A FOOTBALL fans cause has unveiled plans for community drop-in sessions and has dug deep to help three vital organisations.

The Bolton Wanderer’s Remembrance Group says when the lockdown measures allow them to, they will welcome people to The Vulcan Inn in Deane on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 3pm.

The sessions, which are the brainchild of former player Tony Kelly, will support people suffering with bereavement, addiction, stress, anxiety and loneliness, and offer training for first aid and helping people with CVs.

The group, which was founded by Alan Mather in 2019 after the death of an old friend, Alan Parkin, has grown from strength and has more than 5,000 members.

Lifelong Wanderers fan Mr Mather said its success has been the envy of clubs across the UK, with around 30 contacting him about it including Glasgow Rangers.

Its popularity in the community is boosted by the amount of funds it provides to fellow good causes.

And on Saturday it handed over a £1,500 cheque to Bolton Hospice, £500 to mental health cause Whysup (on top of another £500 it gave them recently) and £500 to Bolton Wanderers Community Trust.

Former players such as Whites legend John McGinlay were in attendance.

Last month, the organisation also paid for a remembrance flag, which was installed at the University of Bolton Stadium, to commemorate the Burnden Park disaster in 1946, which led to the deaths of 33 fans.

The group's annual remembrance event, which honours fans who have died, is set to take place at the stadium on Saturday, September 25.

For more information about the work the group do visit bwfcrg.co.uk.