Peter and I were kindly invited to the Football Business Awards by Gary Hutchinson, Commercial Director at Sunderland AFC. The awards ceremony took place at the rather stunning Emirates stadium, home of Arsenal FC. Why were we invited? Well, The Nathan Shippey Sensory Room was a finalist in the ‘Best Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme’ along … More A Trophy For Sunderland AFC!
Yesterday morning, we were on BBC Radio Tees! After a visit to Middlesbrough FC on Wednesday we dashed to the studio to record an interview with John Foster! Last time we spoke to John, it was a year ago and our campaign was starting to pick up a little bit of speed. This time, we … More We were on BBC radio Tees!
BT and Premier League partner with Lord’s Taverners and The Shippey Campaign for sensory rooms in football grounds From today, Premier League football clubs will have the opportunity to apply for funding to help fans with sensory difficulties. BT and the Premier League have teamed up withThe Shippey Campaign and disability sports charity the Lord’s Taverners, to … More OUR BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!:
We’re really getting excited here at The Shippey Campaign! We’ve got to keep quiet at the moment, but we’ve been meeting and emailing to get to the point we’re at now and, all being well, we’ll be able to share some fantastic news with you all at some point next week! Watch this space!
Well, Thursday night saw us at the Amazing Wearside Awards. We were one of 13 finalists in the Community Impact category. Even though we didn’t win, we had a wonderful night! We were seated with Chris Waters, SLO at Sunderland AFC and Kevin Ball, a footballing legend from Sunderland AFC and staff from Richard Reed … More Amazing Wearside Awards
As we have to be at another event tomorrow, we needed to leave Soccerex today. It was difficult to part from such a wonderful event. However, we hope we did you proud! We have networked our socks off over the last few days, explaining about our charity to anyone who would listen (having said that, … More As Soccerex Draws To A Close…For Us….
We have had our first experience of Soccerex today, which was held at the Manchester Convention Centre, and what an experience it was! We began the day with check in and went straight to work networking with delegates, speakers and exhibitors! First up were the wonderful FC Business Magazine, who had featured us in their … More Our First Day At Soccerex!
We are thrilled that many people are now aware of our charity, the idea and concept that we developed in 2014 and are seeing the results that are emerging now and it’s incredible! Starting with The Nathan Shippey Sensory Room at SAFC, followed by Notts County and most recently, Chesterfield FC’s pop up provision. We … More Help Spread The Word!
Our campaign is gathering momentum! Chesterfield FC are providing a pop up facility at their home game against Northampton tomorrow! This is the third club to follow our campaign and allow those with sensory difficulties to watch a live game in comfort!! Well done Chesterfield FC! Take a look at @shippeycampaign’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/shippeycampaign/status/776848343095975936?s=09
An update for all Newcastle United supporters who would like a sensory viewing facility installed at their ground! We have been in contact with Newcastle United, since September 28th 2015, about the idea/concept of The Shippey Campaign, offering to guide them in the right direction to provide a sensory viewing facility for those who need … More Newcastle Fans!….
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