The CEMEX Foundation was delighted to sponsor a local children’s football club in Coventry. The club provides football activities in a safe and positive environment for children aged between 5 and 17, completely free of charge.

Maninder Lully (Mani) works in CEMEX’s payroll team and first got involved in the football club, GNP Sports, in 2019 when his son Ryan joined. As a volunteer, Mani first started helping with admin and now manages the GNP’s under 9s Pumas (see photo) as well as being the club’s Development Officer.

Mani’s hours of volunteering work has helped the club develop and last year expanded it’s Junior U7s teams, introducing a girls team for the first time. To celebrate the girls and boys teams Mani was keen to find a local sponsor and reached out to the CEMEX Foundation who was delighted to donate.

CEMEX values the importance of supporting local initatives to promote the discipline, teamwork and respect values that children and young people develop with sports.

Mani and the club were thrilled with the donation: “We were so grateful to CEMEX for donating sponsorship towards our team’s new kit, training equipment and tracksuits for the new girl’s team.  The children were so happy – thank you CEMEX!”