Free Books For Schools
Accrington Stanley Community Trust have teamed up with The Premier League to offer FREE reading books to local primary schools. The Premier League announced on World Book Day that 30,000 books would be provided at no cost, to 2,000 primary schools across England and Wales. As part of this 5 of our local primary schools […]
EFL Community Day of Action
Tuesday 25th April was the Football Leagues ‘Community Day of Action’ of which Accrington Stanley were delighted to be a part of. The EFL Trust took the opportunity to showcase the work its members do in their communities. More than one million people are now participating in football-led community programmes and activities every season. EFL […]
Ladies Walking Football Players Wanted!
The very first women’s national walking football tournament is set to take place in Preston, Lancashire on Sunday 2nd July 2017 to commemorate 100 years of the Dick, Kerr Ladies. Accrington Stanley Community Trust will be entering a team to take part in this tournament and we are looking for any players that might be […]
McCartan and Rodak Visit Soccer School
Children attending Accrington Stanley’s Easter Holiday Courses got a big surprise when 1st team players Marek Rodak and Shay McCartan nipped in to say hello and take part in penalty shootout! Over 70 children have attended either the Soccer schools or Activity Clubs this Easter which will end on Thursday with all children receiving a […]
Easter Holiday Course- Free Easter Eggs!
The 2nd week of our Easter Holiday Courses get underway on Monday 10th April and there are free Easter Eggs up for grabs! For all full course bookings a free Easter egg will be presented to them by the Club mascot Winstanley at the end of the course. Whether it’s a week of football that […]
Players Move & Learn
A group of year 5 pupils at St Nicholas’ Primary School got a surprise when there lesson was visited by 3 members of the Accrington Stanley first team. The children were taking part in the Move & Learn project, a national programme which is delivered locally by Accrington Stanley Community Trust. With the focus of […]
Thirty Thousand Books To Be Given Away
Thirty thousand books to be given away to schools who sign up to the Premier League Primary Stars programme The Premier League will be giving away two thousand book boxes to primary school teachers who sign up to the new literacy offer available on the Premier League Primary Stars website. The book boxes, which contain […]
Female Football Education Programme
Study with Accrington Stanley Community Trust in 2017/18! Accrington Stanley Community Trusts BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport is a two-year course suitable for post-16 females of all playing abilities who have a keen interest in developing an insight into the practicalities within the sport industry. Based at the Wham Stadium, students will study in a […]
Football Development Centre Returns!
Monday 20th Feb sees the return of our popular Football Development Centre, usually held at Accrington Academy High School on a Monday evening. However the session on the 20th Feb will be held at St Christopher’s High School. Football Development Centres (FDC’s) are weekly coaching sessions for children who love to play football regularly. Children may […]
Kicks Project Visits Boro
Local teenagers got an amazing opportunity at the weekend as they travelled to Middlesbrough to represent Accrington Stanley’s Kicks Project against Boro’s Kicks Project. A group of teenagers who regularly attend our weekly Kicks sessions where invited to represent the club and then watch the FA cup tie between the two side. Although the end […]
New Time for Disability Football
Starting in the new year our disability football session will now run on Wednesdays 12:30pm-1:30pm . The first session after Christmas will be Wednesday 11th January, we hope to see as many people there as possible. Accrington Stanley Community Trust launched a disability football session back in 2010 which continues to be a success. The […]
New ‘Game’ Area a Huge Success
This Saturday before the game against Stevenage we launched our brand new Game area in the sports bar. This was a huge success with young fans having the opportunity to play the new FIFA 17 on big screens before the game. We have teamed up with Game Accrington to make the area happen and a […]
