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Emerging Talent Centre trials in August and September
Grimsby Town Foundation are hosting trial events for the Girls’ Emerging Talent Centre in August and September. The Emerging Talent Centre (ETC) was first launched ...
Kellogg’s summer camps confirmed
We are pleased to confirm the dates and venues for our summer camps in partnership with Kellogg’s and the EFL. For the second consecutive year, ...
May half-term camps Available to book
We are pleased to announce the dates and venues for our May half-term football camps. The Foundation have been delivering football camps to children in ...
Foundation and Football Club complete SEND Business Charter Mark training
Grimsby Town Foundation and Grimsby Town Football Club are delighted to have become the first local businesses to complete the new North East Lincolnshire SEND ...
Bradford City Community Foundation host Premier League Kicks Regional Cup
On Monday, Grimsby Town Foundation took participants from our Premier League Kicks sessions at Oasis Academy, Immingham, to take part in the regional qualifiers of ...
Ability Counts’ Premiership squad in County Cup action on Sunday
This Sunday, Grimsby Town Ability Counts’ Premiership squad are in action in the Lincolnshire FA Disability County Cup Finals Event at Bottesford Town. The Premiership ...
Boys Scholarship progress to final of EFL CEFA National U19s Cup
Grimsby Town Foundation’s boys scholarship team, in partnership with Franklin College, progressed to the final of the EFL CEFA National U19s Cup yesterday afternoon with ...
Boys Scholarship progress to EFL CEFA National Cup u19 semi-final
Grimsby Town Foundation’s boys scholarship team, in partnership with Franklin College, progressed to the semi-finals of the EFL CEFA National U19 cup for the second ...
Boys Shadow Scholarship secure place in National Cup final eight
Grimsby Town Foundation U19 boys Shadow Scholarship side secured their place in the last eight of the EFL CEFA National Cup for the second season ...
Pilot half-term SEND camps huge success
Last week, we held our first ever SEND course as part of our half-term course offerings at Grimsby Town Foundation. Following feedback from the local ...
Grimsby Town Ability Counts Team in County Cup Action
Grimsby Town Ability Counts Football Club are in action in the Lincolnshire FA Disability County Cup this Sunday the 23rd of February. 2025 sees the ...
Navigo in attendance on Saturday for Mental Health initiative
Navigo will be in attendance at Saturday’s game against Carlisle as part of our mental health initiative supported by the Premier League Fans Fund to ...
A YEAR ON FROM THE LAUNCH OF THE GIRLS’ EMERGING TALENT CENTRE
Launched last January, the girls’ Emerging Talent Centre was brought to Grimsby as part of the FA’s support and development of girls’ football in the ...
LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR’S HALF-TERM CAMPS
As we approach the first half-term of 2025 and the first football camps of the year at Grimsby Town Foundation, we wanted to take a ...
Breaking Barriers with ‘Our Zone’ sessions
The ‘Our Zone’ sessions launched in September in partnership with YMCA Humber and Premier League kicks have now been able to allow sessions to include ...
NEXT INSTALLMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS CONFIRMED
Grimsby Town Foundation are pleased to announce the next installment of monthly mental health workshops as part of our ‘Beyond the Pitch’ initiative with former ...
Toll Bar Acdemy U13s Girls compete in Utilita Cup regional competition
Grimsby Town Football Club were represented by Toll Bar Academy in the regional finals of the EFL Utilita U13s Girls Cup this afternoon in Chesterfield. ...
GTF X CROFTS YFL WINTER FUTSAL LEAGUE
Our winter futsal programme is ran in partnership with Crofts Estate Agents Youth Football League. This league caters football for approximately 1,200 children in the ...
NEL4 HEROES RETURN TO BLUNDELL PARK
Grimsby Town Foundation is pleased to announce that NEL4HEROES are returning to Blundell Park tomorrow as part of our ‘Beyond the Pitch’ mental health initiative ...
2024 at Grimsby Town Foundation
As we begin a brand-new year, we wanted to look back at what Grimsby Town Foundation has achieved as a CCO in 2024. Whether it’s ...
