Millwall’s Community Day 2023 was a huge success last weekend.
Millwall Community Trust hosted loads of events throughout the day for children and adults to enjoy as well as showcasing the superb work the Trust do in the local community.
Between 9:30-11:30am a Year-11 six-aside Showcase Tournament was held in the Lions Centre with the blue Millwall team winning the competition.
Following on from that Millwall’s Pan Disability team beat Palace For Life Foundation in the Lions Centre with both teams enjoying the game.
There was a family fun zone inside the sports hall of the Millwall Community Trust where children enjoyed the bouncy castle and football games as well as playing a huge version of Connect four.
Millwall Community Trust ambassador and professional boxer Chris Kongo was in attendance and taught children boxing skills whilst joining in and participating in the fun.
In the afternoon, Deptford Rascals - a local band - played at the Blue Bus whilst there was local businesses showcasing the excellent work they do in partnership with the Trust.
From 1:30pm onwards, Romans, Pride, Lionesses, Post-16 students and other volunteers were outside the ground with bucket collections with all donations going to the Trust and the Lions Food Hub - whilst fans were able to pick up a special edition ‘Community Day’ shirt and a wristband.
Ten minutes before kick-off Millwall Lionesses U14’s took part in a guard of honour for the players as they came onto the pitch.
The day didn’t stop there as it ended with a lap of honour from all Trust attendees and participants as well as Chris Kongo and Paul Loding - Captain of the Millwall Romans - won recognition awards from the Millwall Community Trust for all their great work.
A fantastic day was had by everyone and thank you very much for all your support.
Millwall Community Trust CEO, Sean Daly said: “Community Day 2023 was a huge success and we are delighted with how the day went after months of planning.
“It was a great opportunity to showcase our outstanding programmes and the involvement of the programme participants on the day.
“I would like to thanks Gary Rowett and all the players and Club staff for their ongoing support of the Community Trust.
“Big thank you to our volunteers who did a great job on the day as we were able to giveaway 1,500 of our special edition Community Day shirts and 5,000 wristbands.
“We are already planning for next year’s event and thank you to everyone for all their support once again.”
