Level Playing Field was delighted to welcome Morgan Parry and his dad Stephen to our offices last week. Morgan is a young disabled Bolton Wanderers supporter, and attends Turton High School in Bolton. He attends all Bolton Wanderers matches, home and away, and is now a member of the Bolton Wanderers FC Disabled Supporters Working Group. Morgan was introduced to LPF Chair, Joyce Cook, OBE, Development Administrator Rachel Nickless and CAFE Projects and Fan Liaison Manager Mike Rice. Everyone enjoyed the meeting, sharing football stories and discussing the ongoing work of LPF and CAFE.
Amongst a number of topics discussed, Morgan has offered to send roving match reports of his experiences and he said “I am looking forward to reporting on my visits and sharing these with CAFE and Level Playing Field”.
Joyce said, “It was a pleasure to meet with Morgan and his father recently. We had a great discussion about the match day experiences of disabled fans, as well as some of the recent technological advances that have made society more inclusive for many disabled people. Morgan, who himself uses text to speech software to communicate, will soon be leaving school and would like to explore further education opportunities that he hopes will lead to career within football. CAFE and LPF have offered to try to help Morgan achieve his dreams and will be keeping a keen look out for any career opportunities within football.”
We would like to thank both Morgan and Stephen for taking the time to visit us and we will look forward to receiving Morgan’s match day reports and to seeing him again very soon.