Bradford City have kicked off a campaign to get people of all ethnic backgrounds involved in football.

The club have launched an organisation called Together Through Football to unite communities in Bradford.

And this weekend the club invited youngsters from an inner city primary school to watch the game at Valley Parade as part of its new Saturday Club.

Bradford City sent its football in the community team out to Springwood Community Primary School in Manningham in the morning to provide coaching sessions.

And then teachers and pupils were invited back to Valley Parade as special guests for the club's home game against Barnsley.

The Together Through Football organisation has been set up by community development worker David Ward who has been seconded from Leeds Metropolitan University to carry out the project.

Mr Ward, who is also a Liberal Democrat Bradford councillor, said he was concerned that the Bantams were a "white football club" which did not reflect the community surrounding them.

The original plan was to create an organisation called Bantams Against Racism, similar to successful projects run at Leicester City football club which has Foxes Against Racism and Sheffield United which has FURD (Football Unites, Racism Divides).

A launch meeting took place at Valley Parade in October, attended by the chairman of the national Kick it Out anti-racist football campaign Alison Vaughan.

Mr Ward said: "At this I was told not to try and follow what other clubs had done but to look at what the main issues are for us. And in Bradford this is social cohesion and segregation."

To tackle this Mr Ward plans to bring schools from different parts of the district together on matchdays to allow pupils of different backgrounds to mix. The Saturday club will see pupils get the chance to receive football training in the morning and then watch the Bantams play at Valley Parade in the afternoon.

Mr Ward said he hoped this would ensure the next generation of city fans came from all communities within the district.

For Saturday's trip he teamed up with Khalil Hussain, a learning mentor at Springwood Community Primary.

He said: "Football can break down barriers. It is a level playing field for everyone to be able to meet.

"The name of the organisation has changed from Bantams Against Racism to Together Through Football because we didn't think the football club is racist but the project should be about bringing people together."

As well as taking part in the Saturday Club project, Mr Hussain has also organised a schools football tournament as part of the Kick it Out campaign which saw eight primary school teams from across the district compete and get to know one another.

It took place last month at Manningham Sports centre.