👊 Respect to
@Coppinger26
who accidentally kicked the ball at one of our PAN Ability participants during the warm up.
👏 Before walking out for tonight’s game, James Coppinger gave his
@drfc_official
shirt to Monty who was delighted with it.
We are proud to announce that Blackpool FC Community Trust have been awarded Community Club of the Season at
#NWFA2021
! 🏆
Thank you to all of our staff, participants and everyone who supports us, we couldn’t have done it without you 🧡
Today we completed the preparation, wrapping & deliveries to every school in Blackpool, Thornton, Cleveleys, Poulton & St Anne’s for our Christmas Campaign
Well done to the whole team & thank you for your kind donations helping to make over 1400 children’s Christmas morning 🎄🧡
RIP Dave Burns our condolences to his friends & family🧡
Dave was an integral part of our Extra Time Group & a big
@BlackpoolFC
fan, a local charity fundraiser & a lovely fella who would chat to everyone.
He will be missed by all❤️
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
We would like to send our heart felt condolences to Jordan's family, friends, and Clifton Rangers, for their tragic loss.
Jordan participated in a number of our primary school programmes and was a pleasure to to teach. 💛🖤
#RIPLittleMan
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing a grant of £78,302 from
@BBCCiN
to deliver year-round sports sessions for children and young people with additional needs in Blackpool 🙌
#CiN
We are delighted to have been awarded an FA Girls' Emerging Talent Centre Licence 🙌
The programme is designed to be a central hub for local talented female players from Blackpool, Fylde and the surrounding areas.
Read more 👉🏻
Thanks to everybody that has donated to this great cause 🎄🧡
Together the Trust,
@BlackpoolFC
, and our community have come together to make Christmas that little bit better for lots of local children! 🎁
🏆
@BFCCT_
is nominating Shayne Lavery as The
@PFA
Community Champion for his commitment to community appearances and participation throughout the 22/23 season.
Read more here 👉
This is Ken👇🏼 12 weeks ago he was on the operating table having a double bypass. Last night he joined us and
@B1orm
for a game of walking football🚶🏻♂️⚽️ and he’s looking forward to coming back on Monday and Wednesday next week!
🍊 Ken, you are inspiration 🙌🏼
BLACKPOOL FC SCHOOL OPENING 📙📚
After receiving official confirmation from Department for Education,
@BFCCT_
are proud to announce the opening of our very own Independent School.
Read more 👉🏻
#BlackpoolFCSchool
🗣 COMPETITION TIME
🎫 We are giving away four tickets for this Saturday’s game against
@SUFCRootsHall
🤞 To be in with a chance of winning, retweet this post and follow us
🙌 We will announce the winner tomorrow at 2pm
#WeAreMightyAgain
#UTMP
Blackpool FC Community Trust had the honour of being involved in today’s Royal Visit to showcase the great work we deliver for our Early Years as part of our BetterStart Fit2Go programme.
#RoyalVisitBlackpool
@KensingtonRoyal
Today our Junior Reporter competition winner, Isaac, received his prize for entering our lockdown competition back in 2020.
The diehard
@BlackpoolFC
fan & season ticket holder fulfilled his dream of interviewing Head Coach Neil Critchley at the clubs training ground.
Still on cloud 9 from our 'Community Club of the Season'
#NWFA2021
victory 🏆
"I'm so proud of the impact we've had on our community. None of it would've been possible without the hard work of our remarkable staff." - CEO, Ashley Hackett
Read more here:
Meet Matt 👋
Matt has arrived and has taken on the role of Deputy C.E.O, supporting the top of our company and overlooking all of our community programmes.
Welcome to the team 🧡
YOU ARE AMAZING 🧡
We launched our Festive Fundraiser with
@BlackpoolFC
less than two days ago & look how much you have already donated 😍
We are nearly half way to the target. Please keep sharing🎄🧡
This afternoon we held a ‘Show Racism The Red Card’ event at Bloomfield Road for nearly 200 pupils across 20 schools.
Thank you to
@BlackpoolFC
players
@SullayKaikai
, Jak Alnwick, Armand Gnanduillet for attending & sharing thoughts & life experiences on racism & discrimination.
As part of our Tackling Loneliness Together project we delivered a birthday card to Ronald who celebrates his 94th birthday today. It was great to be joined by
@bchblackpool
&
@redcrossnorth
to start to combat social isolation in Blackpool!
#TacklingLonelinessTogether
Meet Harry 👋🏻
Last Saturday, with his dad, he attended his first ever
@BlackpoolFC
football match via our season ticket giveaway programme.
