From player to coach: Jaime recognised with Community Captain award
BHAFC Foundation coach Jaime Quinn has been recognised for her fantastic contribution to youth football in Sussex. Jaime, a football coach and PE teacher for the Foundation, first got involved with Premier League Kicks as a young player before being employed as a coach. When she was 14 years old, Jaime was struggling to find
Albion fans support charity at special film showing
Brighton & Hove Albion fans had the chance to raise money for charity at an exclusive screening of a feature-length film about the club. The Picture House Uckfield showed the documentary film Stand or Fall, which documents the remarkable story of the club over the last three decades. Albion fans flooded in to the cinema
Joan Salter MBE shares her story – Holocaust Memorial Day
A young BHAFC Foundation participant and a former Albion star met with a Holocaust survivor to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Albion legend Glenn Murray and young player Edie Statton met with Holocaust survivor Joan Salter MBE. Joan shared her story of survival, resilience, and the
Jack’s dream to be the first deaf Premier League player
11-year-old Jack Pilcher has flourished in the BHAFC Foundation’s disability football programme, says mum Kelly. Jack, who lives in Wadhurst, travels down to Lancing every other week to play at the Foundation’s deaf talent hub sessions at the club’s training ground. Jack’s mum says he is “super obsessed” with football, having been playing regularly ever
Get your child playing this new year
As the dust settles on another festive period, we’re looking ahead at a year full of activity here at the BHAFC Foundation. What better time to join in with one of our sessions? Last year we supported around 35,000 people across Sussex, so there’s sure to be one of our sessions that suits your child.