Backing Our Community: iBC Healthcare Sponsors Highfield Rangers FC

We are proud to be sponsoring Highfield Rangers FC for the 2026/27 season — a team run by our own Kerry Anne Mannix , Service Manager for Day Services — with our support providing new kit and warm winter coats for the squad.

We are delighted to announce that iBC Healthcare Group is sponsoring Highfield Rangers FC throughout the 2026/27 season, getting behind one of Leicester’s best-known grassroots football clubs — and a team with a very personal connection to iBC.

New kit and warm coats for the season ahead

Our sponsorship is going directly towards the things that make a real difference on matchday. The squad will take to the pitch in a brand-new set of kit — something that gives every player a sense of pride and belonging when they pull on the shirt.

We are also providing new winter coats to keep the team warm on the touchline as the weather turns. Anyone who has stood on the side of a pitch in a Leicester January will know exactly how welcome those will be.

One of our own

There is a close connection behind this one. The team is run by Kerry Anne Mannix, our Service Manager for Day Services at iBC Healthcare — so when the opportunity came up to get behind the squad, it was an easy decision to make.

Kerry Anne brings the same energy and encouragement to the touchline that she brings to her role with us every day, and we are proud to be supporting something that means so much to her and to the players she leads.

“I’m so proud that iBC’s sponsorship is going towards new kit and brand-new winter coats to keep the team warm through the colder months. Wishing the whole squad a fantastic season ahead — up the Rangers!”

Kerry Anne Mannix, Service Manager for Day Services, iBC Healthcare Group

Why grassroots sport matters

Grassroots sport does far more than fill a fixture list. It builds confidence, keeps young people active and connected, and gives local communities something to turn out for week after week.

Those are the same things we work towards every day across our services. At iBC, we believe in #HomesNotHospitals — people living full, active lives as part of their local communities, supported by strong teams and surrounded by people who look out for one another. Clubs like Highfield Rangers are a big part of what makes those communities thrive.

Investing in the communities we serve

Leicester is home to our head office, and supporting Highfield Rangers is part of our wider commitment to investing in the communities we serve across Leicester and beyond. It sits alongside our social value work with commissioners and partners, and reflects our belief that the difference we make should reach beyond our services and into the places where our colleagues and the people we support live, work and play.

We will be following the team’s progress throughout the season — and keeping an eye out for those new coats on the touchline. Good luck for 2026/27 from everyone at iBC, Rangers!