Premier League Summer Sessions
Premier League Summer Sessions support young people during school holidays The Premier League will support more than 15,000 children and young people throughout the summer by funding activity run by professional football club community organisations across England and Wales. More than 50 Premier League and EFL clubs will deliver the free sessions, to enhance the […]
Stanley Students are Flying in Fleetwood.
On a hot July day at the Fylde coast, a group of our brand new Accrington Stanley Football College future students traveled to Fleetwood town’s First team training ground to take part in a 9v9 competition against other north west clubs such as Preston, Blackpool, Carlisle, Crewe, Wigan and Fleetwood. The A’s (Red) progressed to […]
Rhyddings Pupils Discuss Their Future Aspirations at Special Visit
Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School in Oswaldtwistle is designated as a specialist Enterprise school, and the curriculum includes many extra-curricular opportunities and enrichment activities. This prepares all the young people to be the best that they can be academically, and leave as well rounded individuals. As part of an ongoing #AmazingAccrington initiative to bring schools […]
Conneely Wins PFA Community Award
Seamus Conneely has picked up the award for PFA Community Player of the Season for his commitment to community events and appearances throughout the 20/21 season. The Stanley captain claimed the award, which is judged by a panel of representatives from Accrington Stanley Community Trust and the PFA. There was a bit of a delay […]
Summer Kickabouts 2021
We are pleased to announce a summer full of free community sports sessions thanks to funding received from Sport England. During the 6 week summer holidays we will have free sessions available for any young people aged 8-17. There will be sessions running at different locations across Hyndburn each weekday evening. The sessions will involve […]
Stanley Trust bags £1000 from Tesco’s community grant scheme
Accrington Stanley Community Trust is delighted to announce it has bagged £1000 from Tesco’s Bags of Help community grant scheme. Bags of Help is run in partnership with community charity Groundwork, and sees grants awarded to thousands of local community projects every year. Since launching in 2015, Bags of Help has provided more than £68 […]
Creating positive steps for the future
Accrington Stanley Community Trust are part of a count wide network of clubs who deliver the Divert programme. Divert is part of the Lancashire Violence Reduction Network targets its work towards helping young adults. At Accrington, we have our own designated Custody Intervention Coach; Shane Hudson. Shane works with young adults who are ready to […]
Over 50s/Walking Football
As a higher paced alternative to walking football we have decided to launch a weekly over 50s football session. After consultation with our existing walking football members some of them felt they would prefer a faster paced game. The new session will provide a safe and controlled environment for older players to carry on their […]
Summer Stanley Kickers Course
Due to the popularity of our Stanley Kickers sessions we will now be running a course of sessions over the summer. As children have missed out on so much recently we will now be running our Stanley Kickers sessions throughout the 6 week holidays. The session will be held at St Christopher’s High School every […]
£150,000 Renovation Works Commence to Upgrade the Grass Pitches at Stanley Sports Hub
Accrington Stanley Community Trust start works on £150,000 upgrade of the grass pitches at Stanley Sports Hub. The existing grass pitches at Higham Playing Fields, now the Stanley Sports Hub, are in desperate need of renovation works to enable them to be used by local grassroots teams. The pitches have been prone to waterlogging over […]
Accrington Stanley Community Trust Celebrate £37,200 Football Pitch Funding Success
Accrington Stanley Community Trust has been awarded a grant of £37,200 from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation, to improve the surface of the football pitches at the Stanley Sports Hub. The £37,200 six-year tapered grant, part of the Foundation’s Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund, will help to improve the quality of the […]
£25,000 Grant Awarded Towards the Grass Football Pitches Revamp at Stanley Sports Hub
People living in Hyndburn are set to benefit from fresh investment into local football facilities. Accrington Stanley Community Trust have been awarded a grant of £25,000 from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation, to revamp the grass football pitches at Stanley Sports Hub. The Football Foundation is the UK’s largest sports charity […]
