We are proud to be the kit cleaning partner of Peterborough United Foundation for the 2020/21 football season.
Hygienic and clean
With sanitising and general hygiene being more important now more than ever, we are pleased to offer our laundry services to the Peterborough United Foundation.
Our partnership
We agreed with the Foundation to provide free laundry services to clean the football kits of players after matches take place, as games got underway again as lockdown restrictions gradually lifted. For full details on our partnership see POSH’s article.
The Peterborough United Foundation
The Peterborough United Foundation – chaired by Andrew Palmer – aims to provide positive experiences for all, regardless of any protected characteristics whilst treating all individuals with respect and encouraging them to reach aspirational targets to help strive and persist in achieving the highest possible outcomes. It was established in 2009 having been previously called the Football in the Community Scheme. As a registered charity with the English Football League Trust and the Premier League, The Foundation has 4 key themes: Sport, Education, Health, and Inclusion.
What does the Peterborough United Foundation do?
The Foundation provides community-based activities in the local area such as after-school clubs, half-term courses, and social inclusion. Specifically, The Foundation offer a Development Centre / Skills Centre, the National Citizen Service (NCS – a government-funded programme), Premier League programmes, the Peterborough United Scholarship, Shadow Squads to train as a coach, School Sports Programmes, and Women & Girls teams from under- age groups to Reserves and the First Team. To find out more about these activities and for contact details go to the Peterborough United Foundation’s About Us page.
Who can join?
Throughout all their activities, the Peterborough United Foundation educate and train children in sport whilst offering disability activities (i.e. free weekly PAN disability sessions for 6-16-year-olds), so every child has an equal chance. Therefore, The Foundation welcomes and helps young people, children with disabilities, and children from various ethnic and racial backgrounds.
Recent journeys
Since its establishment in 2009, The Foundation has gone on to shape the lives of many children and young people. Here are just some of the recent success pathways:
- Jess Camwell – Signed a professional contract with Leicester City Women after just one year of being on the POSH Scholarship.
- Niamh Connor and Piper O’Neill – Played in POSH Ladies’ First Team during their first year on the scholarship.
- Chelsea Burr, Nicole Hendrick, Destiny Makanjuola, and Sasha Sistram – All have been in POSH Ladies Reserve teams during their first year on the scholarship programme.
- Laura Tonkin, Vicki Foster, and Lia Richardson – All now on USA Football Scholarships.
- Ben Brittain – Now works in First Team Analysis.
- Ryan Melton – Is now the First Team Assistant Kit man.
Not only that, but some other players have gone through the scholarship programme and trained through the Peterborough United FC (PUFC) youth team to now be playing semi-professional football.
How the Foundation has gone above and beyond
From April 2020 to April 2021, the Peterborough United Foundation has done extraordinary things. From continuing to offer the programmes to delivering COVID-19 testing kits and food parcels in the Peterborough community. Here are some of the impact figures across all their projects:
- 1,679 participants were engaged with.
- Virtual training amounted to 843 hours.
- Physical training totalled to 1,097 hours.
- The Foundation provided over 5,000 lateral flow tests to support schools in testing students so they could return to school.
- Made over 3,600 wellbeing phone calls.
- And delivered over 1,000 food parcels.
Thank you POSH
From April 2020 to April 2021, the Peterborough United Foundation has done extraordinary things. From continuing to offer the programmes to delivering COVID-19 testing kits and food parcels in the Peterborough community. Here are some of the impact figures across all their projects:
Beyond football in Peterborough
However, our partnership with POSH over the last year is not the first time we have dealt with cleaning football kits. In November 2016, we cleaned the Under-21 French national team’s kit, so we have got a history when it comes to washing and cleaning sportswear. Not only that, but with nearly 60 years of dry cleaning experience and our ability to clean from weekly washables to complex garments with delicate fabrics, we are an expert in our field to justify being the best cleaning service in Peterborough.