Local community heroes will be celebrated at The Den this weekend as part of the EFL's first-ever Community Weekend.
Up and down the country from Friday 12th-Saturday 20th January, clubs, managers and players will mark the incredible work that community staff and volunteers deliver 365 days per year, while participants from community programmes will be honoured by special visits from players and matchday activities.
The Community Weekend activation aims to show the breadth and depth of Millwall’s community work to match-going fans across the League.
Within the weekend, Millwall Football Club and Millwall Community Trust identify local community champions who are great advocates for the community work the club completes in the local area, and to recognise and celebrate their work.
The following advocates have been nominated as The Lions' EFL Community Champions and will be presented with certificates by Shaun Hutchinson, Ryan Leonard and Millwall Community Trust CEO Sean Daly before kick-off on Saturday afternoon.
Millwall Football Club's EFL Community Champions:
- - Karen Allen
- - Benny Stone
- - Kelly Webster
- - Ellen Webster
- - Brenda Dacres
- - Michael Situ
- - Charlotte Pollins
- - Steve Rogers
- - Zac Jacques
- - Reece Endicott
- - Joey Taylor
- - Josephine Sheehan
- - Sokhara Goodall
- - Ruth Griffiths
- - Sandra Thomas
- - Jim Maycock
- - Jamie Cole
- - Eammon Barclay
- - Shaniah Whittingham
- - Fatima Barrie
- - Hadiatu Barrie
- - Karen Wilson
- - Andrew Dolan
Trevor Birch, CEO of the EFL, said: “Community remains a fundamental part of the EFL and its 72 Clubs’ identity, so we are delighted to launch the latest strand of activity in this area – the EFL Community Weekends. The work undertaken by Clubs has a hugely positive impact on the participants of the various programmes and the towns and cities where people live.
“Football continues to reach parts of local areas that others simply cannot and successfully addresses challenges linked to health, wellbeing, education and employment alongside helping to keep communities connected. We look forward to celebrating this incredible work in front of match-going fans over the coming two weekends across our network.”
Liam Scully, Chair of the EFL Trust, said: “Our Clubs and Club Community Organisations engage more than 840,000 people from EFL communities all year round. To be able to showcase the Club community work as a collective and acknowledge the work of participants and programme leaders, many of whom are volunteers, further highlights the unique ability of our network.”
