INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE TOURNAMENT
Maidstone United Football Club is the first Kent club to twin with Flanders Field Peace Pitch, Mesen, Belgium, site of the First World War Christmas truces. The Gallagher Stadium’s Peace Pitch celebrated International Day of Peace with 34 schools from across Kent playing for the U11s boys Peace Trophy.
Left to right: Mayor of Maidstone, Councillor, John Perry, Lorraine Humm, Stones in the Community, Helen Grant, OBE, Member of Parliament for Maidstone and Malling and Ernie Brennan, CEO, Children’s Football Alliance.
On behalf of the Children’s Football Alliance, Helen Grant, MP, presented MUFC’s Lorraine Hum and Tori Campbell, The Peace Field Project Plaque. A duplicate plaque is displayed in Flanders Peace Field.
Maidstone United Football Club’s Peace Field Project Plaque is displayed in Flanders.
Helen Grant, MP and Bob Goulston, MUFC, sign the Peace Field Project’s Declaration of Peace Certificate. There are currently 70 Peace Pitchs in 6 continents:
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FOOTBALL ALLIANCE
Stones in the Community is the charitable arm of Maidstone United Football Club, founded on the principles of hard work, determination, passion and integrity. Opening for business in October 2018 we work alongside the club to deliver the best programmes for the community we serve.