💬 His mum said, "it was a fantastic experience for him"
(1/2)
🧡 Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities
😀 We would like to recognise the amazing achievements and contributions of people with disabilities within the local community as part of
#EFLDayofDisabilities
Over the last two days we have welcomed more families to our free Warm Up Hubs at
@blackpoolfc
👋🏻 Rachel and Adam will be part of the team there to welcome you tomorrow from 3pm - 6pm.
Come along for a free meal, warm space and activities for you to get involved in too! (1/2)
Out and about delivering food parcels and essentials today 🙌🏻
We hope you are all having a lovely bank holiday ☀️🧡
If you’re looking for something to do there are lots of activity videos on the page or why not take part in the poetry comp?
#activewithBFCCT
#chatwithBFCCT
Following on from our regional
@EFL
Award win, we are proud to be at
@Grosvenor_House
for the national final of the
#EFLAwards
2022 🤩
Fingers crossed 🤞🏻
🗣COMPETITION TIME:
🔄Retweet & Follow for a chance to win a signed Premier League ball signed by
@BlackpoolFC
first team squad.
⚽️We use these footballs at our
@PLCommunities
#PLKicks
sessions across
#Blackpool
🥇Winner announced midday, Monday 19th February
🤞Good luck
It is with great pride that we introduce our 2021 Impact Review.
Bursting with statistics and impact stories to give you an understanding of the amazing work that our team have delivered over the past year 🧡
View the full document here -
🎥 As part of
@lpftweets
Weeks of Action which supports removing barriers for disabled fans at sporting events, members from our PAN Ability programme got involved in pre-match activities before
@BlackpoolFC
's game v
@drfc_official
and then met players from both sides.
Do you remember this face❓
Alongside the Tower Above programme, he has been voluntarily litter picking at the stadium🗑♻️
He recently found a £5 note & took it upon himself to hand it in at the club reception, they told him that if nobody claimed it in 30 days he could keep it.
Great of ex
@BlackpoolFC
player
@PaulRachubka
to visit our
#PLEnterprise
national finalists today and talk about their presentation and his amazing journey since retiring from football.
It is with a heavy heart that we announce our Chairman and
@BlackpoolFC
's Club Chaplain, Reverend Michael Ward sadly passed away yesterday.
Michael was a much-loved pillar of the community and our heartfelt condolences go out to Michael's family
@BlackpoolFC
Captain, Chris Maxwell, has been awarded the
@PFA
Community Champion Award for the 2020/21 season 🏆
Chris has shown that his role as club captain is to engage with fans, young & old, bringing the club and community together.
Thank you 🧡
Blackpool FC Sports College Football Academy students have been crowned champions of the EFL Community & Education Football Alliance NW2 🏆
👉🏻
Wanting a career in sport? Blackpool FC Sports College can support you through BTEC & Degree courses 🙌🏻
To accommodate the large numbers attending our Family Hubs from 3pm - 6pm, we have now moved into the Matthews Suite at
@blackpoolfc
as well as ordering more hot meals 😁🍝
📍 The entrance is to the left of the main reception of the the stadium.
@BpoolCouncil
‘Unstoppable’ This book will be in the possession of every Year 6 child in Blackpool thanks to our PSHE programme of the same name.
Funded by
@BlackpoolFC
Owner Simon Sadler, to support Blackpool pupils with the pressures of High school transition, relationships & mental health🧠
When you can’t challenge physically, challenge mentally 📚
If you’re aged between 11 and 14 I recommend you pick up Dan Freedman’s ‘Unstoppable’.
I read over the first chapter after Dan sent a copy to my fan club and you should definitely check it out
#WorldBookDay
We continue to show our support for those in need during social isolation working with
@BpoolCouncil
.
We are a hub, delivering food parcels and essentials to those who have no other means, for the Bloomfield ward area around the Stadium.
Today we have removed all the flowers and memorabilia from the Jimmy Armfield statue. The items were beginning to get damaged from the weather and out of respect it was felt, with permission from the Armfield family, it was time to remove the items... (1/3)
25 years of supporting our community 🧡
For anybody that has ever called our office, emailed for information, or worked for
@BFCCT_
, you will have spoken to Lyn Spence. Lyn has worked for
@BFCCT_
for 25 years and has supported the development of the Trust from the beginning.
Thank you to
@BlackpoolFC
who invited 110 people to attend the Blackpool vs Swansea game as their guests for the Level Playing Field
#WeeksOfAction
campaign.⚽
The attendees were primarily children that we work with via our
@BBCChildreninNeed
project.
💬“I didn’t think I would end up in custody & leave having signed up to a course”📝
This quote from a young person perfectly epitomises
@DIVERTLancs
& the importance of using teachable moments, to empower young people to make positive changes 🙌🏻
#custodyintervention
#mentoring
🏆 Trophy tour!
