Inclusion – Accrington Stanley Community Trust

Armed Forces Funday

admin 9th August 2022

Accrington Stanley Community Trust are excited to announce that, on Sunday the 28th of August, we will be hosting an Armed Forces Funday down at the Stanley Sports Hub! Our Veterans Project has, so far, been hugely successful with more funding and…

Summer Kicks Asda Funding

admin 29th July 2022

This year sees the return of our Summer Kicks project, providing hours of completely free sessions filled with a variety of different sports to participate in every single week! The project boasts five separate sessions held every week, with four Multi-Sport sessions…

Armed Forces Champion

admin 19th July 2022

Accrington Stanley Community Trust (ASCT) has appointed its first Armed Forces Champion. Jaqui Collins, a local Girl, completed 32 years’ Service in the Royal Military Police, achieving the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1. She served in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Bosnia, Germany…

Street Cricket

admin 20th June 2022

We are delighted yet again to announce another brand new project, this time its Street Cricket! In partnership with Chance To Shine & Street Games we are offering free community cricket sessions, they will take place every Saturday morning 10:30am-12pm on the…

Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

admin 14th June 2022

This summer we have once again teamed up with Hyndburn Borough Council to ensure that children who receive free school meals have easy access to free lunches and sports activities throughout the summer holidays. The Holiday Activities & Food Programme (H.A.F) is…

Military Veterans Project

admin 7th June 2022

Accrington Stanley Community Trust are delighted to announce that we will be launching a new military veteran’s football & social session. The session will be held at Stanley Sports Hub, Thorneyholme Rd, Accrington, BB5 6BD every Wednesday 5pm-7pm starting Wednesday 6th July.…

Veterans to enjoy free food for the foreseeable future!

admin 27th April 2022

We had a great turn out on this morning at our Veterans Breakfast Club as for the first time after securing funding we were able to make it completely free! The Carers Link Café in Accrington Town Centre was filled with conversation,…

Easter HAF Full of Good Eggs

admin 8th April 2022

Over the recent school holidays Accrington Stanley Community Trust have delivered the Holiday Activities and Food Programme at St Christopher’s High School. The provision makes sure that children who would normally receive free school meals during term time are provided for during…

International Woman’s Day 2022

admin 8th March 2022

Tuesday 8th March sees the world celebrate International Women’s Day, where we look at the achievements of women throughout history and also in the present day. Accrington Stanley Community Trust are proud to deliver female only football sessions on a weekly basis,…

Police visit Stanley’s Divert projects

admin 3rd February 2022

Over the past week, we have been delighted to welcome officers from Hyndburn Police Station along to two of the sessions we host at the Stanley Sports Hub. Last Friday, the officers attended one of our Premier League Kicks sessions, joining in…

First Veterans Breakfast Club

admin 28th January 2022

On Wednesday morning we were delighted to see a great turnout at the first meeting of our Veterans’ Breakfast Club at Carers Link in Accrington town centre. Working alongside Veterans in the Community (VIC), the Carers Link Café was at full capacity…

Veterans Breakfast Club

admin 13th January 2022

We are delighted to announce we are launching a brand new military veterans breakfast club to be held in Accrington. Working in partnership with Veterans in the Community (VIC) we are inviting any veterans to attend the first breakfast club being held…