Celtic FC Foundation announce initial £150k Football For Good Fund TO honour our Club’s founding principles and the existing aims of Celtic FC Foundation, we are proud to announce support measures during the current coronavirus crisis for the most vulnerable in our community through the Football for Good Fund. An initial £150,000 will be available for those who need it most. Monies have been allocated from Celtic FC Foundation, supported by Celtic Football Club. These are extraordinary times for everyone. The fear, uncertainty, upheaval and disruption to everyday life through the COVID-19 outbreak, is like nothing we have experienced before. Quite rightly, our priority is keeping our loved ones and families safe. Health and the financial burdens are in the forefront of all of our thoughts. Primarily, we are looking to provide assistance to vulnerable families, pensioners, individuals who have been affected financially by the crisis, the homeless and frontline NHS staff who are going above and beyond to protect each and every one of us. Starting from this coming midweek, we will: - Feed around 250 people, including NHS frontline staff, at Celtic Park over three sittings, every week day (within the parameters of Government guidance around social distancing) - Grow delivery to reach the most vulnerable and isolated through the local Foodbank network - Provide funding to a host of our charity partners to urgently provide food to the most vulnerable in our community With self-isolation and social distancing currently being essential for certain groups such as elderly people and those with underlying health issues, and recommended for everyone else, we will also be making a concerted effort to reach out by telephone to our existing participants and new client groups that find themselves alone. FULL DETAILS ON THE FOOTBALL FOR GOOD FUND, TIMES OF CELTIC PARK FOOD SESSIONS, AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED WILL BE ANNOUNCED EARLY NEXT WEEK. Celtic’s Chief Executive, Peter Lawwell, said: “Our Club was born to bring comfort to the most vulnerable on our doorstep and we strive to maintain that charitable principle today, through the work of Celtic FC Foundation. “The current climate we face is both alien and daunting and, as a family, we must do everything in our power to provide assistance and comfort to those who need it most. “The Celtic support have continually epitomised the essence of our Club in their charitable actions and I hope that this Fund will provide a focus for a concerted team effort to provide a lifeline to so many.” Tony Hamilton, Celtic FC Foundation’s Chief Executive added: “These are exceptional and surreal times for all of us. What was normal even a week ago has gone, and many families and individuals are now rightly worried about their families, their health and their jobs. “This is primarily about helping people with the money we have, it’s not about fundraising, although we would clearly like to do more as we could be in this for the long haul. We know that a lot of people who normally help Celtic FC Foundation will not be able to help this time. “The priority areas are organisations who care for vulnerable pensioners, the homeless community and those who run Foodbanks. And we will play our part in helping frontline NHS staff who work tirelessly for all of us. There will also be many new Foodbank users in the coming months and while many people are stockpiling food, even less is going to the Foodbanks. “We are very grateful for anything you can do to help us further protect our vulnerable neighbours through this crisis. Thank you from everyone at the Club and the Foundation.” To register for further details on the Football for Good Fund or any other Celtic FC Foundation activities, please email cfcfoundation@celticfc.co.uk and we will respond to you as soon as we possibly can.
Superb from Celtic and true to our origins of being formed to feed the poor. 150k is a tremendous and sizeable donation to a huge problem.
You are being very naive if you don't think Rangers and other clubs will be going down this road soon enough. Celtic will contribute the other 20% so staff who are not required to work won't be out of pocket. And I don't get what this has to do with the club making a charitable donation, does the act of taking up a legal Government insentive take away the kindness of charity to help those more vulnerable. I would also like the playing staff to do more in regards to taking a cut but the legality of that will affect the Legaue as a whole and PFA Scotland will have a massive say in that. Now if I was a Rangers fan, instead of trying to find ways to point score over the tiniest little things that don't really matter I would seriously be looking at how the club described as a going concern and needing £20 Million to see out the season seem to be putting no plan in action to come out the other side of this. Maybe the SFA relaxing their stance on club administration may have something to do with that, but that's just guesswork.
It actually has, as that scheme protects their jobs. And they’re still donating £150k to help people in the community, as outlined above. Being bitter isn’t an attractive look.
I don't think this government furlough scheme should be used by clubs owned by the very wealthy. I.E Spurs and Newcastle. I don't think football in general, has come out of this well. I'm sure the green brigade, who lambasted Rod Stewart for voting Tory, are delighted.
Tommy do you just believe any old sh*te Rangers fans post online and take it as gospel mate? What has the Tories got to do with company's taking part in a scheme funded by the taxpayer? This isn't Tory money my friend although some that are not that clued up believe it is. This will be paid with OUR money and we will ALL foot the bill.
It’s the correct thing for clubs to do. It should save people’s jobs, especially staff that would normally only be paid on match days.
Rangers on the Furlough scheme now aswel. Plus staff taking a wage defferel for 3 months to help see the club through as they simply can't afford to pay players with no income coming in.
Their tune online has now changed about the furlough scheme. Heard a rumour today we will announce measures tomorrow and if what i heard is true we wont be let down.
Wasn't the correct timeframe but it's what i had heard earlier. Celtic management staff and players have agreed to a substantial wage CUT along with deferrals. Well done to them all at a time when many English players and also players up here refused to cut their salary but insisted on deferrals only. They have also agreed to the cut while other less well paid staff remain on full pay. . . Which is only right.
