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LFC FoundationLFC Foundation celebrate heroes at 2025 Community Awards
This week, the LFC Foundation proudly hosted their Community Awards at Anfield Stadium.
The awards ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate and honour individuals from across the Liverpool City Region for demonstrating our Club values through helping others and improving the lives of those in their communities.
The night was once again hosted by LFCTV’s Peter McDowell with support from LFC Legends Ian Rush and Jason McAteer who presented the awards alongside members of LFC Foundation Senior Leadership Team, members of the Board of Trustees and fan favourite, Kieo.
LFC Foundation’s honorary ambassador Jürgen Klopp had a message for those in attendance. He said: “I am proud to be an ambassador of this amazing charity. Keep up the incredible work, you are all an inspiration and what makes this club and the LFC Foundation so special.”
Each person in the room made a significant contribution to their community over the course of a season across all of our programmes which support health, learning and employability.
LFC Academy Scholar, Joe Upton was the recipient of the Community Impact Award for demonstrating outstanding leadership and compassion through his role in the Premier League Inspires Academy Challenge. He led a social action project on gender equality, organised a football tournament that empowered young girls and promoted inclusive participation, with boys supporting as referees and coaches.
Matt Parish, CEO of LFC Foundation said: "We are proud to host the annual Community Awards at Anfield Stadium to celebrate the extraordinary individuals who have made a difference in our community."
"This ceremony is a celebration and a moment of reflection of a season of achievements. It provides us with a chance to acknowledge the impact of participants, volunteers, and staff."
"From grassroots initiatives, fundraising campaigns for local organisations, dedicated community work, or striving for improvement in themselves or those around them, each of tonight’s nominated individuals represent the very best of the LFC Foundation."
"Their actions truly remind us of what it means to be a part of a community."
It was an incredible night at Anfield and we want to thank everyone who attended.
Take a look at the photos of our winners from the night below.
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LFC FoundationRed Neighbours, in our communities over the past two weeks. From walking football to tackling social isolation, our team have been busy supporting people in our communities around Anfield, Kirkby & Melwood
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LFC FoundationLifelong Reds demonstrate lasting impact of Run to Anfield . For lifelong Reds Harry, 86, and Jimmy, 82, taking part in the 2025 LFC Foundation Run to Anfield 5K, was about much more than crossing the finish line.
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LFC FoundationLFC Foundation and Islamic Relief UK bring refugee communities together for a special football tournament . LFC Foundation and Islamic Relief UK brought together refugee football teams from across the UK last week for a special refugee football tournament celebrating inclusion, and community through sport as part of National Refugee Week.
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LFC FoundationLFC Foundation and Right to Play launch project to support over 650,000 children in Ghana . LFC Foundation has teamed up with Right To Play on a new project to transform early childhood education for more than 650,000 children in Ghana.
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LFC FoundationChampion of the Month: May 2026. Congratulations to Kevin who is our Champion of the Month for May 2026!
