Accrington Stanley Community Trust Celebrate 9th Birthday
Accrington Stanley Community Trust, the multi-award-winning official charity of the Football Club, is celebrating its 9th birthday this week. In just nine years, the charity has raised over £4million and with this has been able to develop and deliver a varied repertoire of projects and programmes, successfully engaging a staggering 17,171 people in the last […]
Stanley Sports Hub Job Vacancies – Leisure Attendants and Café Assistants
Accrington Stanley Community Trust are looking for a number of part time Leisure Attendants and Café Assistants to work on an evening and weekend at the newly developed £2m Sports Hub at Higham Playing Fields. The successful candidates will need to be available to work evenings and weekends (operating hours: 17:00-22:00, Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00 Saturday-Sunday) when […]
Summer Fun (15% off October!)
Last week rounded off a busy summer at our holiday courses at St Christopher’s High School. The courses are held every school holiday and are split into soccer schools for those that love football and for those that enjoy being crafty we have our activity club. Book the October half term course before the 14th […]
Stanley Players Attend Holiday Club
Accrington Stanley players Callum Johnson and Joe Pritchard both attended this afternoon’s holiday club at St Christopher’s High School. The holiday clubs, which are run by the Accrington Stanley Community Trust, have had over 100 children attend over the summer, with both players this afternoon taking part in a Q&A before signing programmes for the […]
Football Development Centres new course starts soon!
Next Monday sees the new course for our football development centres start. The weekly sessions are a great place to start your child’s love of football with different skills being taught weekly and small sided matches being played to put the new skills learnt in to action. By splitting the children into age ranges allows […]
U16 Grassroots Football Tournament
Earlier this month teams from Hyndburn and Rossendale came together at Hyndburn Leisure Centre to compete in the annual 7v7 tournament. The teams involved were Huncoat United, Rishton United, Oswaldtwistle Marys and Junior Hoops. Despite the heavy rain, all players battled well to give their teams a chance of getting into the final rounds of the […]
BTEC in Sport at Accrington Stanley – Last Chance to Join
Accrington Stanley Community Trust start the popular Football Education Programme on the 2nd September 2019. We have a few places remaining for school leavers and year 12’s. Staying at School or going to college is not the right choice for everyone, but you can still gain a first class education that will get you to […]
Everyone loses when you step on the track.
Did you know that 25,000 volts of electricity run through the overhead cables that power your train? Or that this power can jump? Or that trains can silently reach speeds of 125mph? Or that the power for the railway is never turned off? Stepping on the tracks can result in life changing injuries…and your friends […]
The Cotton Industry War Memorial Trust Donate £25,000 Towards New Sports Hub
The Cotton Industry War Memorial Trust has donated £25,000 to Accrington Stanley Community Trust to go towards the construction costs of the new Sports Hub Facility at Higham Playing Fields. Martin Fearon, CEO of Accrington Stanley Community Trust, said: “We are very grateful to have received a donation of £25,000 from The Cotton Industry War […]
Summer 2019!
Our summer sports provision is well underway and caters for everyone aged 2-102! Our soccer schools and activity clubs are running Monday to Friday throughout the holidays for all 4-12 year olds. So if your little one is football mad bring them along and give our soccer school a try! If football isn’t their thing […]
Stanley Trust Unveil Real Betis Summer Football Camp
The Community Trust are excited to announce that we, in conjunction with Accrington Stanley’s Academy, are partnering with Real Betis to bring a taste of Spanish football to Accrington via an Academy-style Football Camp for 8-14 year olds. Head of Sport at the Community Trust, Lee Walsh said: “We are delighted to be working closely […]
Garfield Weston Foundation Donate £40,000 Towards New Sports Hub
The Garfield Weston Foundation has donated £40,000 to Accrington Stanley Community Trust to go towards the construction costs of the new Sports Hub Facility at Higham Playing Fields. Established over 60 years ago in 1958, the Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded, grant-making charity which supports causes across the UK with grants around £70million annually. […]