FEBRUARY HALF-TERM FOOTBALL CAMPS | AVAILABLE TO BOOK NOW
Grimsby Town Foundation is pleased to announce the finalised dates and venues for our February half-term football camps. The Foundation have been delivering football camps ...
GTF X USW OPEN EVENING
Grimsby Town Foundation are pleased to inform that we will be holding an open evening for those interested in studying with us in partnership with ...
Friendship at Home chosen charity for Notts County game
Friendship at Home are the chosen charity for tomorrow’s game against Notts County as part of our ‘Beyond the Pitch’ mental health initiative supported by ...
RELAUNCH OF PARTNERSHIP WITH LINCS CRICKET
Grimsby Town Foundation is delighted to announce the relaunch of our partnership with Lincolnshire Cricket as part of our Premier League Kicks Programme. This partnership ...
GTF and myenergi announces mygrimsby Fund Launch for ’24-25
Grimsby Town Foundation and myenergi are delighted to announce the launch of this year’s mygrimsby fund. The charitable initiative, now celebrating its third successive year, ...
Navigo in Attendance at Final Game of 2024
Navigo were in attendance at Sunday’s game against Port Vale to promote the work they do as part of our ‘Beyond the Pitch’ mental health ...
OASIS ACADEMY NUNSTHORPE ANNOUNCED AS NEW PRIORITY SCHOOL
Grimsby Town Foundation are excited to announce Oasis Academy, Nunsthorpe as a new Priority Partner School coming onboard for 2025. Grimsby Town Foundation recently launched ...
CARERS’ SUPPORT SERVICE IN ATTENDANCE AT CREWE GAME AS PART OF MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE
The Carers’ Support Service will be in attendance at Saturday’s game to promote the work that they do in North East Lincolnshire as part of ...
KNIFE CRIME WORKSHOPS DELIVERED ALONGSIDE HUMBERSIDE POLICE
This month Grimsby Town Foundation have been supporting knife crime awareness month with Humberside Police as part of the Humber Violence Prevention Partnership campaign ‘Breaking ...
FOUNDATION DELIVER WORKSHOPS DURING ANTIBULLYING WEEK
Last week we delivered Anti-bullying workshops across our priority schools as part of the Anti-bullying Alliance’s Anti-bullying week with Premier League Primary Stars. This year’s ...
WOMEN’S FIRST TEAM PLAYERS ATTEND COUNCIL’S YOUNIQUE AWARDS
Women’s First Team Players Beth Wharton and Lily Jacklin recently represented Grimsby Town Football Club at the N.E. Lincs council’s YOUnique awards hosted by the ...
Grimsby Town Football Shadow Scholarship – A Pathway to Football and Education Success
Grimsby Town Foundation is excited to announce the renewal of the Grimsby Town Shadow Scholarship in partnership with Franklin Sixth Form College. The Shadow Scholarship ...
FOUNDATION HOSTS LOCAL FINAL OF UTILITA GIRLS CUP
Last week Grimsby Town Foundation hosted this year’s EFL Utilita U13s Girls Cup at Clee Fields. The Utilita Girls Cup is a sister competition of ...
Grimsby Town Foundation and Grimsby Town Ability Counts FC Announce Exciting Merger
Grimsby Town Foundation is proud to announce its official merger with Grimsby Town Ability Counts FC. Grimsby Town Ability Counts FC has long been a ...
MARINERS TRUST BECOME EMERGING TALENT CENTRE TRAINING KIT SPONSOR
Grimsby Town Foundation are pleased to announce the Mariners Trust as our Emerging Talent Centre’s training kit sponsor for the 2024-25 season. We launched the ...
UTILITA U13 GIRLS CUP LOCAL FINAL ON THURSDAY
This Thursday, Grimsby Town Foundation are hosting the EFL U13 Utilita Girls Cup final at Clee Fields. The Utilita Girls Cup is a sister competition ...
GTF@IMMINGHAM SESSIONS COME TO AN END
Over the past year, Grimsby Town Foundation has been actively engaged in delivering two sessions per week as part of the GTF@Immingham project, funded by ...
‘Person First, Player Second’ CPD with Lincolnshire FA and GTF Emerging Talent Centre
We are delighted to be working in partnership with Lincolnshire FA to help deliver a Continuous Professional Development session for grassroots coaches in the local ...
