Category: Health

After receiving funding from Sport England we are pleased to announce the introduction of two new walking football sessions. These will be held on a Tuesday evening at Accrington Academy High School and will consist of a new all-female session and a…

Accrington Stanley Community Trust, the youth team and Alcoholics Anonymous teamed up recently to provide the Under 18s squad with a workshop all about the effects of alcoholism on footballers. Members of the Under 18 squad naturally prefer to spend their time…

Football isn’t just for the under 50’s! Walking football is for all those players that are aged over 50 but don’t want to give up the game they love. Our participants are a testament to the fact that age is just a…

Two Stanley stars, Billy Kee and Jordan Clark, took part in the Kinder Move and Learn session about exercise and fitness as well as dribbling in football at St Andrews Primary School in Oswaldtwistle. Kee and Clark helped lead the practical aspect…

Accrington Stanley Defender Nick Anderton and Goalkeeper Jonny Maxted went back to school this week to surprise the year five pupils at Benjamin Hargreaves. The two Stanley players visited the classes’ Move and learn session, with the pupils quizzing them on the…

Accrington Stanley Community Trust have partnered with Hyndburn Leisure’s Up and Active team to launch ‘Stanley’s going up and active’ programme. The Up and Active Hyndburn team are part of a larger organisation that let you know what activities there are in…

The second year of our +sport Move and Learn project has proven to be a huge success. The free project was taken up by over 25 schools across the Hydnburn, The Ribble Valley and Rosendale area, with phenomenal feedback received from participants,…

Three football clubs in Lancashire partner with Lancashire County Council, Healthy Stadia and Food Active to help children to cut back on sugary drinks Using the power of their club’s badge, Accrington Stanley, Fleetwood Town and Preston North End will encourage children…