Accrington Stanley Community Trust Awarded £25,000 Grant by Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation has awarded £25,000 to Accrington Stanley Community Trust to go towards essential community projects over the coming months. Established over 60 years ago in 1958, the Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded, grant-making charity which supports causes across the UK with grants around £70million annually. It has donated over £1billion to […]
Joy Of Moving Winter Games
Following a successful virtual Joy of Moving Home School Festival in the summer of 2020 where over 250,000 children got involved, Accrington Stanley Community Trust is partnering with the EFL Trust and Ferrero to launch a new virtual ‘Winter Games’ pack which will help inspire children to get moving in the toughest months for activity […]
Supporting Schools During Lockdown
Accrington Stanley Community Trust coaches have been working hard recently to support our local primary schools with their PE delivery. With key worker children still attending schools the need for PE delivery still remains. Staff shortages in schools means there is a growing need for our coaches to help deliver PE lessons. [slideshow_deploy id=’23937′] […]
Accrington Stanley Community Trust Awarded £28,000 from Charities Aid Foundation Resilience Fund
Accrington Stanley Community Trust has been awarded £28,000 from the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Resilience Fund and Government towards its efforts in delivering community projects during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The CAF Resilience Fund comes from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Community Match Challenge funding scheme as part of the Government’s £750 million coronavirus […]
Accrington Stanley Kickstart 20 Jobs for Local Young People
Accrington Stanley Community Trust are part of a network offering 500 young people the opportunity to work in an EFL Club or Club Community Organisation as part of the government’s Kickstart scheme. Over 65 EFL Clubs have signed up to be involved, offering six-month work placement jobs roles to young people aged 16-24 who are […]
EFL LAUNCHES ‘TEAM TALK’ MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN
LAUNCHED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MIND AFTER LANDMARK 10-YEAR MENTAL HEALTH REPORT Number of men who have suicidal thoughts when feeling worried or low has doubled to one in ten Two in five men admit to regularly feeling worried or low, an increase since 2009 Men are now almost three times more likely to see […]
7th Year of Joy of Moving
EFL Trust and Ferrero UK deliver Joy of Moving Programme for the seventh year Accrington Stanley Community Trust in partnership with The EFL Trust and Ferrero UK, are delighted to announce that the Joy of Moving Programme will be delivered once again throughout the 2020-21 academic year. Joy of Moving, Ferrero’s unbranded CSR programme, has […]
Dec at Accrington Stanley Football College
It’s looking like a busy December for the students at Accrington Stanley Football College with fixtures for both the Academy Development Squad and Development squad in the Community and Education Football Alliance (CEFA). They’ve all been hard at work in training with our Football College Coaches Matt Parkinson and Ed O’Neill. Head Coach Matt Parkinson […]
HELP US build a Community Christmas Tree for those most in need
WE NEED YOUR HELP! This Christmas, we want to make a difference, so we’re looking for people to help us build a Community Christmas Tree to help those most in need over the festive period We want you to donate GREEN PACKAGED FOOD, TOILETRIES OR ESSENTIALS to help us build a Community Christmas Tree that can […]
Sports Equipment Giveaway
Over the last couple of weeks Accrington Stanley Community Trust has distributed £5000 worth of sports equipment to local families. Our aim is to facilitate more sport and activity in children’s homes as we see grassroots sport pause again for the national lockdown. The equipment includes balls, ladders, hurdles, bean bags, frisbees, comes and even […]
Operation DIVERT Kicks Off
After a delayed kick-off due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Stanley Trust’s DIVERT programme swung into full action this month. Based primarily in the custody suite at Greenbank Police Station, Hyndburn; Stanley Trust now has a designated Custody Intervention Coach, that is working to offer opportunities to local 18-25 year olds who have found themselves […]
2021 Football Courses Available to Book
We are pleased to announce that our 2021 Football Development Centres, Stanley Kickers, Soccer Camps & Activity Clubs are now available to book online. Football Development Centres are weekly coaching sessions for children who love to play football regularly. Children may play for a club or at school or may have never played before. Our […]
