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EVERTON IN THE COMMUNITY JOINS FORCES WITH A LIVERPOOL BASED SPORT AND NETWORKING COMPANY
Everton in the Community is joining forces with a new Liverpool-based sport and networking company .
Contact Sport – which provides ‘ feel good networking ’ as well as corporate sports opportunities – is offering access to a range of health and wellbeing resources .
Everton Football Club ’ s official charity will be providing various services to Contact Sport members . “ We ’ re absolutely delighted that EitC have come on board as a partner ,” said Rosie Kenyon , managing director of marketing agency Kenyons and co-founder of Contact Sport .
“ We want to be able to offer a range of services promoting corporate health and wellbeing , alongside our business networking programme , and Everton in the Community ’ s outstanding programmes will be a real resource for organisations to tap into .”
Everton ’ s Michael Salla , Director of Health and Sport , said : “ Linking with Contact Sport will help us work with the City Region ’ s business community and show organisations large and small how we can support them .
“ We ’ ll be pleased to provide a range of services including mental health awareness training , bespoke teambuilding workshops and motivational talks from speakers with a range of backgrounds .”
Contact Sport is officially launching next month in Liverpool . A series of events is planned to help people build their business networks – and Contact Sport will also be offering advice and support to organisations across the City Region around health and wellbeing , and promoting sport and exercise in the business community .
“ There ’ s something for everyone , with events ranging from indoor socials with pool and table tennis to city walks or treks in the hills , from paddleboarding to go-karting , yoga to tennis . The events are designed to give businesspeople a way to look after themselves as well as their business interests ,” said Rosie Kenyon .
“ And as well as taster sessions in sports people may not have tried , we ’ ll be organising events around golf , football , cricket – featuring coaching as well as competition , all with the aim of making networking feel good .”
For information on membership and upcoming events with Contact Sport , visit www . contact-sport . co . uk where the events calendar will be continually updated . merseylife . com 17