Community Trust News
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FOOTBALL MEMORIES | #MoreThanFootball
Wednesday 5th April 2017 saw Morton in the Community welcome 20 football fans to Cappielow for their, ever popular, Football Memories group. In partnership with Alzheimer’s Scotland and Inverclyde Carers Centre participants are encouraged to speak about the good old days and their past heroes. Sessions based at Cappielow Park, Home of Greenock Morton FC, [...]
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Breaking News | Greener Morton returns to Cappielow
Morton in the Community are delighted to announce we will be delivering Greener Morton within Inverclyde again due to funding from the Climate Challenge Fund, which is a Scottish Government grant programme. This fund aims to reduce local carbon emissions, improve local areas and help them adapt to the impacts of climate change. The project [...]
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STORY OF THE WEEK | Morton in European Action
Morton in the Community had the pleasure of another European tie this time in Lisbon, Portugal. Attending the 8th EFDN conference with counterparts from AC Milan, Inter Milan, PSG, Rangers and Montrose to name a few. The 2 day conference held at Estadio Da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, home of Benfica FC, was aimed at sharing [...]
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MORTON BOYS & GIRLS | Racenight
Last Friday (17th March) Morton Boys and Girls community teams held a race night to raise funds for our teams and a nominated charity. The evening, which was held at the Greenock Dockers club, was enjoyed by over one hundred and twenty of our future stars’ parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brother and sisters. Overall the [...]
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STORY OF THE WEEK | Booking is now live for our Easter camp
Our ever popular Easter Camp is just around the corner and we are delighted to announce booking is now live. We would encourage players to book today in order to secure their place and enjoy another fantastic holiday camp. All players in attendance will get the opportunity to meet new friends, improve their football skills, [...]
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STORY OF THE WEEK | Morton Sharing Best Practice in Europe
Greenock Morton joined likeminded clubs from across Europe at EFDN’s ‘Life Skills Through Football’ staff exchange. The exchange was held by Vitesse Arnhem at their stunning GelreDome stadium and National Sports Centre of the Netherlands in Papendal. The aim was to enhance the quality and diversity of clubs individual programmes, with life skills as the [...]
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STORY OF THE WEEK | Social Enterprise Marketplace
Tomorrow (Friday 24th Feb 2017) the Greenock Oak Mall will host the Social Enterprise Marketplace. Fourteen local organisations will showcase their products and services between the hours of 9am and 5pm. The marketplace event has been pieced together by CVS Inverclyde and comprises a number of organisations delivering services including Financial Fitness, Enterprise Childcare, Moving [...]
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GMAFC Fundraising
In support of raising funds for Greenock Morton AFC (GMAFC), affiliated to St Francis church and Morton Community, we are hosting a silent auction for a signed Greenock Morton FC 2016/17 home jersey. GMAFC play in the Strathclyde Evangelical Churches League division 1 having won division 2 last season and have the Athol Division 1 cup [...]
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Story of the Week – Meet our Player/Coach Rachael McConnachie
Rachael is one of the first to work her way through the player and coaching pathway with Morton Community. Rachael’s journey in football began in 2007 whilst at Stephen’s High School she attended a 6-week block, which then continued into attending community sessions. In 2008, she began competing in a 7 aside league with Port [...]
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Story of the Week | Positive Goals…….a Snapshot
Since January 2015 Morton Community have been engaging job seekers and supporting their journey back to work through our flagship project Positive Goals. In partnership with DWP Job Centre Plus we primarily engage single parents and job seekers aged 25+. We have supported 54% of our participants into work or full time education within a [...]