Lets Activate Returns
Let’s Move Hyndburn Community Partnership We are delighted to announce that our weekly Lets Activate session is restarting Thursday 16th September 6pm-7pm! The sessions will be held in the sports hall at Hyndburn Leisure Centre. In partnership with Let’s Move Hyndburn supported through Let’s Invest Ideas initiative we will be providing a weekly sports session […]
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 […]
EFL CLUBS AND COMMUNITIES KICK-OFF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK 2021 WITH ‘MILE FOR MIND’
The English Football League (EFL) will today see its Clubs, CCOs and their communities do a ‘Mile For Mind’ to mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, taking place from 10 – 16 May 2021. As part of the EFL’s ‘On Your Side’ partnership with Mind, people of all ages and abilities are encouraged to […]
Give Up Loving Pop!
Football Clubs in Lancashire team-up to help tackle Sugary Drinks 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, coaches from Accrington Stanley, Burnley FC and Preston North End will encourage children […]
Walking Football Returns!
As covid restrictions ease we are pleased to announce that our weekly Walking Football session will be making a return. The weekly session will resume Friday 9th April 2pm-3:30pm at Stanley Sports Hub, Thorneyholme Rd, Accrington, BB5 6BD The cost of the session is £4 Accrington Stanley Community Trust launched ‘Walking Football’ in January 2015. […]
Level Playing Field
Accrington Stanley are proud to be supporting Level Playing Field’s ‘Weeks of Action’ campaign Disability charity Level Playing Field are celebrating their 17th ‘Weeks of Action’ campaign from Saturday 27 January to Sunday 14 March, which aims to showcase the good work being done by clubs and organisations to improve accessibility and inclusion across all sports. […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘DO ONE THING’ THIS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY
The EFL and its Clubs will once again come together with charity partner, Mind, to collectively mark World Mental Health Day (Saturday 10 October) this year. With Mind’s latest research revealing that more than 60% of adults and over two thirds of young people (68%) felt their mental health deteriorated during the coronavirus pandemic and […]
Accrington Stanley Tackles Loneliness
Accrington Stanley are joining 31 EFL clubs as part of a major new programme to tackle loneliness among older people. The English Football League Trust are proud will be receiving £810,000 from the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) to support EFL Club Community Organisations in 32 deprived locations across England with the aim […]
Joy of Moving Home School Festival
Thousands of children and families will benefit from Accrington Stanley Community Trusts Joy of Moving Home School Festival On International Day of Families, Accrington Stanley Community Trust is partnering with EFL Trust and Ferrero to launch the ‘Joy of Moving Home School Festival’, a full afternoon of home school activities and games to get children […]
