Chairman Attends Annual Reception

Wolves chairman Steve Morgan today reflected on a hugely successful 12 months for Wolves Community Trust at the charity's Annual Reception.

Steve was at Molineux this morning to both reflect on and celebrate the achievements of the Community Trust over the last year as he also launched the Morgan Foundation's Entrepreneur Awards for 2010.

Wolves Community Trust includes the Wolves Aid charity which has donated over £200,000 to local charities since Steve took over at Wolves.

Today's Annual Reception was hosted by former Wolves striker Don Goodman in front of an audience of guests including groups and organisations who have benefited from Wolves Community Trust's activities over the last year.

Both Steve and Wolves CEO Jez Moxey were interviewed on stage, with video presentations shown of some of the charity's activities including Wolverhampton Rhinos Wheelchair Basketball team, the Walled Garden Project in Albrighton, the Mens Health Checks Project and Woden School Languages Project.

Steve also presented the latest Wolves Aid cheque, for £5,000 for specialist sports equipment for Westcroft School and Sports College.

"I've always said that a football club is the focus of any community," Steve told guests.

"And as the only football club in Wolverhampton, we have a big responsibility to the people of the city.

"It is vitally important that we do whatever we can to help out those disadvantaged and give something back to the community."

Jez told guests that 75,000 people had been directly impacted by Wolves Community Trust's activities over the last 12 months, and paid tribute to how the club's work in the community has developed since Steve took over.

"It has always been one of Steve's main visions to be committed to helping people less fortunate than ourselves and he has helped us make significant improvements in all of our benevolent activities," added Jez.

And Don, who admitted he always enjoyed carrying out community activities while he was a player, says the figure of 108 player visits carried out last season far surpasses what players carried out in the past.

"Modern football is about so much more than what you see on the pitch and the sort of work that goes on in the community is fantastic," he said.