Our Down syndrome team have won the Donosti Cup! 🏆
They were among thousands of young people from countries across Europe playing in the Spanish tournament last week 🇪🇸 ⚽
Great job, team! ⚫⚪
Players from our Down's syndrome football club making an entrance at the
@DonostiCup
Opening Ceremony 🤩
They've been among 13,000 young people from 19 different countries playing in the Spanish tournament last week.
Top effort, team! ⚫️⚪️
The Sela Cup wasn't the only trophy lifted at St. James' Park last weekend 🏆
Our Down syndrome team proudly paraded the Donosti Cup following their win in Spain a few weeks ago 🙌
#NUFC
⚫⚪
Our
#UnitedAsOne
Award winner is 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵.
Josh was ready to take his own life when a call from his son stopped him. A United supporter, Josh used
#BeAGameChanger
to improve his mental health. Two years on, he advocates for our campaign, which he credits with saving his life.
#NUFC
's
@AnthonyGordon
recently delighted dozens of recently arrived refugees, migrants and young people seeking sanctuary when he spent time meeting and chatting to participants from all over the world who are making a new home and a new life for themselves in the North East
Thanks to DeAndre for helping inspire hundreds of
@BykerPrimary
pupils with us during his time on Tyneside 👏
We wish
@yedlinny
all the best in the future.
Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi met our community at NUCASTLE this week 🙌
During the visit, they got to know young people enjoying our visually impaired football sessions ⚫️⚪️
@ghodoussi
|
#UnitedAsOne
We are deeply saddened by the news that Christian Atsu has tragically lost his life in the earthquakes that have hit Turkey and Syria
A great player and a truly special person, he did all he could to give back to the community and help others
Rest in peace, Christian 🖤🤍
A record-breaking £100,000 was fundraised at our
#UnitedAsOne
Awards, which we will use to provide life-changing opportunities for our community.
Thank you for your incredible support 👏🖤🤍
This is 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 - a lifelong
@SunderlandAFC
fan we work with at
@GreatNorthCH
.
He's built a LEGO St. James' Park for his grandad who supports
@NUFC
and helps Ethan get to his appointments. Amazing work, Ethan! 👏🤩
Our 2023/24
@PFA
Community Champion
@anthonygordon
👏
In recognition of his outstanding support for his local community making us,
#NUFC
and the North East proud ⚫⚪
Seeing Sandro during your school day 🤯
Schoolchildren had stars in their eyes meeting
#NUFC
's Sandro Tonali at NUCASTLE during a surprise visit to our community hub.
Davy struggled with his identity for decades as anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts took over.
Returning to his roots through
#NUFC
, he now finds strength through
#BeAGameChanger
and his place in 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 🖤🤍
We're delighted to announce Matty Longstaff is joining his brother
@SeanLongstaff97
in becoming a Newcastle United Foundation Ambassador 👏
Welcome to the Foundation,
@MattyLobby48
!
#NUFC
head coach Eddie Howe and his coaching team made a special appearance at our annual 1892 Cup tournament ⚫️⚪️
The surprise visit for more than 120 schoolchildren topped off an inspirational community day at the club's Academy 🙌
🗣️ "One person sleeping rough is one too many. We all have a responsibility to do all we can to help in any way possible."
Our Trustee Shola Ameobi is spending one night without shelter as we campaign together to tackle homelessness ✊
@The_CEOSleepout
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@ChangingLives__
Our
#UnitedAsOne
Helen McArdle Young Achiever Award winner is 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹.
Paralysed by a one a million condition a year ago, Daniel was bedbound in hospital for months. We've been with him throughout his recovery, playing adapted sports, learning and laughing again.
🙌 Newcastle United Foundation delivered 300 food parcels to children in Byker, Walker and Walkergate at lunchtime to little ones who would normally eat free school meals, but are now self-isolating.
We're dropping off more food parcels tomorrow!
#NUFC
#BuildingAUnitedFuture
𝑹𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 👑
The Prince and Princess of Wales
@KensingtonRoyal
recently met with Nicole, one of our inspirational coaches
Through her apprenticeship with us and
@WeAreCoachCore
, Nicole now supports Berwick communities to achieve their goals 🙌
#NUFC
hero Shola Ameobi is joining the campaign to end homelessness ✊
Sleeping in the stands at St. James' Park, he'll be experiencing one night without shelter alongside members of our business community.
