WORCESTER’S Nunnery Wood Colts will launch a partnership with the Albion Foundation on Saturday.

Premier League club West Brom’s charity section works with children to develop their sporting abilities through physical education in schools, open ability sessions and player development centres.

As part of their growing programme, they are joining up with Colts to help develop the city club.

The first step will be to work with them at their Saturday morning development centre at Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College, which is reached via Evendine Close, Worcester.

The sessions serve all abilities and players can progress at either Nunnery Wood or into the Baggies’ development system and potentially their academy.

There will be free entry for the first week on Saturday with fun-based football sessions, freebies and a visit from Baggies’ mascots Baggie Bird and Albi.

Nunnery Wood chairman Darren Mace said: “It’s a great opportunity for our club as we expand.

“We need to make partnerships with other organisations to help us to expand.

“There will also be a chance on Saturday to win tickets to watch a West Brom game.”

Colts already have a vast range of youth teams and run a series of training sessions.

The Albion Foundation’s Worcestershire development officer Richard Holmes said: “The partnership is mutually beneficial and formalises a player pathway for participants who have never played football before into a grassroots club with further options into development centres and eventually, for the gifted players, possibly even into a Premier League academy.

“We want to show we’re working with local clubs and are very keen to support the excellent work that Nunnery Wood Colts are already doing on a weekly basis with local grassroots football.”

Some youngsters already play for both Colts and at the Baggies’ tier one player development academy at the University of Worcester.

The third of the three hours on a Saturday, from 11am until noon, is devoted to girls aged from seven to 14 in a bid to get more females involved with football.

Holmes continued: “This is something that both Nunnery Wood and ourselves are very passionate about doing and something which needs a lot more work and attention locally and nationally.”

The first hour from 9am until 10am is for nursery and reception year ages with the second from 10am until 11am for school years one and two.

The sessions will cost £4 per week after the first free week.

For more details, visit thealbionfoundation.co.uk or nunnerywoodcolts.co.uk