Category: Inclusion

Accrington Stanley Community Trust are proud to now be a Disability Confident committed employer, meaning that we recognise the potential disabled people can bring to the work place and provide them the opportunity to fulfil their ambition. This follows on from the…

Accrington Stanley Community Trust are delighted to announce the launch of their newest team, Accrington Stanley Disability FC. The team will play in the Lancashire FA Ability Counts League, a competition that allows players of all abilities and gender, who have a…

Accrington Stanley Community Trust are excited to launch their new Junior Disability Football Session supported by BBC Children in Need! The new project will provide opportunities for disabled children and young people to improve their overall physical and mental health & wellbeing,…

Book now to make your child’s dream of walking out with Stanley come true. For the Emirates FA Cup Third Round your child could be walking out with their favourite player when Stanley play Ipswich Town over the weekend of 5th January…

On the EFL Day of Disabilities we want to highlight the excellent and important work the Trust carries out in the local community for those with disabilities. This year we have engaged with children as young as 4 and adults up to…

A team of well deserving National Citenzen Service (NCS) autumn graduates were given the opportunity to attend the Checkatrade trophy fixture against West Bromwich U21 on Tuesday 6th November 2018 thanks to tickets provided by Checkatrade. The students had completed a residential…

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…