Brentford Under-12s have completed the Premier League’s Christmas Truce project, giving back to the local community as we remember those who gave their lives in World War One.
The young Bees came together to complete a multi-faceted project that marked the armistice of WW1.
Brentford joined clubs around the country in completing the project, which runs in line with a host of qualifying matches to decide which teams will represent England at the Truce Tournament in Ypres, Belgium.
Led by academy tutor and core programme coordinator Kirsten Farrand, the U12s created poems and poppies to donate and share at West Middlesex Hospital, where they also unveiled a plaque to commemorate Percy House, a hospital building that helped injured servicemen during the First World War.
As well as this, they visited Isleworth War Memorial with Royal British Legion armed forces engagement officer Chris Dodd, to pay their respects for those who died in the war.
The Bees laid sculptures, which they had created around the project’s theme of ‘Poppies, Poems and Physicians' at the memorial.
Academy tutor Farrand said that she was very proud of the way the group embraced and engaged with the project.
"It's is always exciting when the Christmas Truce Project comes around because it is such an important education initiative," she said.
"Seeing how enthusiastically this years coohort embraced our missions was especially heartwarming.
"The boys absolutely put their best foot forward when it came to learning and brought their creativity and personalities to the forefront for their commemorations. I was so impressed by their poems and clay sculptures.
"The U12s really showed how football and remembrance have a unique and special relationship, which is exactly what the project is all about. I couldn't be more proud."