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The PCR Sports Show - Friday 17th March 2023 - The Peterborough United Football Club Foundation special with Chief Executive Gill Wignall · The PCR Sports Show

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Welcome to PCR school. Good evening.
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Welcome to PCR Sports here on PC rfm for the start of your
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sporting weekend. It's great that you can join us
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on this Friday evening. We're here every Friday between
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six and seven Discussing the local sporting highlights and
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low lights that have occurred during the past seven days.
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Our Guest on the show tonight is Jill wignall chief executive at
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the Peterborough United foundation.
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And we'll be chatting to her after the headlines and catching
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up on the great work. The foundation does not just in
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our city but the local community and the impact that they are
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having amongst the Youth of our city here in that we live in.
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But first dip em, let's cover off the headlines.
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That Canada should good evening. Peter Berg.
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These are your headlines from this week in the local area,
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starting with football Patriot. It had a week with extremes as
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they fell to a three note, if Rita home to shout until last
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Saturday, only to follow this up with a fine 52 away, win at
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Burton Albion on Tuesday, evening, Johnson, Clark Harris,
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maintain his goal scoring rate this season with a brace of
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goals while Efrain Mason Clark house and Burrows, and Joe
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Ward's called the others. The Posh travel to Lincoln City
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in their next match tomorrow, Peter Sports and droids.
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Um good reward on there too, long way.
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Journeys this week with a straw and a win.
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It could have easily been to wins.
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The turbines has for the turbines as a three and a half
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time. L spending more was wiped out in
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the second half of the match to end all square, root 3/3 player
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manager. Michael gasps, Jordan Nicholson
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and Dan Jarvis, were the players on Target in that game towards
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midweek away? Game at third place Chester on
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Tuesday, evening, resulted in a fine, 1-0 Victory Kirstie,
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Kirstie, courtesy of a Josh, mcelveen penalty, the city.
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I'd entertain lemon at the be Arena tomorrow for their next
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League match. Peter United ladies returned to
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a winning wait at last Sunday with a thumping. 6 near win over
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when Town ladies at the Abbey Lon Captain KO Perkins score
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twice. Whilst just Driscoll EV dress
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called King. Rachel Lawrence and Rosie accent
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scored the others. The Posh woman travel to
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Northampton town this Sunday for a derby game in their next
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League match, ice hockey, it was a four-point weekend for the
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Peterborough Phantoms of they beat Rivals, Milton Keynes,
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lightning 54. And Saturday and Bristol
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pitbulls 53 and planet is on Sunday.
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This weekend sees the Phantom's play three times with the
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national Cup game. Against Lee's nights this
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evening, followed by a trip to Raiders tomorrow for a League
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match and the weekend concludes back.
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A planet is on Sunday against Sheffield steel dogs.
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Also in the league rugby, both our city side with defeated last
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weekend as Peterborough. Our UFC fell to a 2112 defeat at
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lot of worth and Peeta are Peter Alliance went down 4824 at
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Leighton Buzzard in. Was their final match of the
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season. This weekend sees our UFC travel
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to only in their penultimate fixture.
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In Speedway Peterborough fans at Panda starting.
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Let me excuse me. Peter Speedway Peterborough
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Panthers start their Premiership season on Thursday with a visit
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to Ipswich the revamp side who will now we're change colors of
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purple and white to contain refresh.
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Could that contain refresh riding Squad will hope to put a
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disastrous last season behind them as they hope to email, you
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admit emulate, I can get my words out this evening.
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Apologies to Hope. To email, emulate the title win
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from two seasons ago. Hockey this week's Roundup comes
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courtesy of Michael green and Dave.
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Simpson of the city of Peterborough, Hockey, Club, the
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weekend games ended with a men's first entertaining, the home
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crowd against a tough bad for Side by winning 4-3, early on
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Sunday. The ladies to come to Earth left
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to succumb, to lift, brought down by three goals, to nil in
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the cup. It was a busy day for them, as
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they were also competing in the league away at st.
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Albans. At the same time, which also
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ended in defeat, but by two goals to Saturday also had a mix
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of results with the men's first putting in a disappointing
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performance in their relegation fight by going down five notes,
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long shots and S the men's First lost the tough encounter at the
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gate to Kettering to nil while the men s Travel Chelmsford and
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were beaten 7 Neil. The men's fourth travel to
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Cambridge to play City force, and share the spoils in a
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thrilling 3-3, draw, the men's 6 managed to pick up all three
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points with a 2-1 win after traveling to play sent me.
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It s the ladies seconds on a night game was called off due to
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the weather. As was the men's sevenths 10 am
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home game against home Gabe on Saturday along with the ladies
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Force match the team of the week goes to the ladies Thursday, due
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to an impressive 5-nil win over long, Sutton this weekend, sees
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the ladies Force, playing a doubleheader at home on Saturday
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and Sunday other home games on Saturday include the lady s, the
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men s and immense force and the men's first are away at top of
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the table, broxbourne on Saturday evening in athletics,
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yaxley Runner. Finished second in the winter
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frost bite League after its conclusion at hunting and last
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weekend Peterborough and name Valley finish 4th March,
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finished 5th and Washington took Ninth Place.