PRIORITY SCHOOLS WELCOME EVENT
On Saturday 19th October, Grimsby Town Foundation invited our Priority School Partners old and new to attend a match day hospitality event before the Grimsby ...
SMOKING CESSATION IN ATTENDANCE AT MK DONS GAME AS PART OF MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE
The East Marsh Smoking Cessation Project will be in attendance at tomorrow’s game against MK Dons at Blundell Park to promote the work that they ...
SIGNHILLS ACADEMY PROGRESS TO REGIONAL STAGE OF EFL UTILITA KIDS CUP
Last Monday, Grimsby Town Foundation hosted the area final for the U11 Utilita Kids Cup between Signhills Academy and New Waltham Academy at Clee Fields. ...
NO ROOM FOR RACISM
Last week Grimsby Town Foundation were out in our Priority Primary schools delivering Premier League Primary Stars ‘No Room For Racism’ workshops and assemblies. The ...
PARTICIPATION SESSIONS LAUNCHED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMETS
Grimsby Town Foundation are proud to announce the launch 🚀 of a brand new participation programme COMETS 🌠 in partnership with England Football! Comets is ...
PREMIER LEAGUE KICKS FRIENDLY FAIRPLAY FIXTURE
On Thursday the 10th of October participants from our Centre4 Premier League Kicks session were invited to represent Grimsby Town Foundation and play a team ...
Girls Shadow Scholarship with Franklin College
Partnership with Franklin Sixth Form College Grimsby Town Foundation launched their first ever girls Shadow Scholarship in partnership with Franklin College ahead of the 2024/25 ...
FIRST BEYOND THE PITCH WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED
We are pleased to announce the first Mental Health workshops as part of our ‘Beyond the Pitch’ initiative launched last week with former Mariner Nathan ...
Nathan Arnold and Grimsby Town Foundation announce ‘Beyond the Pitch’ initiative
We are pleased to announce that former Mariner Nathan Arnold will be collaborating with the Grimsby Town Foundation on an initiative called ‘Beyond the Pitch’ ...
NEL4HEROES AT DONCASTER GAME AS PART OF MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE
Grimsby Town Foundation are pleased to announce that NEL4HEROES are in attendance today to promote the work that they do in the community as part ...
GIRLS EMERGING TALENT CENTRE TRIALS
Grimsby Town Foundation are hosting trail events for the Girl’s Emerging Talent Centre on Monday 7th October and Monday 14th October. The ETC was launched ...
Tesco Stronger Starts Funding Supports Disability Sports Sessions
Over the summer, Grimsby Town Foundation were fortunate to receive £1,000 in funding from the Tesco Stronger Starts program, which has already had a significant ...
Grimsby Town Foundation and GTFC to take part in Great British Beach Clean
Grimsby Town Foundation and GTFC will be taking part in this year’s Great British Beach Clean on Friday and would like Mariners fans to join ...
‘OUR ZONE’ PARTNERSHIP WITH YMCA HUMBER
Grimsby Town Foundation is delighted to announce the launch of a new Premier League Kicks’ session ‘Our Zone’ in partnership with YMCA Humber, starting from ...
OCTOBER HALF-TERM FOOTBALL CAMPS AVAILABLE TO BOOK
Grimsby Town Foundation is pleased to announce the finalised dates and venues for our October half-term football camps. Football Camps are the best way for ...
PREMIER LEAGUE PRIMARY STARS COACHES DEVELOPMENT DAY
Grimsby Town Foundation coaches were invited down to attend a Premier League Primary Stars Coaches Development Day in Sheffield on Wednesday. Our Primary Schools Delivery ...
FAIRPLAY TOURNAMENT
Participants from Grimsby Town Foundation’s Fairplay sessions at Immingham, West Marsh, and Centre4 came together for a Fairplay League event hosted at YMCA, Clee Fields ...
SATURDAY MORNING CLUB SUCCESS
Grimsby Town Foundation were extremely excited to welcome participants to the official opening of our Saturday morning provision at Clee Fields on Saturday. Following the ...