This morning we are at
@ArmfieldFCAT
the newest secondary school in Blackpool with huge links to
@BlackpoolFC
, named after the legend Jimmy Armfield 🧡
As the nation falls silent on Remembrance Sunday, we are proud of the work we do with our amazing armed forces community, which continues to grow.
Yesterday, with
@BlackpoolFC
, we invited our veterans to lead out the teams.
#LestWeForget
Introducing The Boot Bank⚽️
The Football Boot Bank can be accessed discretely by anyone in the community, and no donation is required in return.
If you would like to donate any clean, undamaged boots or would like information on stock, contact andrew.aspinall
@bfcct
.co.uk 🙌
Club and Community Trust Launch Festive Fundraiser 🎁🎄
Weʼre raising £25,000 to provide every Primary School child identified with a toy and a gift box to unwrap on Christmas Day.
🧡 JustGiving: 👉
🧡 Read more: 👉
We are very proud to have been announced as Community Club of the Season for the North West at the
@EFL
awards🏆🎉
We are looking forward to attending the awards later this month.
@BlackpoolFC
|
@EFLTrust
Announced as part of the
#EFLWeekofAction
, six regional winners have been named
@YourMove_UK
Community Club of the Season for the outstanding work they have delivered off the pitch. 👏
#EFL
|
@EFLTrust
🙋♀️Who is ready for the Blackpool FC vs PNE match tomorrow?
💬 Hear from former player Dave Hatton as he reminisces on a match from 1969/1970 👉
#UTMP
🍊
Today, and for the next 8 weeks on Revoe Park in
#Blackpool
, free
#football
for adults as part of a
@PLCommunities
and
@Sport_England
programme.
Children can also take part but must be accompanied by an adult.
Come along and say hello.
🏆🙌🔥 Trust Awards Triumph
@965RadioWave
🙌🔥🏆
"This was a great way for us to celebrate ten years of helping people in Blackpool, as a charity, and we would like to thank everybody that voted for us in our category."
Today is Keith Berry's last day of a 40+ year career in education.
The last 23 years as headteacher of
@PCABlackpool
. He's always been supportive of the Community Trust’s work.
Thank you. We wish you well in your retirement 🧡
To celebrate 25 years of
#WorldBookDay
, we would like to invite
@BlackpoolFC
to our FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY 📚
Collect your free children's book between 12pm and 3pm on Saturday 26th February, in the Education and Community Centre at Bloomfield Road.
@Literacy_Trust
Welcome our new signings, Brett, Lee and Daniel. They join us in our Health & Wellbeing and Community Cohesion strands, and we are delighted to have them onboard.
🎄 Today we delivered our annual Christmas meal for the homeless and socially isolated
😀 Over 100 people attended and got involved in festive fun whilst having a Christmas meal at
@BlackpoolFC
with Street Life, Blackpool Veterans and St Peter's Church
🎄😀 Yesterday we delivered our annual Christmas meal for the homeless and socially isolated where over 100 people attended and got involved in festive fun at
@BlackpoolFC
with Street Life, Blackpool Veterans and St Peter's Church
🎥 Tangerine Team-Mates | Grassroots Draw
Head Coach Neil Critchley and Academy Director Ciaran Donnelly conduct the draw for Tangerine Team-Mates - a new initiative that will connect the first-team squad with local grassroots sides in the area.
🍊
#UTMP
Thursday is
#WorldMentalHealthDay
.
To support
@WMHDay
, each day this week we will present a different video of people connected to the Trust and
#Blackpool
around the subject of their
#mentalhealth
Today, meet Rob who cares for his son.
Yesterday, our NCS participants from
@PCABlackpool
spent their time sprucing up some of the remembrance benches in Stanley Park as part of their social action week 🖌 🌹
Did you know❓None of our young people have re-entered custody since engaging with our
@DIVERTLancs
programme 🤩
So, how does our Custody Intervention Coach support clients❓
Here are just a few ways ⬇️ (1/2)
Great to have our Community Programmes managers back in the office today and making plans to continue and develop our community support. And what a view for our first team meeting
@BlackpoolFC
#BackInBlackpool
#BackingBlackpool
💬 I thought I was going to be alone at Christmas but I had a visit from Nathan & Seb which I thoroughly enjoyed. I really appreciated the food parcels & gifts. For me the visit turned a very lonely Christmas into a magical one
#LetsTalkLoneliness
#TacklingLonelinessTogether
As part of
#EFLWeekofAction
,
@BlackpoolFC
's Sonny Carey and Grant Ward joined us at
@HSlearners
HAF Camp 🧡
Did you know that in 2021 we provided 4,208 healthy meals to young people across Blackpool through HAF? 👏
Yesterday
@BBCBreakfast
visited our family hub
@BlackpoolFC
, to speak to families about the impact inflation is having on their lives 🎥
Our free Family Hubs are open Tuesday-Friday across Blackpool, providing a meal and a place to keep warm.