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It's the fifth year running the yak see of ended up top as top
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local Club in this league. There was more good news for you
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axius remember, rasul without it, wore an international vest
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for the first time, while competing in the Cheshire 10K,
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she completed the race in a time of 42 minutes and 49 seconds.
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Meanwhile pan vax Max. Hold one the over 35 in.
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Door. Pentathlon pentathlon at Lee
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Valley with three thousand two hundred and fifty six points in
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swimming, Cameron Baker of the city of Peterborough.
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Swimming club took first place in the two national events at
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the National Arena swimming League.
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Be final last weekend he won the 50.
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Mm butterfly and the 50 meters breaststroke races in the 11th
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and under category the City Club picked up.
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Another first place when Vanessa Simmons over Josh Zachary Rufus
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Bennett and Olivia one a relay event the club.
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The they finished eighth overall in against a lot of top ranked
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clubs around the country. And finally, in Bowling the
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north hands, bowling Federation County, Indoor finals, for
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men's, and women's are due to take place in the city.
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This Sunday. The Peter Berner District Club
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will be hosting the event which starts at 10 a.m. and those are
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your sporting headlines back to knit, a brilliant to Pam.
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Thank you very much. Lots going on there as well.
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Yeah, if I could get the words out, I think the Highlight there
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is obviously the the two wins for For for Phantoms in the ice
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hockey, which keeps me strong towards the top of the table,
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three games this weekend. And obviously, exciting times at
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Speedway, Peter of panthers get underway on Thursday night, lips
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which under new sponsorship. Almost a totally revamp Squad as
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well. So we'll be interested, see how
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they get on and I, we've got representative from Speedway on
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the yeah. We've got Kyle Johnson on from
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the speedway next Friday, so for all you Speedway, fans out
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there. This evening, Kyle Johnson will
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be joining us in the studio. Next Friday to give us the
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lowdown on the upcoming season. To shout out for the Phantom's.
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Again, this evening, they've got leads night in the first leg of
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the National League Cup, so it's want to wish them all the best
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and what is bound to be a very tough encounter against Leeds
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night to a top of the league. But yeah, we do wish them all
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the best and look forward to catching up with Tom Lee from
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The Phantom's them later on in the season as well.
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Right. That's 6:15 already on this
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Friday evening, which going to take a short break and we'll be
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back with Jill from the Peterborough, United foundation
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And I'll guess this evening is Jill.
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Wignall chief executive at the Peterborough.
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United Foundation, Jill, welcome to the show.
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Relax and a little bit nervous. But yeah.
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Tell us about the Peachtree 90 foundation and who they are and
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what they do. Okay, good evening.
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Thank you for having me on and the foundation was formed in
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2009 and we are the charitable arm of the football club.
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We are out in the community, trying to do good work, whether
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that be football-related yoga Health well-being.
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But we have no funding from the football club.
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So we're always looking for a sponsor Is and support generally
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and actually compare the market or one of our big sponsors
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fantastic for us to be able to get out meet more new people.
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We have lots of free sessions for young people.
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Our aim is to be all inclusive, so whether that be disabilities
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or inclusive, encouraging, more girls football.
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And we work with all age groups. Now varying from 8 to 103 really
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and And what's your role as I suppose chief executive said off
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air that you're sort of behind the scenes and then you know all
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the coaches and staff to all the great work.
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But how do you sort of knit that together and gel that all
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together? Okay, so for me, it's just
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making sure that we're working with the right people, we are
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meeting our charitable aims, obviously, overseeing the
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finance and just making sure that we are making enough
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contact. I liaise with Premier Li
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charitable fund, who provide funding For various projects and
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you just pulling that all together in the background and
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meeting new people, Jen Alaska, health, and well-being manager
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is also out there making lots of contacts and working within your
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chest. Now, and she's lucky she's to it
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tonight, doesn't she? Yeah I'm sure we'll catch up
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with her at some point as well and get her on.
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So there's sort of three functions of the foundation.
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So to speak, is how I understand it to an elaborate on some of
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the In the scholarship and then the work women and girls section
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then from there. Okay?
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So the scholarship is, was set up eight years ago and we have a
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partnership with named Park Academy, and it's a project
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aimed at sixth form. Students, who may be coming
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disengaged with school? So they have the training with
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the foundation. I'll coaches are training them
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during the week, they have it built into their timetable and
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their education is provided by the school.
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Obviously we're on the same site and then on Wednesdays, they
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play matches with other AFL clubs.
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We have two boys teams in a girls team and you know, great
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way to keep young people engaged in education but actually having
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that football element as well and the educational side is just
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as important. I guess as the football side and
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that's what you try to get across, to those children that
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are taking part. Yeah.
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Totally, you know, and actually if their attendance is poor at
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school, Or if they get behind with work you know they have to
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miss training or matches to make sure that they keep on top of
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everything and it does just encourage them to come out with
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a good education but have enjoyed their football at the
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same time. I guess we know football and the
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numbers of children that take part in the game suddenly not
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everybody's going to make it to a professional level and play
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for the club of that their choice.
