Accrington Stanley Community Trust - Impact Report 2023

SPOTLIGHT

PROJECT For over a decade...

"I’ve been going to football for a bit and it was only once a week. Now I get to come more times and do more stuff. I really enjoy it and I learn a lot of new things"

...Accrington Stanley Community Trust have delivered disability football sessions around Hyndburn. With the completion of our sports café and sports hall in early 2023, we were able to provide added provision to our weekly disability sessions. This means that in addition to football, we are now able to provide two new multi-sport sessions per week at Stanley Sports Hub which local day care centres attend. The groups take part in a wide variety of accessible and modified sports such as; golf, table tennis, curling, boccia, hockey, dodgeball and many more. We have plans to add another weekly session to our provision during 2024 to help us engage with even more local people with a wide range of additional needs. Head of Sport Lee Walsh is proud of the progress that has been made: “It’s been brilliant to see our provision in this area grow so much over the last 12 months. Having Stanley Sports Hub has made it possible to offer so many different sports that we previously couldn’t offer. It has meant we have something for all the participants to enjoy no matter what their needs and abilities are’’.

Participant Josh Collinge

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