A new season at Palace for Life
A new season means a new chance to introduce match-going fans to our community work across south London.
We are Palace for Life, the official charity of Crystal Palace, and we have been a core part of the south London community for nearly 30 years.
Our aim is simple. We use the power of the most popular sport in the world – football, and the club we love – Crystal Palace, to help transform the lives of young south Londoners.
Every year, our dedicated coaches and mentors work with over 16,000 young people to provide regular, free physical activity, help with education, training or employment needs, and support with mental health and crime reduction through one-to-one mentoring.
Our place in the community is unique. We are the trusted partner of social services, police and local councils and provide the support and interventions they sometimes can’t. We are welcomed into communities that are closed to many other agencies. We have the infrastructure, skills and experience to deliver safe and impactful programmes.
South London is a hotbed of talent, but growing up here can be tough. We’re all about giving young people in our community the right opportunities to help transform their lives, in the way they want to, all using the unique power of Palace. Now for a few thank-you’s.
Special appreciation goes to those who participated in our seventh Marathon March and everyone who took on our 160-mile cycling challenge from Selhurst Park to the Molineux in May – both groups raised over £150,000 collectively.
To our Palace Aid partners, players and supporters, thank you. You made the day very special and raised some vital funds in the process!
Huge gratitude also goes to our Investors, long-standing and new recruits alike, who continue to bring in crucial funds to support our work in south London. We can’t wait to work together again this season.
To all of our funders and sponsors, we couldn’t deliver our work without you. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to putting your funds to the best use possible. We are also hugely thankful to our PlayMakers, our volunteers who help young south Londoners throughout the year to achieve their dreams.
To everyone who has engaged with us or learned about us this season. By making any sized donation, talking to us on social media, or simply spreading the word with your friends and family – it’s this support that keeps our engine running.
At Palace for Life, a big thank you goes to our incredible group of office staff, coaches and mentors who are out in the community day-in-day-out making a tangible difference to the lives of young people.
Of course, massive gratitude goes to our club, Crystal Palace F.C., and we simply can’t thank them enough. The support we get from using the club’s facilities, leaning on the staff’s expertise and funding is absolutely central to our achievements.
We’re looking forward to another record-breaking season and can’t wait to have more of you involved in our vital community work to support young people in our area.
If you can’t wait to help, why not sign up for the Marathon March? It’s taking place on the 12th of October and we’re expecting over 200 Palace fans to come together and walk a Marathon in our home of south London, raise funds to help us deliver our work, and of course, meet new Palace fans along the way.
You can read more about our recent work in our news section.