Two avid supporters from one of Manchester United Foundation’s partner schools had the opportunity to meet three of our women’s team stars in a recent get-together at Carrington.

Georgia and Miley Rose, from Bolton St Catherine’s Academy, were overjoyed to spend time with Hayley Ladd, Aoife Mannion and Phallon Tullis-Joyce, who took part in activities to support the Foundation’s Eco Reds initiative.

Jess Simpson and Safia Middleton-Patel were also on hand to pass on inspiration to the Foundation duo. Eco Reds is a youth-led environmental programme helping young people to embark on a sustainable journey through education, youth voice and social action.

Students from across the Foundation’s partner school network who had shown a prior interest in environment and sustainability topics were nominated to become ‘Eco Reds’ last year, helping them to gain further knowledge about protecting the planet.

Georgia and Miley Rose are among the Foundation’s inspiring group of Eco Reds participants and were rewarded with the opportunity to visit Carrington for their exclusive meet and greet with the United Women trio.

“It meant a lot to meet the players because it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they inspire me so much,” said Georgia. “The players helped us with different Eco Reds activities, one of them was planting seeds using recycled milk cartons.”

Meanwhile, Miley Rose said: “I was really excited to meet the players and I got to ask them questions about their life and how they feel being a professional footballer."

On their Eco Reds activity, she added: “We are going to start doing litter picks and making kit bags, which is where we recycle old Manchester United kit to create drawstring bags.”

The Eco Reds initiative forms part of Premier League Inspires, a personal development programme supported by the PFA which uses the power of football to help young people develop personal skills and positive attitudes.