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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Chloe Smith (Conservative), on Wednesday, 20 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 85 members in total.


WORK OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE TRUST

That this House congratulates the Football League Trust for its work at the heart of 72 communities across England and Wales; notes the work of Football League clubs in delivering positive outcomes on major social issues such as health, education, social cohesion and sports participation to more than 1.5 million people in the last 12 months; and recognises that the power of football is being used to improve the local community at Accrington Stanley, AFC Bournemouth, Aldershot Town, Barnet, Barnsley, Blackpool, Bradford City, Brentford, Brighton and Hove Albion, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Burton Albion, Bury, Cardiff City, Carlisle United, Charlton Athletic, Cheltenham Town, Chesterfield, Colchester United, Coventry City, Crewe Alexandra, Crystal Palace, Dagenham and Redbridge, Darlington, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Hartlepool United, Hereford United, Huddersfield Town, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leyton Orient, Leicester City, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Milton Keynes Dons, Morecambe, Newcastle United, Northampton Town, Norwich City, Notts County, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, Preston North End, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Rochdale, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Shrewsbury Town, Southampton, Southend United, Stockport County, Swansea City, Swindon Town, Tranmere Rovers, Torquay United, Walsall, Watford, West Bromwich Albion, Wycombe Wanderers and Yeovil Town.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

WORK OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE TRUST (658A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Stephen Pound (primary, Labour) and tabled on Monday, 1 February 2010. It has been signed by 3 members in total.
at end add `and also congratulates the Premier League for generously committing the funding for the Football League Trust to deliver these positive outcomes alongside their own Premier League Creating Chances community programme, an example of which is the recently renamed Fulham FC Foundation, which this week announced plans for a ground-breaking programme to address men's health issues in Lambeth.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
658 
658A1 
Session
2009-10
Other sponsors
Joan Humble
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Brian Binley
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Jenny Willott
Subjects
Sports
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk