Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,  mentioned the good community work that is being done at Chesterfield FC via the "Club's The Hub" strategy.

Last Friday a group of youngsters, aged between 13 to 16, completed their Junior Sports Leaders Award at Saltergate as part of a combined initiative between Sporting Futures, Chesterfield College, Chesterfield FC and Rother Community Action Group.

They'd all given up their half term break to learn a range of skills imparted by Alan McGill of Sporting Futures and Georgina Brassington of Chesterrfield College, that will not count towards their GCSE school work but could well prove a springboard to a future career.

All agreed that the course had been a huge success, held jointly at Saltergate and Chesterfield College and thoroughly enjoyed the uplifting pep talk given to them by Spireites boss Roy McFarland and assistant Lee Richardson to close the course.

Another positive outcome from collaborative working.