Dan Coppard honoured with Community Captain award
Dan Coppard’s amazing contribution to Albion in the Community was recognised with a Premier League Community Captain award. Dan has been involved with Albion in the Community for eight years now. He’s a key member of Brighton & Hove Albion Amputee FC, and since 2018 he’s also been a community coach at our disability football
Double the amount of girls playing football in summer 2022
Thanks to the Lionesses’ heroics at the Euros last summer, women’s football has been in the spotlight more than ever. Everyone was hoping that England’s success in the tournament would lead to more girls being inspired to take up football, and so far that’s exactly what we’ve seen. Albion in the Community saw a 100%
Women’s under-21s help to inspire future Seagulls
12 players from Albion’s Women’s under-21s squad (WU21) came to meet girls in our Advanced Centre. The Advanced Centre girls, all aged between 11 and 16, were taking part in a training session at the American Express Elite Football Performance Centre in Lancing. They were paid a visit by 12 members of the WU21 squad,
30 girls enjoy free football thanks to generous Snickers UK sponsorship
30 girls were given the opportunity to take part in a Brighton & Hove Albion Soccer Schools session in Eastbourne. There has been an incredible spike in interest around women and girls’ football ever since the Lionesses’ triumph at the Euros last summer, and Snickers UK wanted to make the most of that surge by
Albion in the Community’s 2022 summer round-up
2022 saw another busy summer period across Albion in the Community. While the football season came to a close in May, our work for the summer was only just getting started. With holiday summer camps, special summer events and the small matter of a European Championships on the horizon, we looked forward to a jam-packed