Liverpool St.Helens to run the Duke of Edinburgh Award as part of
Dallaglio Foundation partnership
Liverpool St. Helens Football Club announced it will now run The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) to benefit its young players and surrounding community as part of the DofE and Dallaglio Foundation’s partnership: ‘Powerful Together’. Linda Lane, LSH Secretary, and David Matthews, LSH Honorary Life Member and former International Referee, were presented with their DofE licence by Peter Westgarth, DofE CEO, and Matthew Key, Chair of Trustees, Dallaglio Foundation, during a presentation at St. James’s Palace, London.
The ‘Powerful Together’ partnership sees English rugby star Lawrence Dallaglio’s Foundation linking up with The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to encourage rugby clubs to run the DofE for its young rugby enthusiasts and community members aged 14 -
Linda Lane, Liverpool St. Helens Football Club said: "We are delighted to become a Licensed Partner of the DofE and are thrilled to be offered the chance to engage with and deliver such a widely recognised Award through the support of the Dallaglio Foundation. Our mini / junior and colts sections have significantly developed in recent years and everyone at Moss Lane is looking forward to this development.”
Peter Westgarth, CEO, DofE said: “Sport is such a powerful tool to focus young people. Combining this with the DofE will give these young people an exceptional start to their life journeys, exposing them to different experiences and giving them the chance to nurture key employability skills. Through rugby we can reach out to more young people and are hugely grateful to Liverpool St. Helens Football Club and the Dallaglio Foundation for their support of this initiative.” MORE
Left to right:
Peter Westgarth, Matthew Key,
Linda Lane and David Matthews.
