our charity

St John's Hospice, Wirral

Proceeds from the Merseyside Supporters Tournament in 2008 will be donated to our main charity for this year, St Johns Hospice, Wirral.

The aim of St John’s Hospice is to warmly welcome people with progressive illness, which has failed to respond to curative treatment,  The quiet, calm and highly professional and caring atmosphere comforts both them and those who are important to them.

The Hospice provides services in Inpatient, Outpatient and Day Care arenas. The aim is to provide a specialist palliative care service through a multi-professional team approach. The multi-professional team assesses and works collaboratively to enhance the physical, psychological, spiritual and social areas of peoples’ lives.

All proceeds from the entry fees, donations and collection boxes will be donated to St Johns Hospice.  Hopefully the money we can all raise will go some way to making a difference and helping them to continue their fantastic work.

For more information, visit their website here.

Shaftesbury Youth Club

As with the previous two years, the pitches and facilities have been kindly donated to us by Shaftesbury Youth Club.  The staff from the youth club will be selling hot and cold food and drinks all day for the tournament.  Proceeds from these will be donated to Shaftesbury Youth Club so that they can continue their valued work in the local commuinity.

About Shaftesbury:

Shaftesbury Youth Club can trace it’s roots back to 1886. First established in Birkenhead, the club moved to it’s current site in Tranmere in 1971 with the provision of a brand new building.

The club now offers a wide range of sporting, cultural and educational facilities to over 1000 girls and boys aged between eight and twenty-one years in a disciplined and safe environment under the guidance of professional youth workers, coaches and adult volunteer helpers. The club is open six evenings a week and daytime at weekend, after school and during school holidays.