Willow Wood Day at Ashton United - 29th March

Ashton United Football Club, in conjunction with Ashton United in the Community, has organised a dedicated 'Willow Wood Day' to support the Hospice. The event will take place on Saturday, 29th March at Hurst Cross where Ashton United take on Hebburn Town. There will be a fun day at Hurst Cross with raffles, auctions and activities to enjoy - all while raising vital funds for Willow Wood Hospice. The club will be donating all profits from the match to the Hospice based in Ashton-under-Lyne, which provides specialist, compassionate and palliative care to patients from Tameside and Glossop with any life-limiting illness.

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Volunteers from Willow Wood will be there with collection buckets and to provide more information about the hospice to spectators. Ahead of kick-off at 3 pm, the club will open at midday on the day. There will be a darts competition event in the clubhouse and a raffle which will be drawn at half-time with prizes including a signed Ashton United FC shirt. 

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The co-chairmen of Ashton United have had a personal connection to the Hospice and wanted to support Willow Wood as part of the club’s ongoing work to support good causes in the community. A spokesperson for the club said: “Ashton United FC, in conjunction with our charity arm Ashton United in the Community, work with many partners in the Tameside area to support good causes and promote health and wellbeing in our local community.

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“Willow Wood Hospice are dependent on fundraising events and donations to survive and therefore we decided we would like to do something special to help.

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“We have all been affected by family members requiring care and in fact Johnny Burke, the father/grandfather of our Co-Chairmen David and Jonathan Burke, who incidentally holds the record for the most appearances for Ashton United was recently cared for in Willow Wood before he unfortunately passed away and so this became even more personal for them and the club.

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“We hope that by donating all profits from our game against Hebburn Town on Saturday 29th March we can make a real difference.

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