The Footscray United Rangers Football Club's motto is 'Football is for everyone'.

The club prides itself on welcoming, celebrating and continuously encouraging participants from a wide range of backgrounds in order to play soccer. Sadly, our club does not yet have significant representation from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

As part of the clubs emerging efforts to support Reconciliation and improve participation in soccer within ATSI groups, we have identified the opportunity to collaborate with local Indigenous artists to create powerful works that tell the story of Footscray through the lens of Aboriginal perspectives. We see this as an important step in encouraging Indigenous people to play with our club, by using Aboriginal and Torres Strait Symbols and Images, Community Connections and Story Sharing to make this an incredible club for ATSI players to be part of.

We've seen the incredible work of proud Wurundjeri artist, Ky-ya Nicholson Ward and have been inspired, to commission a playing kit that incorporates Wurundjeri stories and symbols to celebrate the rich Aboriginal history in Footscray.

By helping to fund this project, you'll be achieving two fantastic outcomes:

1. You'll be helping to fund incredible up-and-coming Wurundjeri artist, Ky-ya Nicholson Ward to create powerful works of art
2. You'll be helping to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players to play soccer in an inclusive and welcoming club

What your donation will go towards:

All proceeds donated will fund the clubs inaugural Aboriginal Heritage jersey, any additional funds beyond the target will be used as part of the Rangers 'Financial bursary fund' to provide funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players to play football with reduced fees.

What will you receive in return?:

As a token of our appreciation, we will recognise all named donors to this campaign through our clubs website, and future plaques to be hung at Footscray Rangers Football Clubs future home at Hansen Reserve with the names of all donors.