A colleague pointed out news of an innovative business language partnership to me this morning and I thought I would share it on this blog as it brings languages, sport and business together through their common skills and aims.

Bradford City FC and St Bede’s School have been working together since 2008 to benefit both organisations by teaching students not only language and enterprise skills but also giving them an understanding of and pride in their Club and their community.

The Club have provided guided tours of their facilities and allowed their players to be interviewed by students and in return the school have put on Spanish lessons for players.

This just goes to show that sport and languages make a perfect combination and a result of this ongoing partnership, local primary schools will also enjoy a mixture of football coaching and language lessons, this summer, provided jointly by the Club and the school's languages department.

Source: Bradford City News