Whilst most fans will be looking to the games against Sunderland and Burnley to get some joy from Everton, the football club helps to bring happiness to more people off the field over the Christmas period.

The Everton Foundation for example held a fundraising event with a Foundation team as part of the Liverpool Santa Dash, successfully raising thousands of pounds after each runner pledged a minimum of £25 towards the cause. The money has gone towards the Everton Foundation to help them “deliver a range of programmes to promote social inclusion, well-being and fitness amongst people of all ages on Merseyside.” They also teamed up with Formby Hall Golf Resort to offer some spa packages to help raise funds.

In addition to this the first team of course made a visit to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

Christine Done of Alder Hey:

“It’s fantastic that the players give up their time to make this annual Christmas trip to the hospital where the squad visited 5 wards. They also bring gifts for those children that they see and spend a bit of time signing autographs and posing for photos. It doesn’t matter if you support Everton, Liverpool or Manchester United as a lot of our patients do, a visit from a famous footballer, an international player for their country, always gives the children a huge boost. David Moyes also joins the visit, which is very much appreciated.

It’s difficult enough for a child to be in hospital, but at this time of year it’s even harder, so we are indebted to Everton Football Club for their wonderful support.”

In addition to this the club also visited Claire House Children’s Hospice to give out presents.

“Claire House is a 10 bedded hospice for children with life limiting, life threatening conditions from across Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man. Located in Bebington on the Wirral, it is a bright, vibrant place of hope. In addition to caring for our children and young adults we also focus on the needs of the whole family, providing bereavement, and other support, for as long as it is needed.”

Mark Rowan Everton Head Of Communications:

“As always we were humbled as we made our Christmas visits. It’s very important for Everton to do things like this. If we can help or brighten up the day of people less fortunate than ourselves than we will – that is very much the spirit of this football club.”

Feel Free To Donate And Get Involved:

Everton Foundation

Find out more about volunteering http://www.evertonfoundation.org/-52/volunteers

Find out how to donate https://www.evertonfoundation.org/donate?

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

To make a donation or to find out more about the work of Imagine please go to www.imagineappeal.com

Claire House Children’s Hospice

With no guaranteed government funding they need to raise in excess of £2.5 million each year to maintain the present levels of service.

Find out more about volunteering at http://www.claire-house.org.uk/?content=volunteering

Find out more about donating at http://www.claire-house.org.uk/?content=howToHelp-donationMethods

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