The Club would like to thank supporters for sending in nominations for local charities and these will now be put to a fan's vote to determine our Charity Partners for 2019.
The nomination period is now closed and the below charities will be put to a vote from the 2nd January. The Club currently have the Lincoln City Foundation and Mind UK (EFL nominated charity partner) as charity partners. We'd also like to extend our thank you to St Barnabas Hospice and Lincs2Nepal who have been the nominated charity partners as chosen by the fans over the last 12 months.
We have had nominations from the following charities;
Act's Trust
Age UK Lincoln and South Lincolnshire
Band of Builders
Bomber Command Memorial
Carers First Lincolnshire
Foxdale Equine Assisted Learning
Headway Lincolnshire
Ignite Church Lincoln
Let Them Eat Cake
Lincolnshire Greyhound Trust
Linkage Community Trust
LIVES
MacMillan Cancer Support
Marie Curie Lincolnshire
P3 Charity
Rhys' Donation Foundation
Sophie's Journey
Special Olympics Lincolnshire
Umbrellas Lincoln
YMCA Lincolnshire
Throughout the season, the club will be committed towards helping two of the above adopted charities to assist with fundraising activities and events which are aimed to raise their profile in support of obtaining for further local support. Examples of how Lincoln City plan to support include, but are not exclusive to, match day bucket collections, player appearances and special fundraising events.
Due to the high volume of ongoing requests, the club unfortunately cannot support all local charities, however we will continue to support other charities via a monthly prize draw.
Process:
- Stage 1- Fans to nominate local charities by 28th December at 12:00pm.
- Stage 2- Charities that receive a nomination will then be put to a formal fan vote between 3rd January and the 16th January. Please note that this fan vote will include polls on social media. Supporters will also have the opportunity to vote at the ticket office and club shop by popping a slip in the charity box during these dates.
- Stage 3 - The two charities with the highest total number of votes will be adopted as the local charity partners for 2019.
More information on the voting system will be announced in due course.