Sponsors

Network Rail

Network Rail are the title sponsor of the club's community scheme, a deal which launched at The Valley in 2000.

One of the main aims of the sponsorship is to reduce railway-related vandalism in targeted areas through diversionary football coaching.

Network Rail also provide numerous gifts for the community scheme to give away to youngsters who attend any of their football courses.

The national Football in the Community scheme is a countrywide organisation aimed at encouraging club's involvement with their local communities.

It also runs tournaments such as a national six-a-side and the girls' Adidas Predator competition.

Parkwood

Parkwood is the organisation that provides facilities on behalf of Bexley Council, that are used by the community scheme.

The Charlton Challenge and toddlers soccer are run at Parkwood's dry (indoor) sites across the borough, such as Crook Log Leisure Centre, and other football courses are run at a number of other outdoor sites, such as Hall Place Park and King George Park, Sidcup.

Parkwood also part fund some of the community scheme officer's salaries.

Greenwich Leisure Link

Greenwich Leisure Link is the facilities provider for Greenwich Council across that borough, where the community scheme runs courses at the Arches and the Waterfront leisure centres, for example.

Football courses, the Charlton Challenge and other football coaching offered by the community scheme take place at a variety of venues and Greenwich Leisure Link also part-funds the salary of one of the community scheme's officers.

Senico Community Leisure

Senico Community Leisure provides facilities for the community scheme to use at White Oak, Sevenoaks, Edenbridge and Wildeness leisure centres.

Thanet District Council

Thanet District Council is another of the local authorities that the community scheme has close links with, with football courses and coaching taking place across a region which includes Margate and Ramsgate.As well as providing facilities for the community scheme to use, Thanet also arrange diversionary programmes for youngsters during the summer months.

An example of this is the beach football schemes, which take place in the harbour areas of Ramsgate and Margate, with the community scheme's Bob Bolder at the helm.

Thames Gateway Project

The Thames Gateway Project is an innovative, government-backed project, which provides real investment to disadvantaged young people in some of the most deprived areas across east and South East London. The project is directed by the Thames Gateway London Partnership, a sub-regional alliance of 12 local authorities, English Partnerships and a number of other organisations.

Funded by the government's Single Regeneration Budget, local government, the Southern Housing Group and Ford, the project is delivered by Charlton Athletic, West Ham, Millwall and Leyton Orient.

Football Foundation

The money has helped employ a full-time community scheme officer to deliver a range of new initiatives to disabled footballers across London and the South East.

Axis Europe

Axis Europe have now joined forces with the Community Scheme to sponsor our girls' football programme and social inclusion initiatives.