To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Brentford FC Community Sports Trust gave a special task to children from our disability projects. With the Community Trust engaging with 250 children and adults with disabilities each year, it is no surprise that we marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in a special […]
With the Day of Disabilities well underway, we want to bring you a story about how Shrewsbury Town’s work in the community has totally transformed his life through the power of football. Ryan Thomas is 15-years-old who suffers from Chronic Pain Syndrome as well as severe anxiety and is a selective mute, Ryan’s family found […]
Thanks to Swindon Town holiday camps parents of youngsters with a disability are getting a much needed respite. Swindon recently extended their Multi Sports Holiday course to include activities for children with Special Educational Needs and Physical Disabilities. These courses not only are delivered to enable parents a respite facility during school holiday periods, they […]
As part of the Every Player Counts programme, Southend United run special PE sessions that allow all children to benefit from taking an active part in sport. Funded by the Wembley National Stadium Trust, the sessions are are tailored to meet specific needs of the participants. One pupil whose benefited from United session is Emily […]
A group of Exeter teenagers have hit the headlines this week thanks to an innovative scheme to drive foodbank donations, that has tripled donations and is now being rolled out nationally And they came up with the simple, yet genius, idea when they were taking part in the National Citizen Service with Exeter CITY Community […]
The EFL and EFL Trust are proud to support Rainbow Laces. Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign is in support of LGBT equality with a key theme for this year focused on creating more allies to LGBT people in sport. The EFL’s support for rainbow Laces forms part of its wider LGBT work delivered in conjunction with […]
Brentford’s LGBT+ fan group ‘LGBeeT’s’ laced up their football boots with Brentford FC Community Sports Trust and Middlesex FA this week in a bid to raise awareness of LGBT+ equality in football. The group took part in a unique football match at Middlesex FA’s new home at Rectory Park, Northolt. Along with four Brentford players, […]
An inspirational group of young people from Blackburn Rovers have won the NCS Social Action Star Awards for their project supporting Galloways Society for the Blind. Their project was voted the best social action project from the many 1,000s of projects that were undertaken by young people on NCS this year. Here Shannon and Kelly […]
Pre-school aged children in Wigan were joined by Latics’ first team player Nick Powell at the launch of the Kids on the Move programme. Youngsters aged three and four years old from the Westfield Start Well Family Centre attended the session at Wigan Athletic Community Trust’s base at Montrose Skills Hub near the DW Stadium, and […]
Bristol City’s Youth Council are a group of young people taking practical action in their community in order to create positive social change that is of benefit to the wider community as well as to the youth council themselves. They have designed and delivered some brilliant projects addressing issues that are relevant to their community. […]
Reece: “I don’t know where i’d be without the NCS programme.”13th February 2019 - 7:00 pm
Joe’s Journey13th February 2019 - 1:00 pm
Cambridge United Community Trust’s ‘Mind Your Head’ programme highlighted as example of good practice in Parliament report6th February 2019 - 1:00 pm
Community Takeover: Children from community projects take part in matchday roles at Brentford game5th February 2019 - 12:27 pm