@The_CEOSLEEPOUT
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@ChangingLives__
Players from our Down's syndrome football club are the only UK team be part of the
@DonostiCup
in Spain this week 🙌
#NUFC
's Nick Pope has a special message for the lads 👊⚫️⚪️
#UnitedAsOne
We are here to help anyone struggling at the moment.
Below you’ll find contact details for mental health support services, as well as advice for yourself or loved ones through our
#BeAGameChanger
campaign:
Our
#BuildingFoundations
Disability Player of The Year award winner is 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆
It was devastating for Harry when disability football programmes paused in lockdown. Harry was missing when sessions returned, but the opening of NUCASTLE saw him reengage with football again
Our
#UnitedAsOne
Disability Player of the Year Award winner is 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀.
Growing up without his left arm or leg, Thomas still played for able-bodied junior teams as a child. Now 17 and using one goalie glove, he's the top shot-stopper for our Amputee Team's and for England!
Welcome to 𝗡𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗟𝗘, powered by
@NewcastleBSoc
, the new home Newcastle United Foundation.
Our hub for education, wellness, sports and recreation is now open for our community 💙
❤️
@TeamGinola
is back! He's spent the afternoon with us training schoolchildren in life-saving CPR.
The former
#NUFC
winger suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest in 2016. He's been supporting
@BenfieldSchool
pupil, Filip, who has had five major heart surgeries 👇
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🙌
@NUFC
defender Emil Krafth met with pupils from North Gosforth Academy and Sävsjö school students from Sweden as the two spent a day together as part of our Partner School programme
#NUFC
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@PLCommunities
We've been asking schoolchildren to design a flag inspired by our city and
#NUFC
with
@WorFlags
🏴🏳️
After judging hundreds of entries, we've chosen Ava's flag to be part of a Gallowgate display this season.
Amazing work, Ava! 👏
Levelling up for the next generation 🎮🙌
#NUFC
's Sandro Tonali and Mark Gillespie recently visited our esports room to meet students exploring their future through STEM learning.
This
#RefugeeWeek
, we're hosting sports, wellbeing and employability sessions to support young people making the North East their home.
We're proud to welcome people seeking sanctuary to our community 🖤🤍
#UnitedAsOne
We're delivering hundreds of gifts to children from Berwick to Newcastle this year to help make their Christmas a little brighter ✨
🖤🤍
#NUFC
|
@Newcastle_NHS
|
@SBRFoundation
We're proud to be supporting
#WorldMentalHealthDay
🖤🤍
Last week,
@NUFC
head coach Eddie Howe visited our walking football and Football Talks session where he and his coaching staff spoke about how football benefits their mental health
Read more 👉
Our
#UnitedAsOne
Adult Learner Award winner is 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗹.
Faiequl was unemployed and struggling to leave his room during the pandemic. With perseverance, Street Football changed his life – boosting his CV, self-esteem, finding work and becoming a grassroots coach.
👏 Ismael Bamba has been named Newcastle United Foundation’s Community Captain as part of the
#PLMoreThanAGame
campaign
🏆 Ish was presented with his award by
@alanshearer
at an unveiling of a mural near St James’ Park to celebrate his impact on our community
Read more here
🏆 🎉
Following the
@The_WFA
’s decision to resolve the National League by a points-per-game calculation, our
@NUFC
Powerchair side has been awarded the Championship title 🙌
We are unbeaten since June & won 11 out of 13 games.
Congratulations 🥳
#BuildingAUnitedFuture
𝗡𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗶𝘀 𝟭! 🎉
We're proud to have supported so many people since the opening of NUCASTLE, powered by
@NewcastleBSoc
a year ago today 🙌
Take a look at how our state-of-the-art facility is helping us improve the lives of our community 👇
Lifelong
#NUFC
supporter Les was alone when the pandemic started.
Every week since he's chatted on the phone to our Project Officer, Nick, through our Buddy Scheme.
After 16 months, they've finally met 🤝
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁✨
We were honoured to celebrate the inspirational achievements of our community
We are delighted to announce that we have raised over £110,000, our highest amount ever!
