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Westerby Group take part in the Leicester Legends Football Match to raise funds for The Y Charity

Westerby Group take part in the Leicester Legends Football Match to raise funds for The Y Charity

Added by Love Business East Midlands | 27 October 2017

UPDATED: 27 October 2017

Westerby Group teamed up with other Leicestershire based companies and The Y Charity, based in Leicester, to take on the mighty Leicester Legends for a charity football match on Sunday 22nd October. 

The match took place at Leicester City’s training ground on Belvoir Drive with all proceeds raised on the day going directly to The Y Charity, supporting young people facing homelessness in Leicester. Both teams put on an exhilarating display, the game finished with the Leicester Legends winning the match 8-3.

Westerby Group, co-sponsors of Team Y, entered 4 team members; Thomas Rengger, (SIPP Administrator), Jinal Sachdev, (Sales Executive), Tom Hinds (Senior SIPP Administrator) and Sam Harvey, Managing Director Steve Harvey’s son. Thomas, Jinal and Sam took centre stage and stepped up to play against the Leicester Legends, with Tom appointed the manager of Team Y.
 The Leicester Legends team included Steve Guppy, Matt Piper, Jon Stevenson, Tony Thorpe, Julian Joachim and world champion boxer, Rendall Munroe. The game was refereed by Leicester’s own Kevin Friend, who has refereed in the Premier League.
 
Team Y were up against it in the first half with the Leicester Legends making things difficult for them, however in the second half, Team Y scored 3 goals in a valiant attempt to turn the game around. During half-time a penalty shoot-out took place which gave spectators the chance to take a shot against the legends to further raise funds for The Y. 
 
Goal scorers on the day included Tony Thorpe, Rendall Munroe, and Matt Piper for the Leicester Legends, and Jinal Sachdev and Joe Jardine for Team Y.
 
The Y is the leading youth homelessness charity for Leicester and Leicestershire. As a local YMCA they also provide other community services including a drop-in centre for homeless adults, working with disabilities, a vibrant theatre, and sports and arts activities.  They are a diverse organisation with over 130 year’s history in the city, adapting their services and approach to the needs of local communities.
 
“We are enormously grateful to the Leicester City Legends team who gave up their time to take part in the match and support the work of The Y. We were also thrilled to recruit 13 members of the public who secured their place on The Y Team by way of a donation. Both teams gave us thrilling action, great footwork and superb goals, overall, we achieved a successful charity football match whilst raising valuable funds for young homeless people in Leicestershire. We would like to thank Westerby staff for joining The Y Team and for their invaluable support during the event.” Sheetal Amliwala, Marketing and Communications Officer at The Y.
 
The Westerby Group consists of both Westerby Investment Management (WIM)’ and ‘Westerby Trustee Services (WTS).’ WIM is a firm of Independent Financial Advisers, whereas WTS provides bespoke self-invested pensions for individuals and companies.

 

Steve Harvey, Managing Director at Westerby commented, “We were delighted to be able to put forward four players to take on the famous Leicester Legends, and although our team were defeated by them, it was great to be involved and raise vital funds for The Y. The match was well attended and we’re proud to have been a part of it.”

For a financial planning health-check, or further information on The Westerby Group, please visit, www.westerby.co.uk


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