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So that educational side is just as important and That pathway to
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prop still working sport or football in in their adult life.
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Yeah. And that's something we do.
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As part of that, we talk to them about careers in football, about
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scholarships in America, just opportunities that are available
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to them for when they finish their 64.
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Did I do you get many children, who Dubuque obviously come
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through the foundation, then go on to have a crew in football
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and whatever Club. I mean, obviously P 390.
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There's a club will be scouting. The local are anyway for, for
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the, for their sort of professional level teams, but
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But is there a chance that, you know, one slips to the net?
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And then they come through the foundation and they discover
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that way. Yeah, yeah.
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Occasionally you know, we have Elite sessions on a Friday night
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that are run by Bruno Porfirio and he works closely with the
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Academy's. So if there's boys who are with
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us that they think could potentially be Academy standard
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and then they'll go in for trials with the academy and and
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you know, some have been successful.
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Yeah, that's really encouraging to hear that is definitely
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because it just shows that pathway that is Are as well.
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You know, there's no pressure, I guess within scholarship
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initially, but if they've got that ability and they're doing
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well educationally as well, they've got the opportunity to
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move on to the academy from there.
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Absolutely. I mean, what everything we do is
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about participation. So, being open to everybody
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coming along enjoying it. And you know, yet, if there's
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somebody that has got that Talent then, you know, our
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coaches will pick that up and referring them to the academy.
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It's rare, you know, it's not an everyday occurrence, but Some of
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the boys on the scholarship, do get the opportunity to train
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with youth team, which is fantastic.
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And get specially the goalkeepers that to go and do
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that training and it's very aspirational as well, isn't it
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as well as to the levels they could reach or just that having
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that discipline as you are saying as well from an
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educational perspective totally and and Bruno would give them
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bit guidance about if they're playing men's football in
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non-league and what sort of level they should be looking at
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and and just giving them that support.
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Gates that all-round caring about them as people.
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How many years have you been at the foundation?
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Now Joe I joined originally in 2012 with the football club as
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volunteer and then came in full-time employment in 2017,
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okay? And so you've certainly seen it
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develop, then over the years and been an integral part of that
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with the coaches and the the network of support you've got
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within the foundation and definitely, it's a fantastic
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place to work. It's great being involved with
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football club, that that Linked with them is fantastic and they
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give us so much support, you know, feel adlam, obviously
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giving us access to footballers. You know, we have football has
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come to our holiday camps so it's that power of the badge and
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what we build within the community really.
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And that's what you looking to grow.
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I guess your footprint within the community to make sure that
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you're accessing as many children and young adults as
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possible to help them on their their career paths and
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development. Yeah definitely.
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So as I said to you I've got the Premier League, charitable fund,
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funded free sessions there. So there on Tuesday to Friday
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and young people can just turn up and play, they're all on our
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website. And, and the idea is for those,
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they're free, turn up, enjoy it, they'll be coaches, they're
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qualified coaches, they'll give them guidance, but it's just
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meant to be enjoyable. Yeah, fun fun times.
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He has children as well and, you know, keep him fit and healthy.
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Yeah, the website for a note is the Posh foundation.com where
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you can find out more about what Jill's talking about this
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evening so far, and all the opportunities that are available
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to you, perhaps as a coach as well.
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Because you're always looking for coaches as well.
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We are always looking for coaches there seems to be a lot.
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Yes, definitely. And we take all sorts so it can
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be. You might want to come in as a
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volunteer and see what it looks like.
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We do part-time coaches, it could be an hour a week, even
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we. Ten time only coaches.
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So there's lots of opportunities for males females, you know,
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wherever you are in your journey and and we support them getting
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those qualifications and going through their own development.
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And in terms of when the foundation was formed itself, is
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it something that other clubs do as well?
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Is it well known that other Football League clubs have
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foundations as part of the community based activities?
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Yeah, every football club will have a foundation and I will do
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an amazing work in their, in their areas.
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Obviously Premier League clubs have got much bigger foundations
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and much faster from these foundations, but we're all doing
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very similar projects. As I say, is just the scale that
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they will be on. Ya might sound like a strange
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question, but you actually like football.
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How did you get into football as well?
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Yes, I do actually like football.
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My mom used to work on a Saturday.
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My dad had two young children to look after.
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So what did he do? But it them to football matches.
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Okay? So I grew up with that.
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Yeah. Then met my husband who just
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played in non-league local football and it's just been a
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big part of my life ever since. Yeah, who did you go and see?
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Was it sort of Saturday afternoon football or was it
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League football with my dad? It was League football took me
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to chillingham Castle down in Kent, okay?
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So that was my sort of Journey and I don't think the Stadium's
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changed an awful lot of times over the years, I can assure
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you. It's probably Yeah, it probably
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hasn't to be honest. But yeah.
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Okay. Do you still follow their
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results and they've picked up? Haven't they still do?
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Look, you just can't have it in my family.
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All still live that way and I moved here when I met my
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husband, obviously support Posh. Now, it's a here and you know,
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that's also fantastic with based on the training ground.
