Category: Inclusion

A team from our Premier League Kicks programme represented Stanley in their first fixture of the Northwest Kicks League against Liverpool at the weekend. The U16 team made up of participants from our Kicks session took part in the six aside match…

Our NCS team were kept busy this autumn with two groups of young people being taken away as part of the Autumn National Citizen Service (NCS). They took a group of students from both Accrington Academy and Accrington and Rossendale College away…

Want to keep the childhood dream alive and continue to play football after reaching the big 50? Over the last few years this slower pace version of the beautiful game has been sweeping the nation. It is a lower intensity and paced…

Over 300 children enjoyed free summer sports sessions delivered by Accrington Stanley Community Trust. Throughout the summer we held free football sessions in Hyndburn in partnership with the Neighbourhood Policing Team and Hyndburn Borough Council at Higham Playing Fields, Accrington, Foxhill Playing…

We have reached the end of our summer NCS trip and what a trips it’s been! We started the programme on the 30th July from the Wham Stadium leaving for the Dearne Valley where a jam packed week awaited our young participants.…

Our weekly disability football session returns after the summer break Thursday 6th September and we are looking for new members! Accrington Stanley Community Trust launched a disability football session back in 2010 which continues to be a success. The Disability Football sessions…

Monday September 3rd sees the return of our very popular Premier League Kicks Programme!  The project provides weekly free football coaching sessions for 11-19 year olds. These sessions will give local youngsters an opportunity to train with professional coaches, get fitter and…

England Blind footballer Brandon Coleman has praised Grow the Game and Accrington Stanley Community Trust (ASCT) following the award of a £4,500 grant from The FA. The grant, which will provide a boost to grassroots disability football in Hyndburn, has paved the…

Accrington Stanley is pleased to support the 2018 Level Playing Field (LPF) Weeks of Action. This annual initiative, now in its 13th year, aims to celebrate access and inclusion for disabled sports fans across England and Wales. Disabled people constitute the largest…