Bath MP Wera Hobhouse paid a special visit to Twerton Park earlier this month, home to Bath City FC.

Paul Williams, Nick Blofeld, MP Wera Hobhouse and James Carlin
The MP watched the FA Trophy Fourth Round tie between Bath City and Coalville Town on 13th January.
Bath City FC is a sixth-tier, semi-professional club established in 1889.
Since becoming community-owned in 2017, it has seen its attendances rise dramatically with an average of over 1200 fans attending every home game this season.
With a successful women’s team, and associated youth teams providing regular recreational and competitive playing opportunities to around 550 children (with around 120 of those girls), the club is a thriving community hub.
On weekdays the stadium is home to several community and commercial organisations, among them Forget Me Not dementia club, Roman Boxing Gym, and webuyanycar.com – as well as the Bath City FC Foundation charity.
While at the game, the MP had the opportunity to chat to the organisation’s CEO, James Carlin, about the range of charitable activities his organisation offers, and their impact.
James told Wera: “Bath City FC Foundation worked with 3,500 people across B&NES last year, from ages 4-98, delivering a wide variety of football-related activities in our target communities of Twerton, Whiteway and Southdown plus the wider Bath and North East Somerset area, including walking football, disability football, Man vs Fat.”
The Foundation also runs a Schools Programme working with 15 schools in Bath and North East Somerset to provide affordable after-school football sessions and holiday camps, as well as a Refugee Programme working with Julian House to provide an inclusive football session for people that have recently arrived in the city as refugees.
The women and girls programme ensures that gender is not a barrier to playing football, and the Reconnecting Twerton project runs social events and provides support for isolated members of the community in Twerton.
Wera Hobhouse commented: “I love my visits to Bath City! There is nothing like sport, and football in particular, to bring people from all backgrounds and ages together on a Saturday afternoon, and when that is coupled with incredible community impact as delivered by the Bath City FC Foundation, everyone is a winner.”