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April 2024 - European Blind Football Tournament Review

On Saturday 30 March, United In The Community were proudly asked to help provide a visitor experience at The Royal National College For The Blind as part of their European Blind Football League Round 3 tournament and Festival of Football held at their wonderful facility The Point 4.

We were able to bring along our Speed Cage and Inflatable 3 v 3 Pitch, which we adapted with the use of blindfolds and audible footballs to allow participants a feel as to what it is like to play blind football, and appreciate the skills and bravery that the players have in the sport.

We thoroughly enjoyed the day, and the football that was displayed by the various teams including internationally recognised teams in Borussia Dortmund (Germany) and ASDD Roma (Italy) as well as teams from France, Belgium and Greece.

However, special mention should go to the magnificent RNC Hereford team who retained their lead at the top of league with a comprehensive victory over Roma 9-0 and an impressive 2-0 win over Dortmund much to the pleasure of the large home crowd. RNC Hereford have not dropped a point so far and have amassed an impressive 28 goals for and no goals against.

Below is a thank you from the RNC Hereford and England Blind Football Head Coach Adam Bendall, as well as photos from the day courtesy of Will Cheshire Photography. We look forward to next year’s event and more information can be found here.

Dear UITC,

On behalf of RNC, I wanted to express our sincere gratitude for your invaluable contribution to our recent football event.

Your presence, and the loan of the speed cage and inflatable pitch from UITC, was instrumental in making the day a huge success. We are particularly grateful to you for running the speed cage throughout the day in our sports hall.

The blindfolded penalty shootout activity was a massive hit, providing a unique and insightful experience for participants, allowing them to gain a sense of what it's like to play blind football before they watched the tournament unfold. On the few occasions where I visited the sport halls the place was always full and had a great atmosphere and this was largely down to your contribution and good will. Some of the players also expressed to me how amazing it was that young sighted people were being inspired to play the game after watching the action on the pitch, again this was only possible due to you loaning us the equipment.

We really appreciate the amount of time you volunteered to set up the event and run the activities throughout the day. Your enthusiasm played a major role in creating a fun and memorable experience for everyone involved.

We hope you enjoyed the day and would be delighted to welcome you back for future events.

Thanks again for your support.

Adam

December 2023 - United In The Community at 15 - On 12 December 2008 United In The Community was incorporated as a Charity by the then Hereford United FC owner and manager Graham Turner.

The Charitable Aims being for the benefit of the public generally and, in particular, the inhabitants of Herefordshire and its surrounding areas:

• To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of association football and other sports capable of improving health ("facilities" in this clause 3 means land, buildings, equipment and organising sporting activities);
• To provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of such persons who have need for such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life;
• To advance the education of children and young people through such means as the trustees think fit in accordance with the law of charity;

and

• For the general purposes of such charitable bodies or for such other exclusively charitable purposes in each case as the trustees may from time to time decide.

June 2023 - Police dog training at Victoria Park

We are very pleased to introduce Tess. She and her Police Dog Handler are regularly using our field at Victoria Park for training purposes when it’s not already in use. She’s a beauty!

February 2023 - Victoria Park Improvements

We have been busy replacing the old fence that was damaged during the storms last year. With the help of the amazing Kinsey Builders and funding from Hereford City Council and using donations from the former Mayor Paul Stevens Mayoral Fund as well as utilising Section 106 development funds via Herefordshire Council, we now have a brand new anti-climb security fence.

This fence will be maintenance free and provide a suitable barrier to prevent illegal access that over the past years have resulted in vandalism and misuse of the park, so our users can again can be confident that our facility can offer a secure safe place for their community activities.

Trustees - Russell Cheasley (Chair), Caroline Preedy, Chris Oleksy

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