AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth are delighted to announce that ESET will be continuing as a Community Sports Trust partner for the 2022/23 season.
ESET are a digital global security company, protecting millions of customers and thousands of companies worldwide, who are now lending a hand teaching the next generation with AFC Bournemouth.
The organisation will continue to support our Safter Kids Online programme, which helps educate young people on how to remain safe whilst using the internet.
Alongside the Community Sports Trust, the classroom-based lesson addresses the most common uses of the internet and discusses both the safety features and age ranges for each different application and website.
Last year, a total of 79 sessions were delivered to primary and secondary schools in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area, with excellent feedback from pupils.
One commented on the importance of keeping passwords safe and being kind to others online, while another pupil spoke of their enjoyment at the scenario-based lessons.
As well as being an Executive Partner of AFC Business, which sees its staff regularly attend events at Vitality Stadium and stay connected within the local community, the firm will also now be a new Regional Partner of the club.
As part of this, ESET will be supporting the club’s women’s team across the 2022/23 and 2023/24 season, helping aid the growth of women’s football following the summer’s Euro success.
They will also assist in providing digital matchday content for the men’s first team and sponsoring matchday streams for non-first team fixtures played at Vitality Stadium.
Following the partnership, the club’s Commercial Director Rob Mitchell shared his thoughts with afcb.co.uk.
“We’re delighted to have ESET on board again for the following two seasons. They do some great work out in the community and we really can see the benefits of their knowledge being passed on.
“We’re thrilled to have them sponsoring our matchday stats, which we now post on social media for fans to enjoy, and we’re grateful to ESET for their continual support of the Safer Kids Online project, which is important in educating young people on such an important topic.”
UK Managing Director of ESET, Malcolm Tuck, also commented:
“We are delighted to renew our partnership with AFC Bournemouth and look forward to continue working closely with the Community Sports Trust, which benefits so many young people across the area.
“With our UK headquarters in Bournemouth town centre, we feel a huge part of the local community and we get tremendous satisfaction putting our specialist cybersecurity knowledge to use by helping keep children safe online.”
Courtesy of ESET, AFC Bournemouth supporters are entitled to 20% off ESET internet security with the code AFCBESET.
