WARRINGTON Wolves Charitable Foundation has scooped an award at the Steve Prescott Man of Steel Awards for the second year running.

In the year that they celebrated their 10th birthday, they picked up the Foundation of the Year prize at Super League’s end of season awards.

The award was presented during a ceremony at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester last night.

Foundation director Neil Kelly said: “It’s always fantastic because there’s so many other good Super League foundations out there so to do it for the second time shows that we’re obviously going in the right direction.

“It’s all to do with the hard work of the team behind the foundation and also the support that we get from the players.

“It’s the variety of the work that we do in the community and the involvement of the players.

“One of the things that they did mention at the awards dinner was our work that we do with children with disabilities and additional needs so that stood out but again it’s about the players getting involved and embedding them into our projects.

“They’re immensely hard working staff but what we have is this passion and pride and enthusiasm and there’s a huge motivation in the staff to give back to the community and to be part of this great club as well and have the power to actually deliver our projects – the team really enjoy being part of it.”

Neil has been involved in the foundation since it was set up in 2005 and since then it has become a model for other clubs to look to.

He added: “Right from the start we probably never had this vision of us being able to achieve so much and it’s testimony to the team again and the players’ involvement – the way that the club and the foundation work together makes that connection and I think that’s now reaping it’s benefits.

“Over the years we’ve got sport, we’ve got lifestyles, we’ve got education and training, arts and inclusion – so there’s not really one little bit of our community that we don’t touch through the club and foundation’s work.

“We were one of the first, Leeds, Bradford and Hull FC were all similar times – now every club has these foundation set ups and we work tremendously hard.

“It’s good to be recognised by the Man of Steel awards but we share good practice between each other and we make sure that our communities that we work in benefit from our great sport.

“It’s great to win awards but actually it’s for the town to show that the contribution that the club and the foundation are giving to the whole development and prosperity of the town – trying to give something back because they give so much as well in their support.

“I’ve been here from the start but I’m from Warrington and I’m passionate about the power of this club and what it means to the people of the town.

“I suppose the town’s growing – it’s about getting in new support as well because people are coming from out of the town and it’s about buying into what we’re all about here in Warrington.

“Having that award is great, I think now it’s to continue that development – we all share a vision here, club and foundation, and it’s to be the best rugby league club in the world and we’ve got to keep that up.

“From the foundation’s point of view of work in the community we’ve got to keep that going and look for the next step.”

Elsewhere, second rower Ben Currie missed out on the Young Player of the Year but the former fearsome front row pairing of Adrian Morley and Garreth Carvell picked up Outstanding Contribution awards.