Accrington Stanley Football Club have shown support to their official award winning charity by becoming ‘Friends of Accrington Stanley Community Trust’, a scheme aimed at getting local businesses involved with supporting the charity.
The ‘Friends of Accrington Stanley Community Trust’ scheme provides an ideal way for local businesses to engage its corporate social responsibility by supporting an organisation that improves health, social inclusion levels, as well as delivering sport and education programmes to over 15,000 local people.
Daniel Bowerbank, Accrington Stanley Commercial Manager said, “The community trust offers the local community some fantastic opportunities and assists to present the club within the borough. We are proud to be able to offer support to the club’s official charity. The work that the Trust undertake within the borough is key for the club as we continue to be the heart of the community.”
Accrington Stanley Community Trust CEO, Martin Fearon said ‘we have a great relationship with Accrington Stanley Football Club, we are their official charity representing them in the community of Hyndburn and surrounding areas. They continue to support us in our charitable work and it is fantastic to be able to deliver some amazing projects and raise the awareness of Accrington Stanley at the same time. We are a community friendly football club that takes pride in our town and its people.’’
How do I become a friend of the Trust?
By donating or fundraising £1,000 to Accrington Stanley Community Trust, organisations or individuals will receive a variety of benefits such as use of the ‘Friends of ASCT’ logo and advertising benefits such as social media coverage, website links and match day programme exposure.
To find out more, or to become a friend of Accrington Stanley Community Trust, get in touch with Martin Fearon, on martin.fearon@stanleytrust.co.uk or call 01254 304071. You can also find more information by clicking the following link; http://www.stanleytrust.co.uk/partnership-opportunities/
