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Argyle Community Trust’s major development plans to reach over 17,000 users

After 20 years as the charitable arm of Plymouth Argyle Football Club, Argyle Community Trust is set to make its biggest step forward in development. A natural progression for Argyle Community Trust has now arrived in the form of a proposed state-of-the-art sporting hub based at the former Ministry of Defence all-weather pitches in Manadon. […]

Kinder +Sport Move and Learn project enters its fourth year

EFL Trust’s +Sport Move and Learn Project, a specially designed primary schools programme encouraging children to take part in physical activity, has embarked on its fourth year running. The programme that is run in partnership with Ferrero, EFL Trust’s network of 26 EFL Club Community Trusts and The Irish FA helps young people understand the […]

NCS Grads at EFL Trust National Conference

The annual EFL Trust Conference was held at The Oxford Belfry Hotel between 10th – 12th September 2017. As well as delegates from the 72 football community trusts under our umbrella, we were delighted to be able to invite 3 NCS graduates from our network to the event. Cara Harrison (SWFCCP – Sheffield Wednesday) & […]

Doncaster’s Fit Rovers shed over 41 stone

Club Doncaster Foundation’s Fit Rovers course has so far engaged with 86 men, losing an astonishing collective total of 41 stone and 13 pounds. The eight-week healthy lifestyle course, currently undertaking it’s fourth group, provides men across Doncaster the chance to make dramatic changes with weekly interactive workshops and exercise sessions tailored to the needs […]

VACANCIES: Blackpool FC Community Trust – Head of Education / Head of Sport

Blackpool FC Community Trust are currently looking for a Head of Education and Head of Sport. Click on the links below for more information and how to apply. Job Description/Job Advert – Head of Education Job Description/Job Advert – Head of Sport For more information about Blackpool FC Community Trust visit: http://www.blackpoolfccommunitytrust.co.uk/

EVERY PLAYER COUNTS: Disability football providing employability benefits

An initiative set up between Reading FC Community Trust and The Community Furniture Project in Newbury (CFP Newbury) has provided a platform for disabled people to gain valuable life skills – through football activity and work experience. CFP Newbury is a project that offers work placements to people with disabilities allowing them to gain voluntary, […]

NCS: Bringing younger and older generations together

This summer a group of eight young adults on the National Citizen Service (NCS) with Argyle Community Trust, developed a social action project that will leave a positive and everlasting impact on the older generation of their community. After embarking on a journey of personal development and team based participation, where comfort zones were stretched and friendships […]

“It was an unforgettable, once in a lifetime experience”

10 NCS graduates from EFL Trust’s network attended the Passchendaele commemoration event. The event marked 100 years since the World War One ‘Battle of Passchendaele’, which led to an estimated 250,000 British and Commonwealth casualties. Our graduates involved were; Max Barnett (Grimsby) Edward Ross (Beverley)  Michael Hoodless (Hull)  Sarah Newsome (Barnsley) Libby Smith (Doncaster) Cheyenne […]