New Charity Launches

We are proud and delighted to be able to announce the launch of our new charity – Stafford Rangers in the Community.

The charity aims to improve the lives of as many people as possible by promoting participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing football and other sports and also by providing recreation and other leisure time activities for the benefit of people who need them because of their youth, age, disability or deprived social and economic circumstances.

Club chairman John Bromley said: “This is a great step forward for the club. It’s been a long-standing ambition to improve our involvement with the local community and the new charity will allow us to do just that.”

The charity, which is entirely independent of the parent club, is chaired by John Macmillan who has had many years experience as a charity trustee. The other trustees are Andy Fearn, Tim Glayshier, Gary Bloor and Mark Alcock.

Andy Turner, who is also the manager of Stafford Rangers Academy, joins the charity as Community Engagement Officer. John Macmillan said: “Andy is absolutely fizzing with enthusiasm for the new charity and has a bundle of great ideas waiting to put into practice. But our immediate priority is to raise funds. We receive no direct financial assistance from the football club and until we have got a track record of delivering community projects, getting outside funding is going to be challenging. So, to kick start the charity, all of the trustees and Andy Turner have put their hands into their own pockets and made generous donations.

We really need Rangers fans to step up to the plate once again to help get this venture well and truly rolling, so we are in the process of setting up a Just Giving page details of which will be announced in due course and there will be a bucket collection at the FC United of Manchester game on November 26th. With your help, we hope to be running our first community programmes very early in the new year. Many thanks for your support.”

For more information about Stafford Rangers in the Community including its governing instrument, grant making and safeguarding policies and its policy on managing conflicts of interest – click on the relevant link.

Stafford Rangers in the Community is a registered charity with charity number 1200424.

Delivering the official community programme of Stafford Rangers FC providing sport, physical activity and other recreation to communities across Staffordshire, but operating independently from it.