HOLIDAY ACTIVITY AND FOOD PROGRAMME SUMMER SUCCESS
Grimsby Town Foundation are delighted to announce that we engaged with over 350 local children during our Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme camps this ...
KELLOGG’S SUMMER CAMP SUCCESS
Grimsby Town Foundation is delighted to announce that our summer Camps, in partnership with Kellogg’s, have been a huge success! Over the summer holidays, we ...
Premier League Primary Stars Impact 2023/24
Grimsby Town Foundation is delighted to report some of the key areas of impact that our Premier League Primary Stars programme delivered in our partner ...
MIKE THOMPSON JOINS FOUNDATION AS NEW COMMUNITY DIRECTOR
Grimsby Town Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Mike Thompson as the new Community Director. Mike joins us from the University of Hull, ...
SATURDAY MORNING CLUBS RETURN
Grimsby Town Foundation is delighted to announce the return of our Saturday morning provision! We can’t wait to welcome you back for another season of ...
PREMIER LEAGUE KICKS CUP
Last month, Grimsby Town Foundation were lucky enough to take a group of children from Oasis Academy, Immingham to the Premier League Kicks Cup final ...
ANN-MARIE MATSON TAKES ON DIRECTOR ROLE AS TRUSTEE ON FOUNDATION BOARD
Grimsby Town Foundation are delighted to announce that Ann-Marie Matson, the director of children’s services on the North East Lincolnshire Council, has taken on a ...
Premier League Kicks Social Action Project 2024
This year, Grimsby Town Foundation’s Premier League Kicks Social Action Project was aimed at addressing environmental concerns surrounding the River Freshney, a river in Grimsby, ...
GRIMSBY TOWN PLAYERS MAKE APPEARANCE AT KELLOGG’S SUMMER CAMP
Grimsby Town Foundation had some very special guests attend our Kellogg’s summer camp at Clee Fields on Tuesday 6th August as we welcomed three members ...
SUMMER CAMPS | KELLOGG’S AND HAF WEEK 2
We are pleased to announce that week two of our Kellogg’s summer camps and Grimsby Town Foundation Holiday, Activity and Food programmes have been a ...
SUMMER CAMPS | KELLOGG’S AND HAF WEEK 1
We are delighted to announce that our first week of delivering Kellogg’s summer camps and Grimsby Town Foundation Holiday, Activity and Food programmes has been ...
FA Award for Jason
We are delighted to announce that Grimsby Town Foundation’s Jason Land has received the FA’s Hope Award for 2024. The Hope Award is named after ...
GRIMSBY TOWN FOUNDATION PRIMARY SCHOOL DELIVERY RELAUNCH
At Grimsby Town Foundation, we are relaunching our Primary School Delivery Model. We have a new focus upon Engaging, Inspiring and Including all young people ...
FOUNDATION INVITED TO DISABILITY TOURNAMENT
Last week, Grimsby Town Foundation were invited to take part in a disability tournament, hosted by Middlesbrough FC Foundation. The Premier League-funded event was for ...
Thomas Turgoose NSPCC fundraiser at Blundell Park
The NSPCC and Together for Childhood Grimsby will host an evening of conversation with award-winning actor Thomas Turgoose at Blundell Park. Since June 2021, Grimsby ...
SUMMER CAMP DATES FINALISED
Grimsby Town Foundation are pleased to announce the finalised dates and venues for our Kellogg’s summer camps happening over the school holidays, so you can ...
ARMED FORCES PARADE APPEARANCE
Grimsby Town Foundation were delighted to take part in the Armed Forces Weekend Parade, alongside Grimsby Town Football Club. It was the first time the ...
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GAIN FIRST CLASS HONOURS
Grimsby Town Foundation is delighted to announce that the entire cohort on the Sports/Community Football coaching and development degree have completed their University of South ...
MONTHLY UPDATE: JUNE
The summer months are here and so is Grimsby Town Foundation’s monthly update. As well as all of our evening sessions we deliver within the ...
MAY HALF-TERM FOOTBALL CAMP SUCCESS
We are delighted to report that our May half-term football camps, despite the unkind weather, were a huge success yet again. Over the course of ...
