SIX football league clubs were recognised as regional winners of the Community Club of the Year Award at the Houses of Parliament – with the Middlesbrough FC Foundation scooping an award.

Chosen for the outstanding impact they have on the people within their communities, the six regional winners were selected for the programmes they deliver in a number of important areas, including diversity and inclusion, education and health and wellbeing.

For the North East and Yorkshire, Middlesbrough’s Foundation launched a new community strategy with a core principle of "making a difference by being different".

Through a number of specific projects, such as RiverSideBySide and The Boro Bus it has been able to improve community cohesion, health provisions and education in one of the most deprived areas of the country for over 35,000 people.

The RiverSideBySide engagement project works to increase social cohesion amongst different communities in the town engaging more than 1,500 people in events and activities.

And the Boro Bus is a single decker bus, fully branded with Foundation imagery, logo and equipment to deliver health education, through messages, campaigns and health checks.

The six clubs received their awards at the House of Commons earlier this week and the overall winner of the 2020 Community Club of the Year Award will be announced at the EFL Awards on Sunday, April 19 in central London.