The forthcoming Premiership campaign will see Wigan Athletic Football Club underline its work at the heart of the local community.

We want to give every single person in Wigan and Leigh the opportunity to be apart of the club at some level.

As well as reinforcing existing relationships with schools, youth groups and charities, the Club has added new partners to ensure that there are more links than ever before with the people of Wigan. 

The We Are Wigan Campaign includes various activities including the Big Blue Bus, Football in the Community, Wigan Athletic Ladies, The Latics Allstars and Junior Latics Football.  (Information about all are listed below)

The Big Blue Bus

To show our commitment to the community the club launched an exciting outreach project developed in partnership with the Wigan Council at the beginning of our first Premiersip season 05.06.

At the heart of the delivery of this project is 'The Big Blue Bus' a fully equipped mobile learning facility that will work throughout Wigan and Leigh to raise motivation and educational attainment and encourage the hardest to reach young people into learning by using football as a means.

The WAFC branded bus is kitted out with IT equipment including 15 state of the art lap-top computers and multi-media resources and will be staffed by newly recruited WAFC staff, as well as WAFC Football in the Community coaches. Activities will basic skills, citizenship, health, environment and football coaching and will be in collaboration with schools and youth groups.

The 'Big Blue Bus' visits a different school each day and youth and community groups in the evening, working with over 50,000 young people between the ages of 5 and 19 as well as adults throughout the Wigan and Leigh Borough. The project will offer support to youngsters who have a lack of ambition and no desire to 'move on'.

Basic skills are taught by the dedicated teacher, through the onboard computing facilities. Their is also a delivery of specially designed workshops in the Health, Racism, Environment and Citizenship modules of the national curriculum within the classroom or youth group and football coaching sessions will be held on playing fields and community halls. Each day over 150 young people will benefit from the unique learning experience offered by Wigan Athletic Football Club.

If you would like to book 'The Big Blue Bus' for your school or community group please contact Tony Smith on 07779 374921

Introduction from Community Officer, Bill Collier:

As the Community Officer at Wigan Athletic, it is my duty to get involved in all areas of Community work. The Wigan Athletic Community Trust Scheme is a great way of achieving this as it allows us to cross many barriers regardless of age, background, ability or disability.

Our aim is to involve as many people as possible in football through the Community Scheme in association with Wigan Athletic Football Club. As Wigan Athletic push towards the Premiership they are becoming more successful and more people want to be involved in all aspects of the football club including the Community Scheme.

This is where Wigan Athletic's Community Trust Scheme comes into it's own.

We coach about 700 children a week throughout Wigan and surrounding areas, including Ormskirk, St Helens and Rainford, promoting Wigan Athletic Football Club and football itself. .

CLICK HERE FOR MORE COMMUNITY TRUST INFORMATION

Wigan Athletic Ladies

Over the last few years, football has become a sport enjoyed by the whole family and this has been perfectly illustrated by the rise of girls' football.

Girls' football is now a serious business and Wigan Athletic Football Club has its own representation in the game, with a number of teams allowing local girls to play competitive football.

Wigan Athletic Ladies have teams at various levels starting at under 10s, under 11s, under 12s, under 13s, under 14s, under 16s and also an open age group.

Whether you are a young beginner or an older and more experienced player wanting to compete at a higher level, WIgan Athletic Ladies have the team for you!

For more details please contact Flo Mather on 01942 703800

Junior Latics Football

Junior Latics are Wigan Athletics official Junior Football Club.

For more info on Wigan Athletic's Junior Latics Football Club, please contact MALC VEALL on Wigan: 01942 709142

In the forthcoming season you will see more community activity than ever before, so get ready to support our 'We Are Wigan' community campaign and help put Wigan on the map.