Aston Villa unveil charity sponsorship

[Tezcatlipoca]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...la/7433169.stm

Originally Posted by BBC

Aston Villa have announced a shirt partnership with West Midlands-based charity Acorns Children's Hospice.

The deal will see the charity's logo being carried on the club's shirts for free throughout the 2008/9 season.

"They look after people of Birmingham and the West Midlands and our fanbase covers that area," Villa's head of community Duncan Biddle told BBC WM.

"They have to compete against national charities for funds and hopefully this will elevate them to that level."

Acorns, which was established in 1983, cares for life-limited children and their families in the Midlands.

The charity has three hospices across the region, in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester.

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Good for them

[punky]

In this day and age, what an awesome gesture.

[DocDutch]

find the Barca 1 still the best.... Unicef

but still if all clubs would do this then the charities should benefit

[mouqeet]

Thats very good and barcelona and astov willa very good helpfull team which are supporting children

wish villa the best of luck this season