CHARLTON ATHLETIC COMMUNITY TRUST AND FOOTBALL LEAGUE COMMUNITY CLUB OF THE YEAR AWARD

That this House congratulates the Charlton Athletic Community Trust on winning the award of Football League Community Club of the Year for the third time, more than any other club in the Football League; acknowledges that the Award is in recognition of the dedication, commitment and skills of all the 200 full-time, part-time and sessional staff who work for the Trust, including those who run the Greenwich Youth and Disability Service and Health Improvement Programme which the Trust is contracted to deliver on behalf of the Royal Borough of Greenwich; expresses thanks to its patrons, partners and sponsors, including the Trust’s President, Sir Maurice Hatter, who supports the work of the Trust; and hopes that the success of the Trust in being the largest and most successful football-orientated community scheme in the country, which has always had an excellent relationship with its supporters, who are the custodians of the club’s heritage and traditions, is some source of pride and consolation to those supporters at this moment in time.