# Volunteering hub opens to link football fans with club opportunities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/05/20/volunteering-hub-opens-to-link-football-fans-with-club-opportunities/
- Published: 2022-05-20T08:30:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Entain Foundation and the Trident Leagues have launched a volunteering hub
to link football fans with volunteering opportunities.**

The [Pitching In Volunteer Hub](https://pitchinginvolunteers.co.uk/) is an online
portal created for all 248 clubs that make up the Trident Leagues, at Steps three
and four of the English National League System.

It provides a web-based interface through which clubs can post volunteering vacancies,
and fans can search for available opportunities either at a specific club or based
on their location. The hub also enables prospective volunteers to proactively offer
their services to clubs and register their skills. In addition to providing the 
platform, Entain will promote volunteering through its network of community-based
Ladbrokes and Coral betting shops.

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Volunteers play a key role in community football, helping with everything from matchday
activities such as manning the turnstiles, stewarding and catering, through to pitch
maintenance, ground upkeep or providing administrative and professional support.

The hub is fronted by Pitching In ambassador Stuart Pearce (pictured). Commenting
on the launch, the former England captain said:

> “This is a fantastic initiative that will be a real gamechanger for promoting 
> volunteering at the community level. I know from my time at Wealdstone just how
> important volunteers are to local clubs. Equally, it can be a hugely positive 
> and rewarding experience for those that volunteer, I encourage anyone to give 
> it a go and find out for themselves.”

Pitching In partners with the Trident Leagues (the Isthmian, Northern Premier and
Southern Leagues), as a grassroots sport investment fund backed by Entain. In addition
Entain is also the founding partner of the Trident Community Fund, which offers 
funding for Leagues clubs for a broad range of community engagement projects.

Entain’s Director of Corporate Affairs Grainne Hurst added:

> “As the name suggests, our ambition for Pitching In when we partnered with the
> Trident Leagues was not just to provide financial backing but to bring communities
> together and encourage everyone to play a part. The Volunteer Hub makes it easier
> than ever for fans to pitch in and help out their local club.”

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