LOFT Chair, Doug Harper, has joined the LOASS (Leyton Orient Advanced Soccer School) committee as part of our continuing efforts to cement closer links with the local community.

LOASS was formed in 1997, and runs a successful football school for children, based at Leyton Orient Community Sports programme at SCORE. LOASS' teams for boys range from those aimed at the under-7s, right up to the under-18s. They also have a disabled team, and an under-10s girls' team.

A joint objective is to increase the Leyton Orient fan base across LOASS FC, especially with the younger age groups, and to increase awareness of the good work that LOASS does in the local community.

LOASS attracts many talented young footballers, from across an ethnically diverse local community, and LOFT wants to encourage more local fans from all ethnic backgrounds to Brisbane Road; both on the pitch and in the stands.

This link-up is the latest in a long line of close links for LOFT with football in the local community, which started with sponsorship of AC Leyton a few years ago.

The LOASS website can be found here.

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