising target to develop and build a purpose-built mental health facility in Liverpool 4 offering help and support to anyone in need. ๐
๐ค | Andrรฉ Gomes + 200 fans =
@EITC
Hug-a-thon!
A fantastic fundraising night for our People's Place campaign. Now share the love, give a hug and nominate someone to pass it on!
#Hugathon
๐ต Everton ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐ EitC ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐ค Best of luck to teenage snooker prodigy, Sean Maddocks who is embarking on this month's
#ChampionshipLeagueSnooker
competition with the charity's logo on his waistcoat.
๐ True Blue in every sense of the word.
๐ | We're incredibly proud of our Disability Manager, Steve Johnson, who has received a
#PointsOfLight
award from the Prime Minister for his work in promoting amputee football.
Congratulations, Steve! ๐
More ๐
#EITC
๐ง | We have now raised ยฃ400,000 towards our ยฃ1million target to build a permanent mental health facility adjacent to Goodison Park.
#WMHD2019
Please donate if you can:
๐ฅณ |
#EVECRY
is our designated birthday fixture as we turn 3๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ!
To celebrate, we held our annual
#EitC
Showcase at USM Finch Farm. We'll now hand you over to your presenter,
@CalvertLewin14
... ๐ค
Thank you
@DrAlexGeorge
for giving us the opportunity to talk to you about our mental health programmes and our plans for our purpose built mental health facility, The Peopleโs Place.
๐ | We will be celebrating our 31st birthday at the
@Everton
v Wolves game at Goodison on Saturday!
If you can, please donate to the bucket collectors around the stadium from 1pm. All proceeds go to our
#PeoplesPlace
campaign. ๐
๐ต | Great to have Leighton Baines, Tom Davies and
@BBCMOTD
with us last week to take part in our Stand Together and Active Blues programmes!
#EiTC
@PLCommunities
๐๐ You Bฬดlฬดuฬดeฬดsฬด Greens!
@Everton
will wear the green third-kit for the first time this weekend since it was launched by our disability players.
Ahead of the game,
#EITC
Disability Manager Steve Johnson &
@hummel1923
's Chief Brand Officer Filip Trulsson caught up via Zoom.
๐
@Everton
's official catering partner
@SodexoUK_IRE
has donated produce originally intended for tonight's game to North Liverpool Foodbank.
๐ The donation was distributed by our neighbourhood team,
@efc_bluemile
across Walton, Anfield, Everton and Kirkdale this morning.
๐จ Another closer look at last night's matchday portraits created by Year four schoolchildren from
@Linacreprimary
๐
๐ฅ The activity has been raising awareness of positive mental health among young people through
#EitC
's &
@edgehill
's
@TacklingBlues
.
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The journey. ๐ดโโ๏ธ
The team. ๐
The goal. ๐
A truly inspirational story of 22 riders and a 230-mile route in memory of Gary Speed and to raise funds for our new mental health facility, The People's Place.
#SpeedCycle
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