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You get over your being impressed by footballers being
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around you because it's just part of your everyday life.
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But, you know, it's good being in the same area as them and
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having that access for using them in the Holland nursing
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work. Somewhat yeah, exactly.
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And actually the, the ladies players come and do part of that
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as well, so we sort of have under 20 ones, ladies players,
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and the First Tee, not forgetting Peterborough now, and
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obviously of Peterborough, he's actually probably more Pillar
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with young children, holiday counts than the players
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identity, isn't it? It's, you know, where you go and
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see Peterborough with the school assemblies that are run through
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the Bobby copying foundation. And then they seem at those
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camps, for example, they then seem on Match days and that sort
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of joined up nature of what you. It's not just the foundation, as
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a sole entity, you're working very closely with the football
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club. Yeah, we are.
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And actually peterborough's brilliant in terms of when he
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comes along and in the kids love him.
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Absolutely. Love Emily.
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You know? So he puts his full full
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entertainment into those. Yeah, he's not got you doing
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anything strange lately? Not know yet?
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Willing, volunteer, shall we say, in terms of the, the short
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term and sort of medium and long-term goals you're doing the
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coaching at the moment, you've got the camps that take place.
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What's the longer term? I suppose, what you trying to
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reach or achieve and move on from there?
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So as the Is reaching more people in, in our City and
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surrounding areas, really. And that can be in any way we go
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into schools, we actually go out to a lot of schools out wisbeach
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but developing that health and well-being inside.
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There's a lot of people struggling with isolation after
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covid, Jenna's got the yoga set up for people, which is aimed at
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people with muscular issues arthritis, and they come along
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its held at the stadium. And we've heard some really good
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stories back of what difference that's made to People's Health.
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So there's a big one for us mental health, physical health,
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you know, let's try and support everybody all ages.
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Now, as I say we run the extra time hubs where the Elder
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generation come in and it's filmed round.
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What? They'd like to do.
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So they've done a variety of things.
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They did, I sugar icing crafts that Christmas they've had
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crochet. They found a book readings,
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Shouldn't say yeah, it's very much based on what they want to
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do common interest of football perhaps but also the skills in
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opportunities to learn and develop what they'd like to do.
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Yeah. Absolutely.
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And as I say it's but all based at the stadium.
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It's quite a nice place to be and just developing friendships,
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a lot of them didn't know each other.
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They've now meeting up outside of the sessions so, yeah, lovely
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to see that development. One of our lovely apprentices
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has taken a man to football who hadn't been He's suffers with
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dementia so she met him at the gate, took him into him to his
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seat, got him a coffee at halftime and just generally
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taken care. And now he's got back into that
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coming to football again there. And those are the sort of things
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we want to shout about as well. That it's not just about the
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children, the foundation supports.
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It's the wider population of this city in this region itself.
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Yeah. And and genuine Emily have been
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going into Care Homes to do chair based exercises.
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They go to the dementias. Enter and just trying to make
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people's lives a bit better. Really brilliant.
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If I'm, I'll just say you mention was going far as we
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speak, for example, to, to sort of into the communities are, and
23:01
I think Peterborough, United, and Peter is slightly fortunate
23:04
in the sense that the clubs that are closest to us other
23:07
professional clubs, you got Milton Keynes, or Lester, or
23:09
Norwich still a reasonable about distance away, aren't they?
23:12
So we've got quite a good area to cover, commute different
23:15
types of communities and, and the surrounding towns, and
23:17
villages we do and well, and we do actually work closely with
23:20
Cambridge United that rivalry doesn't
23:33
Vicki. Who's obviously just taken over
23:35
as CEO there her. And I are working closely
23:38
together to see what well-being projects we can work on together
23:42
so that it's across the whole County, really brilliant stuff.
23:45
Right was going to take another short break there and we've had
23:48
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You're listening to PCR Sports. Good evening.
26:30
Welcome back to PCR sportswear here.
26:32
Every Friday 6:54 bringing you and discussing the local
26:36
highlights and low lights of the local sporting scene.
26:39
We've just been chatting to Jill off are actually just about her
26:43
pronounciations of for those listeners who are listening
26:47
avidly a few minutes ago, the sort of Peterborough Northampton
26:52
divided as to what we call the Nina and the nen and and Jill
26:55
called it didn't. Then I confess and we've
27:03
corrected I don't worry is the Neen when she's this side of the
27:05
river that's for sure. As I'm sure many of our
27:09
listeners would have picked up on that from them,
27:11
northamptonshire Cambridgeshire divide there as well and
27:14
certainly comes out at Derby day as well.
27:17
But she also has been telling us about the foundation itself at
27:20
Peterborough United. The great work that they do in
27:22
the local community and not just within p.
27:25
But stretching further out into the fens as well and going out
27:29
as far as Stanford and kingscliff in those areas as
27:31
well at the moment. Yes, we definitely do.
27:34
We go into some of the schools in Stamford.
27:36
We also have holiday camp, site, kingscliff, some of the time,
27:39
and there's some coming up in the summer at Stanford.
