School nets charity cash to take part in football project with foundation

Teenage football fans in Paisley are to benefit from a partnership between a leading equalities charity and one of Scotland’s most successful property companies.

- EMYLIE HOWIE

Nil by Mouth has been awarded a grant of £3,000 from the HFD Charitable Foundation to run the ‘Us & Them’ project in conjunction with a number of Renfrewshire high schools.

The scheme will see football-mad youngsters explore the passion, pantomime and passion of the sport in Scotland.

One of the schools benefiting from the project is Gleniffer High in Foxbar which will receive visits from the football writer and podcaster Daniel Gray; former Premier League star and anti-racism campaigner Kevin Harper; and take part in a behind-the-scenes tour at St Mirren.

HFD Charitable Foundation ambassador Lauren McKenzie visited Gleniffer High to present a cheque to some of the pupils and staff involved in the project and find out more about the young people's views on the game.

Nil by Mouth partnership manager Emma Alexander said: "We are very grateful to the HFD Foundation for backing our work in this way and through its investment we can increase the number of young people we are able to work with.