WEEKLY UPDATE
This week at Grimsby Town Foundation, all of our weekly evening sessions are back up and running, and for those schools that are returning after ...
Weekly Update
This week at Grimsby Town Foundation, as well as all our weekly sessions, our focus is on the delivery of our popular half-term football courses. ...
U19 Shadow Scholars crowned League Champions
Grimsby Town Foundation’s U19 Shadow Scholarship A team were yesterday crowned EFL CEFA U19 NECL1 Champions after securing a 4-0 win on the final day ...
Mental Health Awareness Week
This year’s theme during Mental Health Awareness Week is ‘Movement: Moving more for our mental health’, and here at Grimsby Town Foundation, we hugely support ...
Inaugural County Disability Cup Final
Tomorrow, Sleaford’s MKM Stadium will play host to the final day of the Lincolnshire FA’s inaugural County Disability Cup, with Grimsby Town Disability Counts team ...
VACANCY | CASUAL COMMUNITY SPORTS AND EDUCATION COACHES
Grimsby Town Foundation, based at Blundell Park Stadium, is the charitable arm of Grimsby Town Football Club. It’s our primary mission to foster a strong ...
MAY HALF-TERM COURSES
Our half-term football courses take place at the end of next month in Louth and Grimsby and we still have places available for both venues. ...
Netball Sessions Launched
On Tuesday night, we launched our Premier League Kicks netball sessions in partnership with YMCA Humber; in an aim to allow more youths to have ...
Easter Football Camp Success
We are delighted to report that our Easter football camps have yet again been a major success this year. Over three days, our dedicated coaches ...
Foundation to deliver Kellogg’s football camps
Grimsby Town Foundation are pleased to be delivering Kellogg’s Football Camps this Summer! We have been supporting our local community with holiday camps for many ...
Club Author Day
The Grimsby Town Foundation Club Author Event this year was aimed at inspiring pupils in reading and literacy beyond the classroom via a carousel of ...
Utilita Kids Cup
The Utilita Kids Cup is a national tournament for junior footballers which offers children the once in a lifetime opportunity to play at Wembley Stadium. ...
Free books and ticket vouchers distributed for World Book Day
The club’s popular mascot Mighty Mariner visited several local schools on behalf of Grimsby Town Foundation on World Book Day 2024 and gave away over ...
Report | GTFSS 2-1 West Brom
There was little time to celebrate after last week’s 2-1 triumph away at Fleetwood Town in the round of 32 as Grimsby Town Foundation welcomed ...
February half-term holiday course success
Last week, we welcomed 251 participants onto our ever-popular half-term holiday courses in a bid to keep children in the community active during the February ...
Grimsby Town Foundation half-term courses
Our half-term football courses take place next week across the region and some of the dates still have places available. The full-day courses are open ...
Adam Tasker – case study
Whether it’s volunteering at the Academy on a Tuesday night, running sports clubs in the local schools or working towards his Foundation Coaching degree, Adam ...
HAF Programme
This holiday provision is for school children from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals. Benefits-related free school meals (FSM) are ...
Grimsby Town Heritage
THROUGH THE AGES SINCE 1878 RELIVE GRIMSBY TOWN’S HISTORY On the 20th of September 1878, several members from the Worsley Cricket Club came together for ...
Warm Space Initiative
The Grimsby Town Foundation’s ‘Warm Space’ initiative continues to help people in our community who need help during the winter months. In December, we announced ...
GTFC Football Shadow Scholarship with Franklin College
Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Sports (Shadow Scholarship) Partnership with Franklin Sixth Form College Grimsby Town Foundation has worked in partnership with Franklin Sixth ...
FDSC Sports Coaching and Development
Are you passionate about a career in the sports industry? If so, come and study with Grimsby Town Foundation in 2024/25 FDSC Sports Coaching and Development ...
FD Community Football Coaching and Development
The Foundation Degree Community Football Coaching and Development will be based within your football club, Grimsby Town, and lectures, seminars and tutorials will be delivered ...
University of South Wales Partnership
Partnership with University of South Wales (USW) The Community Football Coaching and Development degree has been designed in conjunction with the EFL Trust, in order to identify the ...