27:43
Yeah, we very try to get out further reach different people
27:49
although you know, our main focus is the city and the
27:51
immediate surrounding area. Yeah.
27:54
Have you seen it a go? Growth in any aspect of the work
27:57
that you've done over the last few years is something that's,
27:59
you know, taken off bigger and better as so to speak or just go
28:04
all grown over the years. So, ladies football for example,
28:07
girls football girls, football massively.
28:09
So Georgia. Clark runs our girls sessions
28:13
and overseas and that since covid has just boomed, and we
28:18
had over 250 girls sign up for trials last year, obviously the
28:23
Fargodome anywhere near It's just huge.
28:28
We've got waiting lists to attract end those development
28:31
sessions and yeah it's amazing to see is good to see those
28:36
girls all out there and flying the flag for us wonder if I'm
28:44
obviously on the one the girls side of it.
28:46
As you mentioned there there has been a bit of a reorg in terms
28:48
of what the pathway is now within the club, isn't it?
28:50
Because it wasn't, was it under the foundation?
28:52
For now. It's and as part of the actual
28:54
women's, Club. Yes, the ladies side we used to
28:58
fall into the foundation and then when they got promoted
29:02
there were a whole lot more requirements.
29:04
And the club wanted to see that push forward, we couldn't have
29:08
funded what they need and then they moved into the club which,
29:12
you know, and Bobby overseeing Bobby copying and they're doing
29:16
an amazing job, obviously. Then they got the license for
29:19
the etc' for the girls. So that sort of runs alongside
29:24
and Actually girls from both a leading to the pathway for the
29:28
scholarship and then the ladies football as well.
29:32
But yeah, amazing setup. Now of female football and that
29:36
helps towards that sort of demand that you just spoke
29:38
about. Yeah, yeah, definitely.
29:40
But Georgia while she oversees our women and girls hide, she
29:44
also coaches in the ATC so you know, that fat nice link there.
29:50
Yeah, that relationship is built than, isn't it between those
29:52
players? And then that pathway is clear
29:54
to see a As well for those individuals who are definitely
29:57
isn't you know, obviously the ladies have done really well and
29:59
Bobby's worked really hard about getting sponsorships for them so
30:04
that's really good to say. Yeah, it's certainly grown and
30:06
they're doing a great job up a belongs in born as well as now,
30:08
got home ground at, they can call their own as well to help
30:12
develop that game frustrating result.
30:15
Last night, I think's call it losing 2-1 to Northampton but
30:19
they've had a great run of form up until then and a great
30:21
running the cup as well at that point and hopefully some of
30:24
those That coming through the foundation, going through,
30:27
steadily, till its end up with, then be going on to first team
30:29
as well. Yeah.
30:30
And there's maybe we'll use to call the reserves.
30:32
Is actually now an under-23 setup.
30:35
So is to develop the younger players and feed them into the
30:38
first team. Yeah.
30:40
And bit around their welfare as well.
30:42
Brilliant stuff. Any other aspects that you've
30:46
seen Grown the foundation. You've done a lot of work, not
30:49
just with football, but out in the community as well.
30:51
Oh yeah. Sort of over covid.
30:53
We tackled the The food Parcels delivery, which was interesting
30:59
in to say the least, it's great to say.
31:00
Yeah. We'll all right.
31:01
We'll do food. Parcels will get that.
31:04
And actually, we worked really closely with Morrison's and they
31:06
gave us. Lots of support around that when
31:08
you go to collect the food and you suddenly realize how much
31:11
there is, and then you've got to pack it up and deliver it, the
31:15
the logistics around it, one simple, and we did that again,
31:19
at Christmas 2021. And that was just, again, a big
31:25
But we managed to get out and help people.
31:28
We had obviously collections in schools who would point us to
31:32
families, that might be struggling, whether that be in
31:35
normal circumstances or because of the covid situation.
31:39
So, it was great to know. We were reaching those, we often
31:42
had Parcels leftover and would put out on our social media
31:45
that, you know, if anyone's in need, let us know and we'll,
31:47
we'll get to you. We any leftover food, we shared
31:51
with millfield fridge, really? So you know, those These ships
31:55
were vital at that time. Yeah.
31:56
So it's more than football effect.
31:58
Yeah, it's developed from there. Over the what 14 years were
32:03
approaching. Now in terms of the, when the
32:06
formation was formed in 9 2009. So plans to develop that you've
32:12
obviously got the yogurt of walking football as well.
32:15
So, branching out a little bit there as well.
32:17
Yeah, and we've just found out today that we've got funding for
32:21
a weight loss program, which will obviously be Around
32:25
nutrition and exercise for adults and hopefully based in
32:30
the stadium itself and you might have seen it in other clubs,
32:34
where they use the steps in the stadium as part of their
32:37
exercise routine. So rather than you have to pay
32:40
to go and join a gym, it will be a project where you can come
32:45
along, do some exercise, but but it's not going to be some costly
32:50
plan. It's proven to be more
32:52
successful than Slimming World. And Weight Watchers.
32:56
So, you know, we're really excited about that.
