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Early Intervention Youth Fund ( EIYF)

July 10, 2019/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99

The club has teamed up with Everton and Liverpool football clubs and the Princes Trust to apply to Government for a share of their Serious Violent Crime strategy’s Early Intervention […]

Shrewsbury House – The Football Story

June 8, 2019/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99

We have started on a new project in our Archives group titled ‘Shrewsbury House – The Football Story’. We are trying to gather as much material as possible that tells […]

Early Intervention Youth Fund ( EIYF)

July 10, 2019/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99

The club has teamed up with Everton and Liverpool football clubs and the Princes Trust to apply to Government for a share of their Serious Violent Crime strategy’s Early Intervention […]

Shrewsbury House – The Football Story

June 8, 2019/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99

We have started on a new project in our Archives group titled ‘Shrewsbury House – The Football Story’. We are trying to gather as much material as possible that tells […]

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Early Intervention Youth Fund ( EIYF)

July 10, 2019/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99

The club has teamed up with Everton and Liverpool football clubs and the Princes Trust to apply to Government for a share of their Serious Violent Crime strategy’s Early Intervention Youth Fund. In March 2019, we heard that the Home Office had agreed to fund our joint bid.

Merseyside’s Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy said: “Reaching young people before they are targeted by more sophisticated individuals who draw them into a dangerous, criminal lifestyle is essential if we are to break the cycle of gang-related violence in our communities. I was really pleased to be able to work with these four really effective organisations and I’m delighted that the Home Office has recognised the importance of this project by allocating £700,000. With this money, we can work in the most troubled communities to target the young people most at risk of harm, building their confidence, equipping them with new skills and encouraging them to strive for a brighter future.”

The initial Early Intervention Youth Fund course, entitled “That’s Life” with 12 participants finished in June and was a huge success. Young people were selected according to a range of risk factors such as:

• Disengaged from education
• Poor attendance
• Risk of exclusion
• Convicted of an offence/at risk off offending or have a close family member who has been convicted

The programme sought to reduce these and bolster the protective factors that can keep them on safer paths. The feedback we have received from the police and Notre dame school has been really positive.

The Home office has approached us to discuss further funding as part of their reducing Serious Violence strategy and we have a verbal agreement of an additional £24,975 to pay for our senior club sessions and some additional staff from now until March 2020. A further meeting is set for October with the aim of putting together a plan to securing a further 5 years’ worth of Home Office funding.

The second course is underway.

Shrewsbury House – The Football Story

June 8, 2019/in Frontpage Article, News /by shadmin99

We have started on a new project in our Archives group titled ‘Shrewsbury House – The Football Story’. We are trying to gather as much material as possible that tells the story of the club’s football since 1903. We haven’t managed to get quite that far back but we do have a photo of a club football team in 1907!

We’re not quite sure whether this turns into a book or what at this stage, but we have an impressive collection of records, words and pictures already. Below are a couple of extracts.

1949/51	PJ			Match report v St Marys
1950	See photos PJ		Team listed on photo	Billy Jones on National Service reports from abroad in a letter and includes a match report
1951	PJ			Match report v Florence Institute
1952
1953
1954	O.Boys	Finalists of Houston cup	George Marsden	Full team list available via G.M. Played at Anfield in front of c 600

Both Chris and Billy Lloyd, who later famously signed for Tranmere Rovers, could write a book about the Shewsy, remembering stories like old Billy Dalrymple, the storekeeper who predated Alf in the mid 1960’s, and his dishing out the footy gym kit and of course the ex-army issue brown pumps. “You were lucky to get two pumps the same size with laces and no holes before kicking off in top gym” says Billy Lloyd.

There were success stories – winning the first ICI regional 7 a side tournament in Widnes – team: Arthur Rawlings, Chris Gallagher, big Billy Jones, Arthur Towers, Ian McElwee, Davie Hunt, Stan Coleman, all Shewsy stalwarts in their day.

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