NORWICH City's Football in the Community scheme have been awarded silver accreditation by The Football League Trust for their work in the local area.

The scheme, which is a registered charity, will now receive £48,000 which will be invested into community activities.

FITC staff were recently assessed by the trust's regional management team, who found that the Club's community work met the required standard for a silver award. In total, silver awards have been given to 11 clubs in the Coca-Cola Championship, 13 in League One and seven in League Two.

Football League Trust General Manager Dave Edmundson said: "I would like to heartily congratulate all the clubs who have achieved their silver award. This is a wonderful indication of the new levels of impact and engagement that schemes are bringing to the communities they serve.

"More importantly, this demonstrates the impressive range of projects and initiatives delivered by League clubs in all four themes, and the partnerships being established in both the public and private sectors. Overall standards are high, and there is no doubt that the Trust, along with the support of all the clubs, intend to maintain this rising trend of improvement."

Ian Thornton Director of Norwich City's FITC scheme added: "We have welcomed the Football League Trust vision for increased partnership work, improving standards with a purpose to make a real difference to the communities the Club serves. This financial support will contribute to some of the core costs associated to running many of our initiatives.

"We are very fortunate we have many excellent partners, funders and sponsors who contribute so much in many different ways in order for us to reach out to the whole of the County. We are eagerly awaiting the criteria for the Football League gold status to be sent out which the charity will strive to achieve at the earliest opportunity."