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ABOUT US

OUR STORY OF TRUE

YORKSHIRE GRIT

We are the official charity of Huddersfield Town Football Club. We inspire people, create opportunities, and work with other local organisations to deliver needs-driven projects across Kirklees. As the official charity of Huddersfield Town Football Club, we are referred to as a club community organisations (CCOs). There are over 92 in England, each one connected to a professional football club. Clubs and their CCO’s are perfectly placed to help the community around them, and successfully engage with groups that many other programmes fail to reach.

Established in 2012, with the initial focus to establish ‘Early Kick Off’ Breakfast Clubs in schools to ensure that children started their learning day in school with a healthy and nutritious breakfast.

Fast forward to 2024 and we have still deliver Breakfast Clubs with over 2.5 million breakfasts having been served, but we now offer much more. From Sporting Memories sessions to older people who may be isolated or lonely, primary school classroom educational interventions, mentoring and youth work with young people in and outside of school to employment and skills support to care leavers and support with physical and mental health.

We work with all members of the Kirklees Community wherever they are in their journey through life. All of our programmes aim to provide positive opportunities which tackle the consequences of inequality in at least one of our four key impact areas of Learning and Education, Movement and Activity, Health and Healthy Behaviours and Safe Spaces and Places.

We are rooted in our community. The unique needs of Kirklees are part of how we define our purpose, along with our passion for football and support, our distinct set of knowledge and skills, and the resources we can access to make it all happen. We can't meet all the challenges that face our community, but there are issues where we strongly believe we can make a difference.

In 2022 we marked our ten-year anniversary and launched a new strategy which continues to take us forward.

Read our strategy

Our Mission

Tackle the consequences of inequality by working to provide positive opportunities and support to the community of Kirklees.

Our Vision

Create lifelong opportunities for people in Kirklees to feel safe, healthy and included as part of a community.

OUR IMPACT

Using the power of the football clubs badge we are in a unique position to reach and inspire groups that many others fail to reach.

We are committed to making an impact. We monitoring and evaluating our projects to help better serve our community. We want to understand if we are achieving our goals, and that we are making a difference to community of Kirklees.

  • 10000
    Hours of annual community delivery
  • 2500
    People supported by the Foundation annually
  • £5M
    of annual social value produced from Foundation delivery

JJ'S JOURNEY

For over ten years, as the official charity of Huddersfield Town AFC, the Huddersfield Town Foundation has been inspiring people, creating opportunities and working with other local organisations to deliver a variety of projects across Kirklees.

OUR TEAM AND TRUSTEES

Our Foundation is driven by a fantastic and passionate workforce of contracted and casual staff. They work day in and day out to make a positive impact in the community.

Our Board of Trustees share ultimate responsibility for the governance of our Foundation and a legal responsibility for how it is managed and run. They make sure we always put the needs of people in Kirklees first and safeguard our assets by providing strategic direction. They are volunteers in this capacity and we are fortunate to be supported by a committed body of local influencers.

CAREERS AT HUDDERSFIELD TOWN FOUNDATION

The Huddersfield Town Foundation seeks to ensure that the talents of all employees are used to the fullest and that opportunities afforded to employees and prospective employees will be solely on the grounds of capability.

In order that this may be achieved, no employee or job applicant will receive less favourable treatment by the Foundation on any of the following grounds: gender, marital status, race or ethnic origin, religious belief, age, sexual orientation, disability or any other unjustifiable reason. This policy applies to all current and prospective employees.

Whether you're interested in a full time or a casual position, take a look at our current vacancies for ways to get involved with Huddersfield Town Foundation.

OUR VALUES

We think of our culture as our character and personality. More than words, it is the actions of our leaders, values, traditions, behaviours and the attitudes of the people who work here. We are…

COLLABORATIVE

OPEN & BRAVE

IMAGINATIVE

FOCUSED

CARING & RESPECTFUL

INSPIRING

  • "Working for the club’s official charity has given me the opportunity to use football and the power of the badge to positively influence people’s lives. It’s an honour to be part of a collaborative and passionate team that care deeply about the communities of Kirklees."

    Joe Scargill (Senior Youth Engagement Manager)