{"id":4289,"date":"2017-09-30T07:18:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T07:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/2017\/09\/30\/two-hundred-reached-uefas-grassroots-week-initiative-comes-town\/"},"modified":"2017-09-30T07:18:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T07:18:42","slug":"two-hundred-reached-uefas-grassroots-week-initiative-comes-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/2017\/09\/30\/two-hundred-reached-uefas-grassroots-week-initiative-comes-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Hundred Reached As UEFA&#8217;s Grassroots Week Initiative Comes To Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UEFA&#8217;s Grassroots Week initiative took place across Europe this week (September 23-30 2017). Part of the European Commission&#8217;s push primarily to get boys and girls of all ages participating in football at grassroots level, TNS&#8217; Foundation was fully involved.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA donated twenty Adidas footballs and twenty Grassroots Week t-shirts and we are very grateful for the contribution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-480x349.jpg 480w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-371x270.jpg 371w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-780x568.jpg 780w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-603x439.jpg 603w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-928x675.jpg 928w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1-98x71.jpg 98w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4063-1.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We caught up with the Foundation&#8217;s Kieran Lee-Birch, who filled us in on the intensity of what happened in our small corner of the UEFA vineyard:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>A Development Centre for all abilities (7-12 years)<\/li>\n<li>Two Mini Saints sessions for all abilities (4-7 years)<\/li>\n<li>Girls Hub for all abilities (7-12 years)<\/li>\n<li>Schools Grassroots Football League for local school children (years 5 and 6)<\/li>\n<li>Walking Football session for all abilities (40 years+)<\/li>\n<li>Several after-school football clubs at Chirk Primary School and Moreton Hall School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4061-98x55.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We have really enjoyed participating in EUFA&#8217;s Grassroots Week initiative&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>Kieran enthused, as he went on to add:\u00a0<em>&#8220;We have reached out to more than two-hundred people, with an age range from four to seventy-eight! We look forward to continuing and growing our Grassroots programme with as many partners as possible.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To find out more about the work of TNS Foundation, contact: Gill.Jones@tnsfc.co.uk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4294\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-780x585.jpg 780w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-585x439.jpg 585w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/tnsfc.co.uk\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_4055-98x74.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UEFA&#8217;s Grassroots Week initiative took place across Europe this week (September 23-30 2017). 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