Comprising the local authority wards from Hemsworth, Wakefield East, Wakefield West, Pontefract South and Wakefield North, the Wakefield District contains some of the most socially and economically disadvantaged areas in the UK. In overall terms, the area is ranked 65th most deprived based on an average of deprivation ranks 1 and has some of the UK’s highest rates of child poverty with approximately a third of all children in the above listed wards being classed as such.
The area fares poorly in relation to a whole range of health indicators, with significantly higher rates of smoking, alcohol abuse, obesity and mental ill health than the national average.
Despite all of the challenges, Wakefield District, through the local people and businesses, has a great enthusiasm to improve. Wakefield Trinity Rugby League Football Club unites people across the area to inspire and engage and we aim build on the unique strengths and role of the Club to raise aspirations and change lives.
Tackling some of these long- standing and deep rooted socioeconomic challenges by harnessing the power of sport and the Wakefield Trinity ‘brand’ has been at the very heart of WTCF’s work since its inception. Ensuring it focuses its energy and resources in the most effective way possible in the years ahead remains the key to its future success.