In 2005, in response to a suggestion from an exiled fan in Canada, Dundee United FC offered a facility which allowed supporters to sponsor season tickets for disadvantaged children. The Club pledged to match any funds raised from fans in this way to ensure that the number of season tickets available under this scheme was doubled. Last season, around 400 match tickets on average were allocated to children and young people from across Dundee, together with a provision for their adult supervisors and carers. Over the last twelve years this project has generated over £500,000 worth of season tickets. These have been made available through kind donations and fund raising from individual local and exiled fans, supporters’ organisations, fans’ messageboards and from the Club itself which has matched £1 for £1 the generosity of the fans. The tickets are circulated through Dundee's Integrated Children and Young Person's Services, both within the city council and the voluntary sector to ensure that the most disadvantaged children in the community benefit, giving many of these young people an opportunity they might not have, to see their local football heroes in action. Those benefiting include children who are living away from home in residential or foster care, those who have previously been ‘looked after’, those who are young carers themselves and generally, children and carers who would not otherwise be able to attend matches.The feedback from this successful scheme has been extremely positive, with workers and carers reporting that children and young people were getting a great deal from the scheme.