32:58
And it's just is that social interaction is and mental
33:01
well-being, which then has a knock-on effect to your physical
33:04
health as well and working in tandem there it totally is, you
33:07
know, we see in that all the time with these projects, we run
33:10
a lot of loneliness. A lot of people became isolated
33:13
at during covid and meeting people again and making new
33:17
friends and just helping their mental well-being.
33:20
Yeah, and it's plenty of steps that posture as well at London,
33:23
right? It may not be, the biggest is
33:26
not the smallest obviously but there's opportunities.
33:27
There isn't there to use the main stand, for example, or the
33:30
family stand to, you know, come up with exercises or, you know,
33:35
number of steps to climb in it, you know, while you're while
33:37
you're with them, there are and it will be about educating
33:39
people about healthy eating but in a practical way so that, you
33:43
know, when they're finished the plan, they can carry on doing
33:46
that and it and it's got to be so that people can manage that
33:50
financially. You know, it's no good, giving
33:52
people complicated recipes. Who may not cook or may not be
33:57
able to afford those things that, you know, it's got to be
34:00
reasonable, especially in these days where we're suffering with
34:03
the cost of living crisis, and from a mental health, well-being
34:07
perspective, that supports that I am as well as part of the
34:10
foundation. Yes, totally.
34:12
As I say everything we're doing now, is all an art charitable
34:15
objectives are about health exercise.
34:19
Wellbeing for people, whether it's physical mental.
34:22
Yeah, cracking stuff. So you've got popular camps as
34:27
well for children. Especially just a quick mention
34:32
for them as well in terms of the popularity I guess as well and
34:35
the sorts of sessions that you put on.
34:37
Okay. So obviously there's the holiday
34:38
camps. So they are for children aged 6
34:42
to 11 really we run them once a week over the holidays in the
34:48
actually at the ground in the dome and they actually sell out
34:52
so quickly. And in fact our Easter ones at
34:54
the Dome, Already sold out, but we do run them at various places
34:58
in the city and at Hampton and that name Valley Community
35:02
Center. And then as well, we obviously
35:04
run Development Centers and Elite groups for the more
35:08
talented players that are based at the training ground and that
35:12
takes a large number of coaches. How many coaches do you have on
35:15
your books? I guess in terms of the, you
35:17
know, the the structure of the foundation.
35:19
So there's 12 full-time coaches. We then have Probably another
35:26
eight or nine part-time who get involved in various areas.
35:30
We have young men who are on a doing a degree in coaching and
35:38
come and get that practical experience with our young
35:41
people. Yeah.
35:42
And that works hand-in-hand again, you're not just looking
35:45
after the children that you coaching but offers them a
35:48
practical hands-on experience, as well as part of their
35:50
development in whatever Journey they would like to go on
35:52
definitely and the hope is that you know, as they come through
35:54
the Those roles within the foundation for them as full-time
35:59
members of Staff. Yeah.
36:01
And as we grow, that will become more and more.
36:03
So. Yeah.
36:03
And you'll need more and more coaches.
36:05
Yes to meet those needs and demands there as well.
36:07
There are shorted. A coach is out there if I'm
36:10
home. He mentioned obviously early in
36:12
the show that you made it. Absolutely.
36:13
The Petri guy typical don't give you financial support but they
36:16
obviously but you know who else you mentioned?
36:17
Obviously use of the Dome training facilities.
36:19
Things like that. Do coaches from Peach United,
36:22
participate in any other the sessions that you have.
36:24
Or is it? Coaches are specifically for the
36:27
foundation. Now it's coaches are
36:28
specifically for the foundation but you know the club we don't
36:32
pay rent on our accommodation at the club or utilities or
36:35
anything like that. So as I say was, they don't give
36:38
us hard cash. We get in fights or anything.
36:42
Yeah, Joe didn't the photographer photographed by him
36:51
on a, on a Tuesday, evening or a Saturday.
36:54
Yeah, yeah. The device loveliest, man them
36:57
is amazing and he comes along to our holiday clubs.
37:00
He comes along to the scholarship games and yeah, it
37:03
gets photographs for people we're working with Mark Kerr,
37:07
the new marketing guy, he's going to sort out a demo video
37:13
for what we're doing so we can send that out and people can see
37:16
a bit more about what we're about.
37:18
Yeah, cracking stuff. So it's great that club of
37:20
getting involved in that way. You've mentioned the players
37:22
attend those holiday camps as well.
37:24
Yes. Yes, they they come along have
37:27
to be careful. You don't get too involved.
37:28
We don't want anyone getting injured impressed by that feels
37:33
there to oversee and make sure that doesn't happen and then
37:36
Peterborough is? Well the Masquerade.
37:38
Yeah as I say he's brilliant. Yeah, the kids love him.
37:42
Absolutely love him cracking stood, right?
37:44
Which can take another short break here.
37:45
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37:51
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right here on PC, r-- 103.2 FM you're listening to PP ask for
40:04
Good evening, welcome back to PCR Sports on this Friday
40:07
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40:09
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40:17
So if you have missed anything of the show this evening and
40:20
we've had Jill wignall on with us from the Peterborough United
40:23
Foundation, she's the chief executive there, she's been
40:26
telling us all about the great work.
