A Sporting Chance Annan Athletic Football Club and the Scottish Prison Service, Annan implemented a physical activity and educational project for short term offenders within HMP Dumfries. With the agreement of the Scottish Prison Service, Annan Athletic used their League Cup Funding to run a prison based football programme for short-term offenders within HMP Dumfries….
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From Great to Grant – Montrose signs Abbi Grant! Abbi Grant is Links Park’s first Ambassador for their Community Trust. The Scotland Internationalist, who is originally from Montrose, recently moved from Forfar Farmington FC to Glasgow City Ladies FC where she is currently working towards their Champions League Quarter-Final tie against Paris Saint Germain….
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Last term all Primary 4-7 pupils from Kaimhill School took part in a new pilot AFCCT initiative called “Better Playground Play”. The six week programme was designed following an enquiry from the school who reported issues at break times such as arguments and fights caused by poor sportsmanship and cheating whilst playing football. In order…
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New ‘Science Trail’ Sponsor! Links Park Community Trust have secured a partnership with Evanteq Energy in order to develop and deliver an all new and innovative programme for the benefit of the local community. Is Football a science or art? As part of this new partnership, a new project called Links Park Science Trail has been developed. …
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Football Fans in Training Well done to Queens Park’s latest intake of FFIT who have been working hard in recent months under the watchful eyes of their coaches George Watson and Eddie Hunter from the Community department of Queens Park. This is Queens Park’s second group who have enjoyed taking part in the national program…
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Hibernian Community Foundation launch their new Hibee Tots Programme. Nursery children, between the ages of 2 – 4, will be given the opportunity to develop ‘Fundamental Move Skills’ (FMS) with the primary focus being on developing Balance & co-ordination • Communication with each other • Listening skills • Fundamental movement skills • Reflex and reactions This…
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Greenock Morton Community Trust has been awarded with a substantial £106,029 in order to promote a lower carbon lifestyle choice in Inverclyde. They will implement a sports kit, footwear and recycling initiative it will be available to the public. The Trust will also put in place an eco-friendly laundry system whilst promoting a car sharing…
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Stenhousemuir signs new Stenny Stars for the coming season. Warriors in the community are hard at work once again Stenny Stars is a weekly football sessions aimed at boys and girls around the ages of 7-12 years old who have either physical, sensory or learning difficulties. The main focus is on football although the class sessions…
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The Big Hearts Community Trust is aiming to help and support people placed under kinship care by acting as a key partner in tackling the issues many kinship care families face. Big Hearts set to focus on kinship care families. If a child cannot remain with their birth parents for any reason then they can be…
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Rangers Football Club are now recruiting for a 5 day short programme aimed at young people between the ages of 16 – 25 who are not in any form of education, training or employment. The Get Started in Football programme, funded by The Prince’s Trust, provides young people with the opportunity togain confidence in their…
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