American Express raises over £27k for the Foundation
An American Express (Amex) colleague awards event has raised more than £27,000 for the Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation at American Express’ annual Travel & Lifestyle Services Community Awards. This event recognises and celebrates the outstanding work and contributions that Amex colleagues make. Funds were raised through ticket sales, sponsorship from partners, auctions and a raffle
Charlie – “I want to be the best amputee footballer in the world”
Charlie Hewson has loved football for as long as he can remember. Charlie is part of the BHAFC Foundation’s disability football programme, and every Monday he trains with Albion’s amputee football team at the club’s training ground in Lancing. At just 13 years old he’s by far the youngest player on the pitch – the
Four Albion stars announced as new Foundation community ambassadors
Four Albion players – two from the men’s first team and two from the women’s – have today been unveiled as the official 2023/24 player community ambassadors for the BHAFC Foundation. Vicky Losada and Pauline Bremer have both taken on the role of ambassador, with Kaoru Mitoma and Joel Veltman to represent the men’s first
Rainbow Laces – design a shirt competition!
Want to design a shirt for the Rainbow Laces campaign? We’re hosting a competition for anyone aged 16 and under to create a colourful and imaginative football shirt. The winning design will: – Be enlarged into a massive shirt displayed in the centre circle before our home match against Brentford on Saturday 9 December. –
Meet the Foundation staff: Kicks coach Sadie
Sadie, Premier League Kicks coach HOW DID YOU GET HERE? I first found out about the Foundation by taking part in free Premier League Kicks sessions when I was young. I wasn’t really playing any kind of football at the time, but then I was invited along to a Kicks session. I was one of