40:28
The, the foundation does not just locally within the city,
40:31
but still within our region as well.
40:33
Giving access to as many people as possible.
40:36
Whether it be through football, mental well-being, yoga walking,
40:40
football sessions and helping in the community, the best way they
40:44
can. As a foundation itself, Jill in
40:48
terms of how the foundation moves forward.
40:51
What are you looking to achieve? Perhaps over the next say, two,
40:55
three, four years. Since you have that sort of
40:57
objectives and goals, Set out to do and we're currently as you
41:01
working on a new strategy, which will start from September, but a
41:05
lot of that is around health and working with the NHS to trying
41:09
to reduce the appointments people need.
41:12
And we all know is so difficult to get in hospitals and doctors.
41:17
So the more we can do around people's well-being, hopefully
41:21
that tries to reduce those slightly, but obviously we want
41:24
to grow all our projects, we want to reach more people in the
41:27
city. Certainly looking at new things
41:29
to be involved with and obviously constantly looking for
41:34
new staff coaches sponsors, if anyone out there is interested.
41:40
So those coaches are needed and the staff are needed to help you
41:43
meet those aims and objectives as well.
41:45
Definitely. And and in terms of sponsors,
41:49
whilst we always need new ones. We have got a number of sponsors
41:52
who got involved with our girls groups this year so that parents
41:57
didn't have to buy training. Oops, that they provided by the
42:00
sponsors. And we really appreciate that
42:03
obviously. Because then we just making it
42:05
more inclusive for everybody. You know, it's not expensive to
42:09
come and do some of these things.
42:10
Yeah. And I suppose that's an
42:13
objective of yours as well, in terms of reaching as many people
42:15
as possible, but ensuring that you've got that financial
42:17
support, which works two ways as well, you know, gives the
42:21
company or the individual that positive publicity, but also has
42:26
been the positive effect of helping as many people Now that
42:28
you're looking to do as well. Yeah, exactly.
42:30
And as I say we can't thank people enough, who support, what
42:33
we do and want to be involved. As I say we have volunteers.
42:37
There's a couple sessions going on tonight at the training
42:41
ground and there's some young volunteers there who want to go
42:44
on and develop to be coaches and that's important for us.
42:47
Let's let's get them on that pathway now.
42:50
And they are working with the qualified coaches as so to speak
42:53
as well, to make sure that they are learning the right way and a
42:58
spy To be them one day. Absolutely.
43:00
You know, we've got Bruno, who's an a license coach.
43:02
We've got number of be license coaches and they'll be working
43:05
alongside those and developing their skills, and, and how you
43:10
work with young people. It's not just the coaching, it's
43:13
how you interact with young people.
43:15
That's important, you know, and making sure that they're the
43:19
safeguarding elements correct as well.
43:20
Yeah, that's huge. Part of it, isn't it?
43:22
Of the number of children that you're seeing on a daily basis,
43:25
especially at those camps, for example, the the parents and
43:29
Guardians need to be reassured that their in a very safe
43:32
environment. Absolutely.
43:33
That that is vital, that people feel confident to send their
43:37
children to our camps and events.
43:39
And, and know that, you know, we taking good care of them and our
43:43
staff. All DBS checked, we have a
43:46
safeguard an officer who's absolutely on top of everything
43:49
staff of all gone through a safeguarding proposed.
43:52
Are some first aid and people feel comfortable with what how
43:57
the care that's Make sure the children and those camps, and
44:01
what the work you do is is inclusive irrespective of
44:04
ability. Totally, absolutely.
44:07
That's about come along and play.
44:09
Enjoy it just to have a nice time.
44:11
You don't have to be your best footballer.
44:13
Come to the Holiday Camp it is. It's about enjoyable time.
44:18
And you know what? We've also found is it's a long
44:20
day for some of those children, you know, from running from 2:51
44:25
and playing football quietly. Yeah, so we probably That 24/7
44:31
we've also got like game set up for them that they can sit and
44:34
have brakes and play, you know, large Jenga and things like
44:37
that. And just have a break away from
44:40
the football and it's not as you've alluded to during the
44:43
show as well and mentioned. It's about interacting with
44:46
other children from different backgrounds and what you know,
44:51
people kids, they may not interact with on a daily basis.
44:53
Yeah, totally. They're just coming together
44:55
from different parts of the city.
44:57
Go to different schools. Often have got friends with
45:00
them, some come with a friend, your parents signed both of them
45:03
up but somebody I won't know anybody there.
45:07
But some come say regularly, they've built friendships as if
45:10
they've been coming and you're looking for coaches at the
45:13
moment. You mentioned there as well, any
45:14
specific type of coaches at the moment.
45:17
Or are you open to having a conversation with anybody who's
45:20
interested in becoming a coach potentially, as well.
45:22
We're interested in having those conversations with anybody and
45:25
we can help to get a development plan in.
45:28
Place for their own going through, get their coaching
45:32
badges. So, you know, if anyone's
45:34
interested, please feel free to drop either me personally or an
45:38
email to Foundation at the Posh.com.
