Our Club Champions
Founding Champions
Lianne Sanderson
Broadcaster & former footballer
Lianne Sanderson is a current broadcaster and former English professional footballer who played as a forward. She won 50 caps for the England national team. At the international level, she made her debut for England in May 2006. Lianne also won the quadruple with Arsenal. She is now a broadcaster in the UK and US for the likes of talkSPORT, ESPN, Sky Sports, DAZN, Disney+ and many more.
"I wanted to be part of the 999 Club because it is more than a charity - it’s a community. Football taught me the power of belonging, and I want to help bring that same sense of hope and support to people here in Deptford.”
Bernadette Russell
Author, storyteller & tree planter
Bernadette is an author, storyteller and tree planter who focuses on kindness, hope and wonder. She is a storyteller at Lesnes Abbey Wood and at Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire, and is currently working on a project called "Once Upon A Time in Luton" with care homes and primary schools in Kent. She also volunteers with Trees for Cities and is a tree guardian for Street Trees for Living. Her project "366 Days Of Kindness" is the subject of a BBC Ideas documentary, available here.
"I am proud to be a long-time supporter of the 999 Club. I believe that ending homelessness should be our number 1 priority as a society, and that the work that the 999 Club does to support people experiencing homelessness is kindness in action...once housing is sorted, everything else can fall into place, and I know this from lived experience of time spent living in a hostel and "sofa surfing". I want to do everything I can to help ensure that everyone receives the safe and secure homes that they deserve."