Legacy Fund Update (12 Viewers)

[Nick]

Just a reminder, everybody get involved if they can. It's for a great cause!

The Legacy Fund will:

• Provide activities for children and adults with disabilities (through activities run by SBitC)
• Provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people in Coventry and Warwickshire (delivered by SBitC)
• Support and increase the activities on match days in the Sky Blues Family Zone (run by volunteers)
• Provide small grant awards to local voluntary and community organisations

https://www.tifosy.com/en/campaigns/do-your-bit-for-the-jimmy-hill-legacy-fund

Currently at 43 backers over a couple of months, Cheltenham Town launched one this morning to buy a new screen for the stadium and they have had 59 Bradford had one for a screen and to upgrade the changing rooms and got 2091 donations!!

If you haven't, get involved. Ideal Christmas presents too. Forward it on, the kids playing 5 aside on the pitch is a great present for Christmas as well!

Put the politics to the side!

 

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[chiefdave]

Have to say 43 is a very poor effort by our fans. You even get something for donating, if you choose to have a reward. Even if you don't want a reward you get a certificate of thanks emailed to you.
Portsmouth got 5494 backers and they were giving rewards like a virtual square of the academy pitch.

 

[Nick]

Should at least be 100.

Can somebody put it on the facebook groups?

 

[idm1975]

It really is a poor effort, must be 3 months since it was launched!

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Just Donated will also post it on Coventry face book page when I get home struggling to do it on my phone.
Nick have you thought of getting donations from outside the ground.
I am willing to give some time if others will help out.
Need to contact the club and fundraisers first though.

 

[Nick]

Just Donated will also post it on Coventry face book page when I get home struggling to do it on my phone.
Nick have you thought of getting donations from outside the ground.
I am will to give some time if others will help out.
Need to contact the club and fundraisers first though.

I don't have a license, and it would need to be through sbitc for the gifts and certificate.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

I don't have a license, and it would need to be through sbitc for the gifts and certificate.

Thats why I said get in touch with them maybe they have all the relivant stuff, but just need the volunteers.
Don't need to give out any gifts I am sure most people can afford 50p or a quid.

 

[martcov]

Have to say 43 is a very poor effort by our fans. You even get something for donating, if you choose to have a reward. Even if you don't want a reward you get a certificate of thanks emailed to you.
Portsmouth got 5494 backers and they were giving rewards like a virtual square of the academy pitch.

Yes amazing- in the negative sense. I sponsored ( only 20€ ) for a virtual square of a pitch for a club in Tartu Estonia. I know the family of one of the academy there and thought the idea was good. You can sponsor for various amounts according to the position of the square. Penalty spot costs more than on the edge of the pitch as an example. I also donated for the JH Legacy fund. I would have thought that it was an obvious thing to do in our case.

 

[Rusty Trombone]

The £50 to get your child playing a 5 a-side game on the pitch at half time is good, you even get an adult and child match ticket included. If my lad fancies it I'll get one of those. Only 2 out of 20 places have been taken, I can only assume that not enough people have seen the offer.

 

[idm1975]

The £50 to get your child playing a 5 a-side game on the pitch at half time is good, you even get an adult and child match ticket included. If my lad fancies it I'll get one of those. Only 2 out of 20 places have been taken, I can only assume that not enough people have seen the offer.

Thats my 2 boys, and it is a great offer. Ticket to the game and the 2 herberts get to play on the pitch, happy days!

 

[ccfcway]

Portsmouth got 5494 backers and they were giving rewards like a virtual square of the academy pitch.

We could give a square of our virtual academy

joking, donated. Great cause

 

[Nick]

Up to 47

 

[chiefdave]

Has this years team photo been taken yet? One thing Pompey did was you could have a photo taken with you as part of the team photo. Can imagine you'd get some interest in something like that.

 

[SkyBlueScottie]

Thats a great idea, a proper keepsake.it could all done in a day, front and centre on a chair, it would take about a minute for each child.

 

[Rusty Trombone]

Thats my 2 boys, and it is a great offer. Ticket to the game and the 2 herberts get to play on the pitch, happy days!

Have they said which game they get to play at? I'll be missing the 2nd Jan game, so hopefully not that one. The boy is dead keen, wants to prove to his sister that he's not rubbish.

 

[idm1975]

Not heard anything, i think the deadline for donations keeps getting put back. so maybe when its a bit warmer next year.

 

[Ian1779]

Didn't they have someone officially nominated as squad number 12 or something similar a few seasons ago now. Could sell a squad number for the season for charity and they be named in every programme - even get a kit from club with name/number

 

[Rusty Trombone]

Didn't they have someone officially nominated as squad number 12 or something similar a few seasons ago now. Could sell a squad number for the season for charity and they be named in every programme - even get a kit from club with name/number

I think most recently they did it as part of a raffle prize for people that bought season tickets whilst at Northampton.

 

[Nick]

Observer have picked up on it : https://coventryobserver.co.uk/news...cy-fund-donations-to-help-disadvantaged-kids/

 

[idm1975]

Get Nick....quoted in the observer! Good job mate.

 

[Nick]

Get Nick....quoted in the observer! Good job mate.

Billy big time now!

Need more to get on it now to try and give it a push. Buy some shit

 

[Nick]

Looks like they have some extra signed footballs now

https://www.tifosy.com/en/campaigns/do-your-bit-for-the-jimmy-hill-legacy-fund

 

[chiefdave]

Is there any way to suggest extra things that might sell well?

Assume they've having a legends day this year, thought maybe get some retro shirts from the club shop and get all the legends to sign them. I'd definitely buy one of them, would look great framed.

If they were quick they could get Hucks and Dion to sign them when they're up here in December.

 

[Nick]

I did have an email address and suggested about scarves.

I'm happy to put some emails over to them with suggestions Ill send them over to them!

 

[Nick]

Telegraph wont promote it

 

[fernandopartridge]

What a dickhead Gilbert is

 

[Nick]

Honestly can't see the issue with them saying that people can buy a football, people can buy a signed shirt and it all goes to charity.

It's not fair to use politics and agendas against things like this, Christ it's one of the only things we can agree on on here that it's a great cause.

It is quite telling that CCFC Community liked me asking them....

 

[idm1975]

mmmmmmmmmm what a twat!

 

[idm1975]

Just to clarify i dont think you are a twat nick was meaning gilbert.

 

[Nick]

Just to clarify i dont think you are a twat nick was meaning gilbert.

I don't mind if it was! Been called worse.

Have asked them.about the legends idea, also if there's any other stuff they can get

 

[chiefdave]

Not sure he can claim it needs something new when the CT is full of a endless string on 'in case you missed it', 'five things we learnt' and 'readers react' pieces.

 

[Nick]

Who else can I contact to try and get them to give it a push?

 

[chiefdave]

Who else can I contact to try and get them to give it a push?

Tweet Linnell and see if he'll get the info out during a match?

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Who else can I contact to try and get them to give it a push?

Andy Turner?

 

[Nick]

I'll try them both, tried some current players.