45:41
And I will pick that up and we'll get in touch with you.
45:44
If, if you're looking for a paid roll, please send me your CV but
45:48
will consider anything. It could be an hour a week, if
45:51
that's what you can commit to. And, but we definitely be
45:55
interested in talking to coaches.
45:56
See ya in the community to help grow.
45:59
On the great work, those foundations done since 2009 and
46:02
develop that and ensure that as many children and young adults
46:05
and older adults. Now, as well, that you're
46:07
touching as well, as I say, yeah, we're in the care home and
46:11
working with a lady's hundred three doing chair based
46:14
exercises. So, you know, there really is
46:17
that big spanner. Yeah, there's a big remit there
46:19
as well for you to cover. You obviously very excited about
46:22
the role that you've got. I can see that in the, I've
46:24
talked about it this evening as well and just want to wish you
46:27
all the best. Hollywood at the foundation.
46:29
You know, the coaches, do a grand job in the city all the
46:33
way from the Walking football to the junior football to the
46:35
camps. For example, to one of the
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coaches that you mentioned taking a gentleman to a posh
46:41
game as well. Who's never been before?
46:44
You were saying he hadn't been for a long time.
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Yeah. But now he's hooked back in now,
46:50
wonderful. It's and that's, you know, for
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somebody who's not had that access before to be able to
46:55
contact the foundation in that way.
46:56
And the foundation to take that on board, Unseen work.
47:00
Effectively you. Nobody hears about the Camp's
47:02
potentially but for an older person to be able to enjoy
47:06
football is just as rewarding. Yeah.
47:08
And the other thing we tried to do is we work with other
47:10
community groups and, you know, we can provide some
47:13
complimentary tickets to games so that people who may not be
47:16
able to afford it or just circumstances don't permit.
47:19
But at the moment can get that opportunity.
47:22
You know somebody might not have taken the children previously
47:25
and that's a great. Let's get them involved in our
47:27
Football Club. Yeah, as a full package, did he
47:32
also mention when working with Care Homes and out in the
47:35
community? How are those links established
47:37
and do you do go out and seek them or Duke organizations, come
47:40
to you and say look we need you know can we work in partnership
47:42
with you? How does that relationship,
47:43
start to develop whatever you discover those in terms of the
47:46
Care Homes? We obviously decided that we
47:49
wanted to try and put more support in to put older people
47:51
to and Jenna just went and approached Care.
47:55
Homes and said, we've got this. And, you know, are you
47:57
interested? General and Emily both done,
48:00
courses around chair based exercises.
48:03
We can offer that to you and the uptake has been interesting and
48:08
the dementia Center then said all could you come and do it
48:11
here and and so that's just grown word-of-mouth.
48:14
They recommend each other so to speak.
48:15
Yeah, they do. And now we've got a minibus
48:17
driver at what we've always had a minibus driver.
48:19
And who works part-time for us in, we're now trying to work
48:22
out. He's going to go to the Care
48:24
Homes, to take some of those people to our extra time Hub.
48:28
So That, that just gives them a bit of variety in there, like
48:31
static. Yeah, that's proactivity from
48:33
Emily. And Jenna there, isn't it?
48:35
Beautiful, the idea was there, they've gone away talks about it
48:38
and followed it through and reaping the rewards not for the
48:41
foundation. But the individuals that they're
48:43
touching over over that course of time, we have an amazing
48:45
group of Staff. You know, I can't speak highly
48:47
enough about them that they're committed and just always want
48:53
to do the best for the foundation and for the football
48:55
club because you know, we're all embedded in there.
48:58
And as the say I can't speak highly enough about them,
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they're a really good group, they're very young group, but
49:03
they're really committed to what they do.
49:05
Brilliant Jill, thank you very much for joining us this
49:08
evening. It's been great to hear about
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the foundation and the great work that has been done is being
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done and will be done in years to come as well.
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So thank you for your time this evening.
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Thank you very much, thanks for having me.
49:20
Not a problem. If you do want to find out more
49:22
about the foundation you can do and that's why their website
49:25
which is the Posh foundation.com you I doubt about all their
49:29
camps and the opportunities to join as a coach potentially.
49:32
But yeah, take a look at their website and get in touch with
49:35
Jill in the team. There to find out how they can
49:37
support you or anybody that you know as well.
49:40
Thank you once again for your time this evening.
49:42
It's been very much appreciated. Thank you for listening.
49:44
And next week we've got Kyle Johnson on the show from
49:47
Peterborough Panthers Speedway. And we were talking about the
49:50
new upcoming season, which starts in the coming week, but
49:55
good luck to the Phantom's as well.
49:56
This evening in the first leg of their National League, Cup match
49:59
against Leeds nights and then Peterborough Sports home to
50:03
Lemon. Can Spar tomorrow Posh at
50:04
Lincoln and whatever your involvement in sport this
50:07
weekend, whether it's volunteering playing or
50:10
spectating, which one. I wish you a very successful and
50:13
enjoyable sporting weekend.