WATCH: Everton in the Community
Tuesday 28 February 2017 12:54, UK
Everton in the Community (EitC) has firmly established itself as one of the top sporting charities in the UK.
Beginning life as part of Everton Football Club's community department, EitC is now at the forefront of social intervention across Merseyside, employing around 200 people and running 60 different community-focused programmes.
EitC help fund more than 2,000 different charities and their tireless work was widely recognised in 2016 as they collected 19 separate awards, including the Premier League's Community Club of the Year at the Northwest Football Awards.
The organisation is open 365 days a year, and in addition to running the Everton Free School, which opened in 2012, it oversees 14 disability teams across different sports.
Everton's deputy chief executive, Dr Denise Barrett-Baxendale, is the executive chair of Everton in the Community.
Click on the video above as the lifelong Blue talks us through EitC's work across Merseyside and what the future holds for EitC.
