Greetings to all!
Friends of Pakati are delughted at our first meeting with Burton United FC, who are based in Burton on Stather, a village just outside Scunthorpe.
We introduced them recently here: https://friendsofpakati.com/2026/10/21/a-new-partnership/
I went to visit them at one of their training sessions being held at a school in Scunthorpe, & met the Chair Rock Allison (far right of the picture above). It was wonderful to see the youngsters so engaged with their training, and there seemed to be a very good spirit among the girls & boys participating.
The club posted about the meeting on their facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/share/19kCF5hCj5/
I have to say how grateful we are to recieve the donation, including football kits (shirts, shorts, socks & some boots – see pics below), all of which we will endeavour to send out to Pakati schools as soon as we can. I know they will be delighted!
In addition, some of the youngsters have hand written some messages which will go to Pakati along with the kits…this below is just one example
After the team/group photo, I talked with Rick about how we can help each others organisations, so we will get together to plan things for 2027 in the not-too-distant future, & publish those plans here on our blog & on their website, plus on both of our social media platforms.
An excellent start!