Special thanks to
@NewcastleBSoc
for helping to create an exceptional evening for all
#NUFC
will feature Newcastle United Foundation's logo on all shirts throughout their UEFA Champions League campaign ⚫⚪
With
#UCL
football returning to St. James' Park for the first time in 20 years, we are proud to celebrate this achievement together on the world stage 💪
𝙰 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛.
Working with the Foundation Allan Saint-Maximin provided Nintendo Switch Lites for schoolchildren in the region to brighten their day 🤩
@asaintmaximin
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@LiontrustHeroes
|
@NUFC
NEWS: Sean Longstaff has been named
@NUFC
's PFA Community Champion for 2018/19.
The midfielder has been a huge supporter of
@NU_Foundation
this season, becoming an official Ambassador for the charity.
READ MORE:
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Oliver Bultitude, aged only 19.
Olly was a prominent member of the Foundation's Amputee football team and also trained with the England Amputee development squad.
Our thoughts are with Olly's family, friends and teammates.
Giving back 🖤🤍
@anthonygordon
has volunteered his time to support our Community Pantry at NUCASTLE, ensuring families and individuals in crisis do not have to go hungry.
We are proud to provide for those in need alongside
@NCLFoodbank
and
@nufc
✊
Our 2022/23
@PFA
Community Champion 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻 👏
In recognition of his outstanding support for his local community making us,
#NUFC
and the North East proud ⚫ ⚪
Our
#UnitedAsOne
Young Leader Award winner is 𝗞𝗮𝗰𝘆.
Mixing with the wrong crowds and struggling to fit in, Kacy used
#PLKicks
to change her life through football. She's now a confident role model and aspires to be a
@Lionesses
captain 👏
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🙋♀️
We're proud to support thousands of women and girls to play, enjoy and go forwards in football with
@NUFC
and
@NUFCWomen
.
#UnitedAsOne
Special guests at our
#UnitedAsOne
awards tonight include
#NUFC
heroes
@dembabafoot
, Steven Taylor, Foundation Trustee Shola Ameobi and freestyler Harriet Pavlou 👏
Yesterday's
@NUFC
's Dan Burn paid a special visit to meet children receiving treatment at the
@GreatNorthCH
🙌
Through funding from
@SBRFoundation
, part of
@Newcastle_NHS
, our staff work with young patients providing respite support through activities, games and team building
𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 🤝
New
@NUFC
CEO
@DEalesATLUTD
saw first hand the work we do to improve the lives of so many people in our community as he visited NUCASTLE today
Delighted to be shortlisted for this years More Than Football Award 🙌
NUCASTLE offers unique opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to enjoy sports, leisure, wellbeing and personal development activities
👉EFDN is proud to present
@NU_Foundation
and its project, "NUCASTLE" which has been selected for the shortlist of the More than Football Award 2022.
.
To learn more about their project check:
How lush is this? Our Project Coordinator Gareth Williams works with Will, a young cancer patient at the
@GreatNorthCH
to build a 3D model of St. James' Park ⚫⚪❤️
You've got to see this,
@SBRFoundation
and
@PostcodeLottery
!
We were delighted to welcome young children receiving treatment at the
@GreatNorthCH
to St. James’ Park for a fun day 🙌
Through funding from the
@SBRFoundation
and
@Newcastle_NHS
our staff work year-round with young patients providing vital respite support 💙
We're proud to be supporting
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
💙
Elaine credits our Walking Football programme for improving her mental wellbeing and boosts to her social life as well as her ability on the pitch ⚽
Find out more and get involved 👉
🗣️ "I honestly don’t think I’d be as physically or mentally strong today if I hadn’t found this community"
On
#TransDayOfVisibility
, we share Lily-Rose's journey to better mental health with
#NUFC
,
#BeAGameChanger
and our campaign champions,
@UtdwithPride
🏳️⚧️🙌
📺 Our coaches and volunteers have been out delivering PE sessions for key workers' children this morning.
Thanks to
@SkySportsNews
for dialling in! Watch the full feature 🔽
#BuildingAUnitedFuture
The North East has the highest male suicide rate in England. This has to change.
We're committed to
#NUFC
supporters getting and staying mentally well this
#InternationalMensDay
.