Fliss Gibbons and Ebere Eze’s outstanding support for the South London community has seen the Crystal Palace duo recognised with our 2024/25 PFA Community Champions awards.
The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Community Champion awards recognise those who have gone above and beyond for their club’s local communities, with Gibbons and Eze being honoured for doing so this season.
Since joining the club in 2022, Gibbons – who is retiring from professional football – has been a prominent supporter of ours, helping to make a real difference in the lives of many young South Londoners.
As well as regularly attending sessions with the DS Eagles, our initiative which provides sports sessions for people with Down’s Syndrome, off her own back, Gibbons sung and starred in the video of our recent cover of Glad All Over, which highlighted GAME ON, our flagship employment programme.
Gibbons also spoke at Glad All Over’s recent premiere night at Selhurst Park; took part in the Foundation’s community showcase on Match of the Day, helping to make cheesecakes and pizzas with the DS Eagles, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Chloe Arthur; and encouraged many to come along and support our work throughout the season.
Eze, meanwhile, also donated huge amounts of time and energy towards supporting our initiatives and mission this season.
The England international provided a massively memorable moment for the DS Eagles, surprising the group at our Christmas shoot alongside Palace captain Marc Guéhi, and joined in a Premier League Inspires session, being on a judging panel with his brother Ikechi as they listened to students pitch ideas on how to improve gender equality in sport.
Palace for Life Foundation is the official charity of Crystal Palace F.C., and we have been working with the South London community for over 30 years.
We use the power of football and the Palace community to change the lives of young people across south London, particularly the most hard-to-reach and hard-to-help, working with over 16,000 people each year to inspire them to find a better path and to lead a healthier life.
The money you raise will go towards three key areas of our work:
Want to support us? You can donate here.
