Trust receives presidential praise

Officials from the Charlton Community Trust made a presentation to South Africa president Jacob Zuma at Wembley last week.

Charlton's Wembley delegation also trust chief executive Jason Morgan, Mary Barry, of British Airways, and Insp Richard Hynes of Southwark Police

Zuma visited the national stadium during a three-day state visit to the UK, when he met Football Association chairman Lord Triesman and the 2018 England World Cup bid team.

And the president also spoke to an Addicks delegation, which included partners British Airways and Southwark Police, about Charlton's groundbreaking work in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg over the past seven years.

Zuma was full of praise for the achievements of the trust and its partners in some of the most deprived areas of South Africa. Trust chief executive Jason Morgan said: "President Zuma was impressed with the programme we are delivering in his country, and we invited him to see the inspirational work we are currently undertaking in Durban when we next visit at the end of March.

"We also extended an invitation to him to attend the official handover of the Cape Town project to our South African stakeholders in May. We are very hopeful he will be able to attend.” The Wembley delegation also included Mary Barry, of British Airways, and Insp Richard Hynes of Southwark Police.

Read more on Charlton's work in South Africa here - or see the Charlton Community Trust website.

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