Accrington Stanley Community Trust - Impact Report 2023

Murray Dawson, Chair of Amazing Accrington, said: “It has been tremendous to be able to showcase this fantastic facility to our business leaders from across the borough. We had a very informative and engaging meeting and I would like to thank all our fantastic guest speakers for their updates and key insight.” Andrew Snowden, Lancashire Police & Crime Commissioner, commented: “It has been absolutely fantastic to be at the Accrington Stanley Community Trust’s new facilities where businesses have been welcomed from #AmazingAccrington to look at the new facilities, to talk about partnership working and for me in my role as police and crime commissioner, to look at the fundamentally important role that sport plays in helping reduce reoffending, helping keep kids on the straight and narrow, and raising aspirations. “It’s been great to be invited by #AmazingAccrington to this event, to talk to lots of different business leaders from across Hyndburn, and also to highlight the good work that Lancashire police officers do here. They come down to the original facilities once a month to build relationships with young people, the violence reduction network that is funded through my officer here, running programmes with people who are at risk of committing serious crimes, to divert them away and get them on the straight and narrow. The probation service also do work here to reduce reoffending amongst prison leavers.

“Sport can make a huge difference and superb, fantastic investments like this really help not only put Hyndburn on the map but help me and the police do our job to keep Hyndburn safe.”

It has been amazing to host the #AmazingAccrington meeting for over 50 business leaders at the brand new £3.5million Stanley Sports Hub.

Martin Fearon, CEO of Accrington Stanley Community Trust

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