Club receives NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY AWARD

We are delighted that The Nationwide Building Society Awards has awarded FC United a £1000 Mutual Respect Grant. The awards saw over 300 apppplications with 50 £1000 grants awarded to grassroots football clubs who best demonstrated what mutual respect means.
 

Our application impressed judges in a UK-wide competition built around mutual respect within the grassroots game. Britain’s biggest building society have partnered with Football Associations across the UK in landmark three-year deals to help foster positivity and respect across grassroots football. The simple aim is to create a society that's built on mutual respect. In August Nationwide committed to donating £50,000 to their newly formed Mutual Respect Grants fund to help support grassroots football. Clubs and teams could apply for one of the 50 grants by explaining why respect is important to their club to be in the chance with being awarded £1,000.

What does respect mean to FC United of Manchester?

In our application we detailed how RESPECT is important to the Club, to each other, our players, coaches, supporters and members. CEO Natalie Atkinson said: “We are delighted to receive this grant from the NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY as it indicates the importance of RESPECT to us all and we will continue to strive to RESPECT those involved in the game.”

Emily Barker, Brand Partnerships Manager at Nationwide Building Society, said: “Mutual respect is something that we value at the core of Nationwide in everything we do, so to be able to give these grants to the clubs that need them the most and those that themselves have demonstrated respect on and off the pitch is really exciting. We are looking forward to seeing how grassroots clubs put the money to use and the difference it makes.”