Through the Shropshire Junior Football League (SJFL) Competitions the league is able to support / donate to many worthy charities. Each charity has its own valuable purpose and, in the main, are helped in their cause by teams of incredible dedicated volunteers. They work tirelessly in helping and supporting many people at times of their lives when they are in need of care and kindness often in the most difficult of circumstances.

This season SJFL will be supporting the Marie Curie and C R Y (Cardiac Risk in the Young) charities at its Charity Cup Finals in April and May hosted by Shrewsbury Sports Village. Ahead of the April finals, and to help promote Marie Curie’s 40 years Spring 2026 Great Daffodil Appeal, the charity was invited to an England Football ‘Future Fit’ event being trialled by SJFL. The event gave the charity an opportunity to meet people and raise awareness of Marie Curie’s work providing a better end of life care for more people, whatever the illness and to their funding palliative care research. The league has already pledged £750 to the charity and will be looking to achieve a donation of over £1000 after the April charity finals.

Our mission is to close the gap in end of life care.  Whatever, the illness, wherever you are, we are with you to the end.  We bring 75 years of experience and leading research to the care we give you at home, in our hospices and over the phone.  We push for a better end of life for all by campaigning and sharing research to change the system.  On average it costs £23 to provide an hour of nursing care.  We also provide free support over the phone in over 200 languages and via webchat.  We offer practical and emotional support.  Call 0800 090 2309 if you would like our support.  We also have a shop in Shrewsbury so please do pop in and see what we have.

We need volunteers to help us with a variety of events including bucket collections, you may have seen us out and about in Shropshire with the lovely yellow hats!  Please ask us about it or email sarah.hampton@mariecurie.org.uk or ring 07515 134 601.  We would love to hear from you.  We are very much looking forward to meeting you on the day.

For more information on the Marie Curie charity click here

If you want to help with the Great Daffodil Appeal see the attached flyer here

This millennium Shropshire Junior Football League has raised over £45,000 and is targeting £50,000 by the end of this season.

For more information on SJFL charity work read here