#TangerineTogether
⚽️Our Junior Amputees competed in the first ever EAFA
@amputeefootball
Junior League Cup yesterday and they did us proud on what was a momental day
👇Read all about it
🔗
Today was the first of our new Foodbank collections in partnership with Blackpool Food Bank.
We supported 13 families with food parcels & five families with pet food.
🧡 Together we can make a difference.
Also a huge thank you to those who turned up and donated food to us.
Wozza helped stabilise the structure of the Academy through some very testing times and enabled the Academy and Community Trust to work together for the good of the Town.
We offer our sincerest condolences to Warren’s family and friends at this time.
R.I.P
Last week, our 2023
#Fit2Go
Festival took place at the home of
@BlackpoolFC
💪🏻🧡
20+ Blackpool primary schools attended the event and took part in activities which everyone enjoyed😁
Check out what Miss Ellis, a Year 4 teacher at
@AnchorsholmeAPS
had to say on the programme🗣️
Football Clubs to Mentor Hundreds of Young People Hit Hardest By Pandemic🧡
“These schemes will give young people a way to talk through their anxieties & fears with trained mentors in one-to-one sessions at school & college”
Read more:
#everymindmatters
Study with the biggest sports organisation in Blackpool
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@UniSouthWales
our courses provide pathways for any career in sport
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Did you know that prior to
@BlackpoolFC
home games we have a donation point for fans to donate food, drinks and supplies for
#BlackpoolFoodBank
.
If you can donate any items, Kim will be outside the Blackpool FC Club Shop with our collection bin before the match starts🏟️
#UTMP
🍊
🏆 EFL GIRLS CUP WINNERS 🏆
Congratulations to
@lythamhigh
on winning the Blackpool EFL Girls Cup 2022/23 for the second year in a row!!!
This event took place at Stanley Park on Monday and saw nearly 100 girls come together to enjoy half a day of football ⚽️
Today we are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing a grant from
@YouthEndowFund
to support young people while COVID-19 social distancing measures are in place.
You can read more about this here:
As it is World Down Syndrome Day 2021 we wanted to highlight sessions available to our local community who live with disabilities.
Hear how our sessions have supported Nat 👇👇👇👇
#WDSD21
This morning our staff & volunteers have been out visiting those who are socially isolated or vulnerable.
🎄Nobody deserves to be alone at Christmas.
Each person received cards made by pupils from
@PCABlackpool
,
@WoodlandsBPL
&
@Highfurlong
as well as gifts🎁
Merry Christmas🧡
This afternoon we held our annual Christmas dinner to support the friends of St Peters Church, local veterans and the socially isolated.
Thank you to
@BlackpoolFC
for hosting the event and
@campbellrowley
for providing the food.
Merry Christmas
Meet the team 👋🏻
As it is
#YouthMentalHealthDay
we thought it would be a great time to introduce our High School Hubs Mentor team 💚
From next week they will return to High Schools across
#Blackpool
supporting young people with 1:1 sessions.
Dan, Brett & Jamie, from our Community Cohesion team, are taking part in the
#BigSleepout2022
.
They’ll be outside from 8pm-6am, with other members of the community, to raise funds for the emergency night shelter
@tweetstreetlife
, which provides a safe space for homeless youths.
Yesterday we wrapped all the presents for our Christmas Campaign, helping to provide gifts to children in Blackpool who may not receive one on Christmas morning 👏🎁
Thank you to all of the volunteers that came to help! 🎄🧡
SCHOLAR ENGAGEMENT
Pupils from
@HighfieldLA
spoke to Rob Apter, 2nd year scholar at the club, about his journey into the first team, how he set achievable goals to gain success & how the pupils can use them skills in their own lives.
#PLInspires
Tonight let’s all take to our doors, windows, balconies & applaud the amazing work that our NHS are putting in as the fight against this virus continues...👏🏼
Share your videos & let’s lift these incredible people who are under immense pressure 🧡
#ClapForOurCarers
Did you know that at every
@BlackpoolFC
home game, we have a donation point to support
#BlackpoolFoodBank
by collecting food, drinks & supplies.
If you can donate any items, Kim will be outside the Blackpool FC Club Shop with our collection bin before the match starts.
🍊
#UTMP